Financing the circular transition: Critical raw materials from e-waste

Webinar series organised by the Joint Initiative on Circular Economy on Financing the circular transition. Focus: Critical raw materials from e-waste. Online - 10:00 - 12:00 CEST on 7 July
Start/End date
Event type
Webinar
City
Online
Sector
Batteries and Vehicles,
Economic instruments,
Mining, metals and minerals,
Recycling,
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Scope
EU
Key Area
Innovation and investments
Organising Body
Joint Initiative on Circular Economy (JICE)
JICE webinar series

The Joint Initiative on Circular Economy (JICE) brings together the EU’s largest public promotional banks and institutions (BGK – Poland, CDC – France, CDP – Italy, EIB, ICO – Spain, Invest-NL – the Netherlands and KfW – Germany). 

Against the backdrop of the expected EU Circular Economy Act and a shifting regulatory environment, JICE is launching a webinar series to deepen market understanding of financing needs, gaps and bottlenecks for the circular economy across selected sectors.

This series is designed to showcase the perspectives of sector representatives across the value chain: from producers and manufacturers to recyclers as well as a broad range of stakeholders such as municipalities, innovators, start-ups and investors, each with their own viewpoint on financing needs.

It will draw on contributions from policy makers and stakeholders across the value chain to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping circular economy financing.

The third webinar will focus on critical raw materials from e-waste. 

It will:

  • Explore the role of the circular economy in strengthening Europe’s resilience and strategic autonomy in critical raw materials through design, repair, refurbishment, waste collection, recovery and recycling. 
  • Explore circular value chains for critical raw materials (particularly those linked to electrical and electronic equipment, Li-ion batteries, renewable energy equipment, industrial scrap and byproducts, end-of-life vehicles), identifying key industrial and technological bottlenecks. 
  • Discuss investment needs and financing gaps across different stages, including collection systems, processing infrastructure and technology scale up. 
  • Promote a dialogue between industry players, investors and public institutions on which financial instruments are effective today and where market failures persist. 

The webinar aims to identify structural barriers and investment enablers for circular critical raw materials projects and contribute to a shared European debate on financing the circular transition.

This webinar will take place at 10:00 - 12:00 CEST on 7 July. Programme and registration.