Organiser(s): Lindström Group, Lindström India
Discover how workwear rental and maintenance can keep garments in use longer. Lindström experts will share practical lessons on durability, repair, reuse and resource-efficient laundry, helping organisations reduce waste and build long-term business value.
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): Common Seas
Circular solutions in Small Island States face unique challenges of scale, cost and geography. We’ll explore what works in practice and how solutions can be implemented in island contexts. Expect real examples from the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, and learn how regional collaboration can help unlock 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): The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC)
How can proven collaboration models accelerate circularity for critical materials? Explore practical examples from existing initiatives and discuss how they can be adapted across regions and materials to build resilient, circular value chains.
Organiser(s):
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in India
How can biobased plastics complement recycling to build a truly circular plastics economy? This session brings together innovators, industry and policymakers from India and the Netherlands to share practical solutions, real-world examples and new partnership opportunities.
Organiser(s):
EU Circular Economy Resource Centre (EU CERC),
International Council for Circular Economy (ICCE),
Circulearth, Sitra and Enabel
This is a practical policy-to-implementation session on how digital product passports (DPPs) can enable ecodesign and circular value chains. Hear policy insights and company perspectives, see a live demonstration of a frugal decentralised DPP, and test practical readiness tools in an interactive workshop.
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.
This session presents insights from the 2025 Global Stocktake of National Circular Economy Roadmaps and Strategies and introduces UNIDO’s Addressing the Source policy guide. It features discussions among policymakers and private sector on four strategic shifts towards an upstream circular economy.
Organiser(s): Embassy of Finland in New Delhi
Finland Day at WCEF2026 showcases how Finnish and Indian partners are advancing circular solutions in maritime systems, healthcare, energy, the built environment and sports infrastructure. Join us to explore scalable innovations, partnerships and investment opportunities.
