Subscribe to our newsletter By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that CIRCULAR-ECONOMY NEWS will receive your email address. Jan 20, 2020 Issue #10 -ZIRCULAR by ZERØ: The source for circular economy news Revue Are you ZIRCULAR? Get to know the main trends associated with sustainability and circular economy. P January 20 · Issue #10 · View online Are you ZIRCULAR? Get to know the main trends associated with sustainability and circular economy. Powered by ZERØ. If you find ZIRCULAR useful, please forward it to your friends and colleagues 🙏. Subscription can be made here. MANAGEMENT & POLICY 💼 In Europe: The EIB’s recent climate survey found that 64% of Europeans are committed to choose public transport over driving to fight climate change. Ireland’s ‘radical’ new waste strategy will focus on reducing plastic packaging waste and waste generated by fast fashion and food items in the country. On 11 December 2019, the European Commission adopted the European Green Deal with the goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On 14 January it has presented an European Green Deal’s Investment Plan that will finance the green transition by seeking to mobilise €1 trillion of public sector and private sector investments. The Welsh government’s new waste strategy, Beyond Recycling, outlines plans for the country to become a zero waste, zero emission territory by 2050, with savings of up to £2 billion for the Welsh economy. Germany reaches agreement to phase out coal by 2038. 📺 In Spain: On 7th January the Basque Government approved the Basque Country’s Circular Economy Strategy. Barcelona declares a climate emergency and launches a hundred concrete measures with a budget of 563.3 million euros to reduce CO2 emissions by two million tonnes. FUNDINGS 💰 & NETWORKS The Ellen McArthur Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network provides a pre-competitive space to learn, share knowledge, and build new collaborative approaches. Call for the allocation of the study “investments and climate change”. Deadline: 31 Jan. INNOVATION 🤖 & NEW BUSINESS ZERØ, a digital platform that transforms operational data into key business indicators for circular-economy strategies. Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches metrics tool to speed circular economy. RESYNTEX, a research project which will use circular economy concepts to produce raw materials for textiles and chemicals from textile waste. RESOURCES 👁️ Have a look to: The Basque Country’s Circular Economy Strategy. 🕮 The 2nd edition of the EIB climate survey. 🕮 III Report on brands with values. Available here as from 21 Jan. 🕮 Plastic promises. What the grocery sector is really doing about packaging, by Green Alliance. 🕮 Video on reuse of electrical appliances in Spain. 📺 EVENTS 📆 Workshop on waste shipment. 30 Jan, Madrid. ChangeNOW summit. 30 Jan-1 Feb, Paris. International Cradle to Cradle Congress. 31 Jan - 1 Feb, Berlin. The State of Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the EU. Presentation of the research on the sustainability disclosures of 1000 European companies. 17 Feb. Brussels. Digitalisation & Circular Economy conference, Feb. 2020, Brussels. Share your view: Feedback for further development of the European Climate Law - Until 6 Feb. 2020. Waste Management in the Circular Economy 2020, 27 - 28 Feb. 2020, Berlin. Circular Materials Conference, 17-18 March 2020, Gothenborg. TIME TO THINK 🤔 COP25: The Madrid Climate Summit is not enough. Newashing and brands with values. Which is more important: to reduce plastic or emissions? Bioeconomy: circular economy and sustainability That´s all for this week. Thanks for reading ZIRCULAR by ZERØ . We will be back next Monday. If you find ZIRCULAR useful, please forward it to your friends and colleagues🙏. Subscription can be made here. Did you enjoy this issue? In order to unsubscribe, click here. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here. Powered by Revue Teimas Desenvolvemento SL, 15706 Santiago, Spain Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that CIRCULAR-ECONOMY NEWS will receive your email address.
