Anticipating the full Circularity Gap Report 2025, which is scheduled to be officially launched in June 2025, our esteemed colleagues and friends at https://www.circle-economy.com/ have published an insightful executive summary of their Circularity Gap Report Finance. The Report highlights the intricate relationship between capital flows and the advancement of the circular economy, underscoring the urgency of reshaping investment strategies for a sustainable future. Over a six-year span from 2018 to 2023, commercial investment in circular economy businesses saw significant growth, peaking in 2021 before experiencing a subsequent decline. With an annual average of $27…

The European Commission has taken a decisive step to hardwire sustainability into the heart of the EU economy by adopting its 2025–2030 working plan for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Energy Labelling Regulation. This landmark roadmap outlines the next wave of policies that will make products across Europe more circular, durable, repairable, and energy efficient—ushering in the era of the "Clean Industrial Deal" and supporting the broader EU goals around climate neutrality, resource independence, and competitiveness. The new plan zeroes in on five priority product groups: steel and aluminium, textiles…

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! is the 15th edition in a series that brings together many of the world’s top climate scientists to look at future trends in greenhouse gas emissions and provide potential solutions to the challenge of global warming. As climate impacts intensify globally, the report finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years. The Global Resources Outlook 2024 (EGR2024) offers a powerful…