50 years of Environment
World Environment Day is turning 50 years old. It was established by the United Nations on June 5th, 1972, at the first Conference on the Human Environment, which opened at that time in Stockholm. T...
A Global Roadmap for an Inclusive Circular Economy
On the occasion of Stockholm+50 - a major environmental event taking place on 2–3 June 2022, following on from the original UN Conference on the Human Environment that took place in 1972 – the I...
This is how the circular economy can help stop biodiversity loss
In recent years there has been increasing talk of the climate crisis, and despite the importance of the debate, this is overshadowing a phenomenon that, if possible, is even more alarming: the loss ...
An inter-regional network for the circular bioeconomy in the Alps
Seven nations and as many as forty-eight regions and self-governing provinces. The Alpine macro-region unites under the banner of a single agreement – the EU Strategy for the Alpine region – the...
Sustainable finance: investments for the circular economy are moving forward
Circularity Capital, a private equity firm established in 2015 that specializes in investing in circular economy companies, announced a few weeks ago the closing of its largest circular economy inve...
The Invasion of Second-hand Clothes in Africa
Not just vintage. Second-hand business models earn more shares in the fashion market than ever, with a positive impact on the ecological footprint. Every day, though, part of what the West decides n...
Against Batman Syndrome: Circularity Requires Collaboration
When we think about what it will take to transform our global economy, it is easy to suffer from one of two thought distortions. The first is an overwhelming sense of existential dread. Something li...
Tomra at the plastics challenge
Optimizing the use of resources by recovering, enhancing, reusing and recycling them. This has been the mission of Tomra, the Norwegian giant of the circular economy with offices and branches all ov...
Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund
Empower all consumers in the fight to reclaim our planet. This is the motto on the homepage of Regeneration.VC, a new venture capital company that has recently closed a first round of 45 million dol...
Does the Devil Wear Rentals?
The rental of clothes is one of the circular business models that could make the fashion industry more sustainable. However, a Finnish study aimed at calculating the carbon footprint of the practice...
Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany
At the intersection of the energy transition and the sustainable products revolution, the battery supply chain is one of the strategic hubs of the green revolution in the economy. Its more sustainab...
Sustainable packaging: Walmart launches the Circular Connector
"We don't have time to waste." With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector last April 11th. The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of sustai...
The Circular Transition is in Town: New York’s Circular City Week is Back
Circular City Week, the largest festival of the circular economy in the United States, returns to New York City from the 2nd to the 8th of May 2022. The events, both live and online, will feature so...
IPCC: climate action works, we can halve emissions by 2030
It’s not too late. Reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century is still possible. Provided, however, that we act now, mobilize every s...
The Sustainable Products Revolution: the New European Commission Proposal
Ecodesign, circular textiles, regulations for construction products, greenwashing, and consumer power. These are the main points addressed in the new set of proposals presented on the 30th of March ...
Ukraine: all lithium reserves and mineral resources in war zones
Geologists call it the Ukrainian shield. That land in the middle which starts from the northern border with Belarus up to the shores of the Azov Sea, in the south of Donbass. According to the studie...
John Bell: The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives
John Bell is the Healthy Planet Director in DG Research and Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission. He leads R&I transitions on climate change, bioeconomy, food systems, environment, bi...
Climate, war, transition: from IPCC to Fridays For Future, the climatologist Caserini's perspective
Climate is back in the news. Under the motto “People Not Profit”, the folks at Fridays For Future have called on March 25th the first real global strike (almost) post-pandemic. This time, howeve...
Circularity 22: Global Meeting on the Circular Economy is Back in Atlanta
One of the world's leading conventions on the circular economy and the most important in the United States is back again as an in-person event. Organised by Greenbiz Group (partner of Renewable Matt...
Why some corporate tree-planting initiatives are out on a limb
Today is International Day of Forests, a United Nations-proclaimed event that aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of forests of all types. It’s a relatively recent addition to ...