While the role of the circular economy in creating value and mitigating environmental challenges is increasingly clear, the full extent of the environmental benefits has not yet been explored. In parallel, the economic rationale of the circular economy in terms of competitiveness, resilience, labour and benefits to workers, and resource independence needs to be highlighted and better understood to position the model as a core strategic opportunity for Europe.
The circular economy offers a gateway to systemic transformation of how we produce and consume and as such, it is one of the key solutions frameworks needed to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and waste and pollution. Join this session to learn how the circular economy can simultaneously deliver economic benefits and move the system towards nature-positive outcomes.]
Organiser: Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Target audience (max. 50 participants*): business leaders, policy professionals and anyone with an interest in the role of circular economy in tackling the triple planetary crisis
*Please note that workshops are not livestreamed, and they are only available for those in-person participants who have registered to take part in them.
Programme
Key results from the Building Prosperity report
Circular economy levers that can deliver nature-positive impact and economic benefits
From ideas to action: collaboration pathways for scaling
Wrap-up and networking
Jocelyn Blériot
Executive Lead, Policy and Institutions
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Jocelyn Blériot has been with the foundation since its creation in 2010, after 15 years spent in the media and publishing industry. He leads the organisation’s institutional engagement and the work with national governments across the foundation's offices in Europe, Latin America, China and North America. He manages the relationship with supra-national bodies such as the European Commission, United Nations, G7/20 Resource Alliance, OECD and the World Economic Forum. Jocelyn has been a member of the circular economy advisory board of the China Council for International Cooperation on Development (CCICED) and currently is a part of the international advisory network of the forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS).
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Julia Okatz
Director, Natural Resources
Systemiq
Julia is a director across Systemiq’s Natural Resources and Urban Practice. Her work focuses on the efficient and balanced space-use for resilient and vibrant neighbourhoods. This includes analytical studies, as well as implementation projects focused on AI-enabled planning and finance solutions. Julia also works as a special advisor to the International Resource Panel (IRP)’s Co-Chair Janez Potočnik and contributes to the advisory panel of the EU’s Circular Regions and Cities initiative. Before joining Systemiq, Julia worked at the Institute for Climate and Society in Rio de Janeiro. She holds an MSc in global politics from the London School of Economics and a post-graduate degree in interdisciplinary design for the built environment from the University of Cambridge.
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Nick Jeffries
Senior Expert
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Nick is an environmental civil engineer by profession, currently working as a senior expert with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, where he spearheads the circular built environment topic.
