Organiser(s): The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
The session explores how to scale circular textile ecosystems and make recycled fibres price-competitive. It addresses market failures blocking investment in collection, sorting and recycling. Drawing on WBCSD pilots, it highlights value-chain action as a path to scale.
Organiser(s):
Global Action Partnership for Extended Producer Responsibility – a consortium formed by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Environment Programme, PREVENT Waste Alliance, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
EPR schemes are spreading fast, but most still fund collection, sorting and recycling without delivering upstream circular economy outcomes. This session takes stock of what EPR has delivered, what it hasn’t, and what a bolder second-generation EPR needs to look like to drive real circular outcomes.
Organiser(s): Circle Economy
This session explores measures to address the circular economy funding challenge. It brings together circular ventures, investors and policymakers to identify common misunderstandings, debate more ambitious policy tools and determine optimal measures to scale the circular economy.
Organiser(s):
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland,
World Bank Group, ADB Ventures
Discover financing instruments to unlock circular economy business opportunities across global markets. Meet circular economy experts from international financing organisations. Hear about the experiences of companies that have received international financing and receive advice from them.
Organiser(s):
Circular Friesland Association, Circle Economy, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Netherlands)
Many regions have circular strategies; few turn them into systemic change. Discover how Friesland (the Netherlands), London (UK) and Bega (Australia) use data, collaboration and long-term governance to move from insight to action, and take away practical lessons for your own region or organisation.
This session will present the challenges and—even more—the opportunities of financing the circular economy. It will guide entrepreneurs to better understand their financiers. It will help financiers look at their clients with a longer-term view, becoming more resilient in a fast-changing world.
Organiser(s): Netherlands Enterprise Agency | RVO.nl, Dutch embassy and other missions – India | The Netherlands and India
The session connects stakeholders around solutions, innovations, markets, finance and policy. Participants use lessons from the Netherlands–India programme on building partnerships and scaling circular waste initiatives that can inform and inspire similar efforts globally.
Organiser(s):
The Lead Organisations are:
Ideia Circular (Brazil), Centre for Responsible Business (India), Noz Institute, Centre for African Resource Efficiency & Sustainability, Confederation of Indian Industry – Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (India), Sebrae Sustainability Centre (Brazil), Climate and Society Institute (Brazil).
How can the circular economy move beyond frontrunners to reach millions of MSMEs? Join practitioners, policymakers and business support organisations to explore practical pathways, emerging experiences and collaborative solutions from India, Brazil, South Africa and beyond.
Organiser(s): United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
This is an official AR5 Expert Consultation of the UN Secretary-General’s CETM Panel. Experts stress-test circular transition scenarios feeding directly into UNEP’s global assessment. Outputs inform multilateral policy, responsible investment and the just energy transition.
Organiser(s): The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), The Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), The Circular Economy Coalition for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEC)
This session will explore opportunities and challenges in unlocking finance for circular business models, with a focus on engaging value chains and SMEs. It will also examine how public policies and decision-makers can reduce barriers and accelerate the transition through practical examples.
