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2020 has seen a rough start, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe at the beginning of March. Amidst a socio-economic crisis of which the severity of the consequences is yet unclear, policymakers, businesses and civil society alike reflect on how to build back better our economy and societies. ‘Business as usual’ is no longer an option. Enterprises, large and small, must adopt a sustainable and inclusive approach to growth.
In 2019, over 380 CEOs united their voice, urging business, industry, policymakers, and civil society organisations to collaborate towards an overarching Sustainable Europe 2030 Strategy. To make this call actionable, CSR Europe has now initiated the European Pact for Sustainable Industry: a pan-European movement, at local and international level to invigorate leadership and engagement towards a Sustainable Europe 2030, through constructive and active collaboration.
It is in this context, and in line with CSR Europe’s 2030 Strategy, the Paris Agreement, and the EU Green Deal that we are organising the 2020 European SDG Summit. The event will be hosted entirely online and in collaboration with an entire network of national partners, uniting 10.000 enterprises in Europe.
As we are trying to build back better our society, we need to leave behind linear consumption patterns based on “takemake-use-discard” and rethink the current development model, combining innovation, competitiveness and sustainability to help tackling both environmental and social challenges. By promoting strategies including reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering materials, the circular economy has the potential to alleviate environmental degradation and promote sustainable growth.
However, transitioning from a linear to circular economy is not simple. There are still numerous obstacles that limit the adoption of circular models. One of them is how to ensure that consumers are ready to support the company’s efforts and ambitions towards more sustainable production and consumption patterns.
To do so, we need innovative solutions to build a trustful relation between companies and consumers based on increased transparency and traceability of products to better communicate their circularity level, empowering consumers and enabling them to make better informed consumption choices.
Why you should join:
Attend this webinar to:
• Discuss how companies can better measure the circularity of their services/products and provide meaningful information to all types of consumers (from public administration to companies and individual citizens);
• Identify the main challenges faced by companies when communicating circularity to consumers and co-create together potential collaborative solutions.
Who should join:
• R&D and innovation Managers
• Sustainability Managers
• Environmental/Circular Economy Managers
LANGUAGE OF THE ROUNDTABLE: English
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