Nov 25, 2019

ZIRCULAR by ZERØ: The source for circular economy news - Issue #3

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November 25 · Issue #3 · View online

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CORPORATIVE CIRCULARITY 🔁

Here’s what´s going on in the World…

The European Investment Bank will stop financing new fossil fuels projects.🏦
The circular economy, including new waste and recycling laws, will represent “half” of the EU’s effort to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.⚖️
According to the ICPDS , no country serves as a development model for the world. Of the total of 148 countries, only 9 are highly consistent with sustainable development. In the “top” of the ranking is Denmark.🎚️
From 2020, all Coca-Cola PET’s bottles produced in Sweden will be made from 100% recycled plastic (label and cap not included). 🧴
Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem (the world’s leading biopolymer producer), will offer packaging made with traceable plant-based polymers.🌿
Camper has just launched a service to repair footwear.👠
On November 4, the U.S. submitted formal notification of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. These are the keys to understanding this decision and its consecuences.🔑
And more keys: the Climate Summit will be held in Madrid from 2 to 13 December. These are the keys to understanding COP 25 and what is expected from it. 🔑

FUNDINGS 💰

Webinar: Obtaining Public Funding through the FundingBox Platform. 29 November 2019 at 13:00 CET.
Zurich Innovation Championship 2020 is looking for outside inspiration on how to tackle challenges around climate. Deadline: 17 December 2019.
Challenge nr. 4 of Start4big is looking for start-ups to develop circular-economy & sustainability solutions . Deadline: 20 December 2019.
C-VoUCHER finances projects that develop circular economy solutions. It is aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Deadline: 31 December 2019.
Google is launching an accelerator for climate change startups. Applications will be open in the next few weeks.

INNOVATION 🤖 & NEW BUSINESS

Biotechnology startup VEnvirotech, first Spanish company to be a finalist in the Green Alley Award with VE-Box, a technology that allows waste to be converted into bioplastic.🏆
Transform Transport, an European big data project aimed at greater efficiency and sustainability in transport and logistics.🚛
Pantala, a fashion renting solution inspired by Rent the Runway, a U.S. clothing rental company.👚
Gratix, an app to give away what you don´t use and change consumption habits.🎁
ZERØ, a digital platform that transforms operational data into key business indicators for circular-economy strategies.
RePack, a recyclabel and reusable packaging.

RESOURCES 👁️

Have a look to:

A Report on Sustainability in Spain in 2019 that explains why cities are key to ecological transition and a “Toolkit” for adapting to climate change in cities.📰🏙️
A Briefing about Textiles in Europe´s circular economy. Its is an underpinning report of Textiles and the environment in a circular economy.📰👚
The 2019 Europe Sustainable Development Report, 1st independent quantitative report on the progress of the EU towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).📰
An excerpt from ‘The climate casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World’ by William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize in Economics 2018.📚
Last issue of Gestores de Residuos, publication in Spanish and English focused on waste management and resource efficiency. 📰

EVENTS 🏫

European Week for Waste Reduction. 16-24 november 2019.
Environmental journalism conference: Today’s sustainability challenges. 26 November 2019, Madrid.
Conference: Keys to business transformation to a low-carbon economy. 26 november 2019, Madrid.
Seminar: Corporate Governance in the Age of the Conscious Investor. 26th november 2019, Madrid.
COP 25 CHILE Madrid 2019 #TimeForAction. From 2 to 13 December 2019, Madrid.
Neonyt, exhibition of sustainable fashion. 14-16 January 2020, Frankfurt.
ChangeNOW summit: solutions, meeting and partnering events dedicated to Positive Impact on the Planet. 30 Januar-1 February 2020, Paris.

TIME TO THINK 🤔

Why do we keep buying things we don’t need?
How is circular economy measured?
To build a circular economy, we need to put recycling in the bin. In other words: Recycling is not circular-economy.
5 ways how ESG creates value and 3 reasons why more ESG investment is made in Europe than in the US.
Are you a CEO? You still have time until 30 November to endorse CRS Europe’s Call to Action for a Sustainable Europe by 2030. Around 300 CEOs have already responded to the appeal and signed.

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