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(1) VIENNA, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an English/French Online Press Conference on 14 April 2021, 3:00 PM CET, journalists will hear about why more education about the circular economy is necessary for business leaders, policymakers, and citizens. Experts from Cameroon, the Netherlands, USA and Germany will brief journalists on the emerging paradigm that provides many various opportunities while also requiring different priorities in different parts of the world. The predominant linear take-make-waste economy results in enormous damage to societies, economies and the environment. Accor...

Only 14% of publicly listed companies in the steel, cement, aluminum, paper and mining sector are on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s 2°C climate target, according to a report by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), a global investor group supported by the UN. Still, some European companies offer hope, EURACTIV Germany reports. Industrial decarbonisation is probably the biggest challenge of the European Green Deal, which aims to reduce Europe’s emissions down to net-zero by 2050. In a study published this week, the independent capital-owner-led TPI assessed mining companies and ma...

Switching to a circular economy could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 39% and ease pressure on virgin materials by 28%, according to the Circularity Gap Report, published on Tuesday (26 January). If those principles were applied, 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon emissions could be saved and help avoid climate breakdown, according to the study by Circle Economy. But the report also contained bad news. Only 8.6% of the world’s economy can be considered circular, down from 9.1% two years earlier. “The circularity gap is widening, and with it, the climate and biodiversity impacts of our extra...

Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report A major new report, released to coincide with the original dates for the World Economic Forum's event in Davos, has found that 39% of global annual emissions could be mitigated by changing the ways in which we use natural raw materials. Circle Economy has repeatedly stated that the majority of global annual emissions are released during the extraction of materials and manufacturing of goods Produced annually by think-tank Circle Economy, the Circularity Gap report tracks the amount of resources used by humanity every ye...