Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Did you miss our last #EUCircularTalk? It shared the new Ellen MacArthur Foundation report and looked at updates and key developments since the Bioeconomy Strategy was published. In a nutshell, the report argues that: 💠 a circular approach to bio-based materials is regenerative by design. 💠it is key to align circular economy policies and those regulating bio-based materials.   The panellists looked at the policy aspects, the practical aspects of delivering projects, and the enabling factors and barriers.   You can always watch the hour-long session again! The recording is available on our website: bit.ly/4wc4hmG

Hear from leaders on why, even in the most ambitious transition towards a circular economy, collection and recycling systems will always be needed. Every part of the system has a role to play in scaling them. Each year, 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste in Brazil goes mismanaged, much of it ending up in rivers that feed some of the country's most important freshwater ecosystems. A systemic transformation to waste management could recover BRL 14 billion annually in recyclable value. We have partnered with the City of Recife and the Brazilian Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, with input from local stakeholders and support from global brands including Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever, and philanthropic partner Clean Rivers. Together, we aim to explore the feasibility of a new approach to developing collection and recycling systems for packaging – one we hope could inform national policy and become a model for similar cities. Hear from the Mayor of Recife, the Foundation's Latin America Lead, and leaders at Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever on why they're backing it. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/evfU3rEB Thank you: Juliana Arantes Durazzo Marra - Corporate Affairs, Sustainability and Communications Director, Unilever Brazil, Luisa Santiago, Latin America Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Jean-Luc Negrier - Head of Packaging Sustainability, Nestlé, David Allen, Vice President Sustainable Packaging, Global Sustainability Office, PepsiCo, Recife Mayor, Victor Marques and Feliks Bezati, Global Circular Packaging Director, Mars Inc. Prefeitura da Cidade do Recife Government of Brazil

An economy that retains the value of its resources is an economy built to last, and the circular economy offers a competitive advantage in a world where material security and access to resources are increasingly critical to long-term growth and resilience. That’s why we’re focusing our work on three missions where the conditions for a tipping point are building — plastics and packaging, critical minerals, and fashion and textiles — and the systemic barriers within each one. Working with the Foundation gives your organisation something you cannot build alone: a trusted space to address the barriers that matter most, access to a network already aligned behind a shared direction, and direct influence into the policy frameworks being shaped right now. Read the article to learn more. ⬇️

For years, the circular economy conversation has generated significant research, policy development, and business action around finite materials. But the same attention has not been given to bio-based materials. So how can products and components made from these materials circulate and create value in a circular economy? In this episode of the Circular Economy Show, Fin is joined by Guilherme Suertegaray and Beto Bina to explore why circular economy and bio-based material policies have developed in silos, and how aligning them unlocks a much larger opportunity to create economic value, and make progress on biodiversity and climate goals as we look ahead to COP17. Find the relevant links in the comments below. ⬇️

Can #circulareconomy strategies help meet demand for #criticalminerals without the need for deep sea #mining? If you’re attending the International Seabed Authority assembly in #Jamaica next week, reach out to the Foundation’s Anna Fleming and Pip Dragonetti. They’ll be on the ground to discuss our new project — Before we go deeper: Circularity before the seabed. All delegates are welcome to attend our side event, in collaboration with the Minderoo Foundation, on Thursday 30 July, 14:00 - 15:00, in the Delegates Dining Room at the Jamaica Conference Centre. The project aims to demonstrate the systemic potential and economic, environmental, and social benefits of #circular economy strategies before irreversible decisions are made. Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dxTDAJvR You can also watch the #ISA formal sessions online here: https://lnkd.in/dEtxyyRD #DeepSeaMining #DeepSeabed #OceanGovernance

Over the past 15 years, the Foundation has propelled the circular economy from a bold idea to a proven solution — but momentum is not the same as transformation. The barriers holding the system back are structural, and no single organisation can remove them alone. That’s why we’re focusing our work on three missions where the conditions for a tipping point are building — plastics and packaging, critical minerals, and fashion and textiles — and the systemic barriers within each one. Working with the Foundation gives your organisation something you cannot build alone: a trusted space to address the barriers that matter most, access to a network already aligned behind a shared direction, and direct influence into the policy frameworks being shaped right now. Read the article to learn more. ⬇️

Join us in Brussels to celebrate 10 years of collaboration between IUCN and the Government of Monaco and explore how the circular economy can become a powerful enabler for nature protection. 🌿 Nature by Design: A decade of IUCN–Monaco collaboration driving circular solutions for biodiversity 📆 17 September 2026 | 9:00 – 16:00 📍 Lab 62, 62 Avenue de Tervueren, Brussels As the circular economy gains momentum as a climate solution, its potential to halt and reverse biodiversity loss remains largely untapped. This event will explore how circular approaches can unlock new opportunities to protect and restore nature. What’s on the agenda: 📃 Policy – How circular approaches help reach biodiversity goals at the EU and global levels. 🏢 Business – Practical examples from companies restoring nature through circular innovation. 💶 Finance – How aligning funding related to sectors such as water, transport, construction, agriculture, and regional development with circular approaches can help close the NbS financing gap. Seats are limited, so we encourage you to register early. Please register here: https://luma.com/zdrvhtv1 The event is organised in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. #CircularEconomy

Delighted to see Sustainable Food Trust furthering the work of The Big Food Redesign Challenge, as they look to the future of the food system through the lens of circular design. An ambitious, three-year project, only possible through the support of players of Postcode Lottery UK and the Dream Fund.

The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is about to set the first concrete rules for textiles in the bloc. As the EU’s flagship framework for “making sustainable products the norm” and reducing carbon and environmental footprints throughout their life cycles, it has the potential to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in Europe. However, the current proposal focuses on transparency, and misses the need for regulation to establish mandatory performance criteria. By establishing mandatory performance criteria at an EU level, the ESPR can embed circular economy principles directly into product design and market access conditions, delivering a robust legislative framework for the EU's environmental objectives and a more competitive, resilient economy. Published this week, a new white paper by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation sets out a series of recommendations aiming at strengthening requirements, preventing the least durable products from reaching the market, creating a level playing field, and giving businesses the regulatory certainty to invest in circular design. Read the white paper today: https://lnkd.in/dV2_z2ft