Creating win-win for business and people key to success of circular economy

Companies and entrepreneurs that make circularity key to their operations or start-ups — aiming to reduce environmental and climate pressures — encounter significant obstacles when attempting to scale. Related to this is the need to ensure that the jobs created through the circular economy are fair, inclusive and of good quality.

This will be important in the years ahead as Europe’s remanufacturing market alone has the potential to create half a million new jobs by 2030 according to the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal.

The EEA briefings — one which looks at the barriers and enablers to scaling circular business models, and the other at how Europe should ensure a just transition to a circular economy — provide knowledge, supporting the European Commission’s Circular Economy Act which is expected later this year.