A new policy paper developed under the Switch to Circular Economy Value Chains project, evaluates how EU policy is driving the transition to the circular economy, its impact on global value chains and how developing country producers can navigate changing markets.
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Increasing circularity of fashion
Take a deep dive into the textiles industry. The session will underscore the significance of the sector with its significant proportion of carbon emission. Speaker will highlight the potential of circular business models and design to reduce the negative impacts of textile production. Find our more.
Continue ReadingRealizing circularity for a just transition towards net-zero economies in the Mediterranean
How can circular strategies reduce emissions and carbon-neutral alternatives in key value-chains for the Mediterranean economy? Join the discussion to explore crucial cross-border and cross-sectoral partnerships needed to action system changes in food, construction and plastics.
Continue ReadingTowards Circular Textile and Fashion Value Chain: WATCH the Replay
On the sidelines of the European Union-African Business Forum 2022, a webinar organised by the African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative and DG INTPA with UNEP and the SWITCH to Green Facility showcased circular business models, and participants discussed opportunities for investments and trade cooperation within Africa and the European Union. Find out more.
Continue ReadingTowards a more Sustainable, Digital and Circular Textile and Fashion Value Chain – Insights from circular textiles initiatives across EU and Africa
Listen to encouraging stories of innovative textile and clothing entrepreneurs who are already embracing circular approaches at the #EABF – the Europe Africa Business Forum. Join our online event that will discuss how fashion entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Africa can build more sustainable, resilient, and circular textile value chains. Get more information.
Continue ReadingInterested in projects on circular plastic packaging and textiles in developing countries?
A new call for expressions of interest for projects on circular plastic packaging and textiles in developing countries is now open. The call is part of the five-year “SWITCH to Circular Economy Value Chains” project, funded by the European Union. The project exemplifies the international development cooperation dimension of the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
Continue ReadingSWITCH Side Event at World Circular Economy Forum Online
A value chain is the full range of activities it takes to make, market, use, repair, reuse, remanufacture and recycle a product – value is added at every link in the chain. In global value chains, goods are consumed far from the locations where they were produced and mostly in a linear pattern of “take-make-use-dispose”.
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