This session was streamed as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Summit 2020 event, held on the 9th and 10th September.
The circular economycircular economyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. is a crucial part of the solution to climate change and other global challenges while offering significant opportunities for new and better growth. Our report, Financing the circular economy - Capturing the opportunity, brings new analysis that highlights the rapid growth in circular economy financing and investment across asset classes and sectors. It calls on financial services firms to build on the momentum by seizing the opportunities and scaling the circular economy, in collaboration with governments and corporates.
Summit 20 — Working towards a resilient and prosperous economic recovery
At Summit 2020, held on the 9th and 10th September, our panel of speakers discussed how circular economy solutions can be scaled at speed to tackle global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and how we can create strategies for better growth — benefiting people, and the environment.
