2023 Annual Conference – Networking Village

Welcome to the Networking Village of our 2023 Annual Conference, where Stakeholders have an opportunity to showcase their best projects, initiatives or business models relevant to the circular economy.

On Day 1 and 2 of the Conference, the Networking Village will be accessible online* for registered participants. 

*Registrations are closed, but if you wish to register, please send us an email.

The list of participants below is not exhaustive and subject to last minute changes.

Circular Economy Tools

Explore the EU tools to support the transition to a circular economy:

• Ecolabel, the EU label for environmental excellence
• Environmental Footprint methods, which quantify the environmental impacts of products
• Reset The Trend, the EC’s new campaign on circular textiles
• EMAS, supporting the uptake of environmental management, and
• the Consumption Footprint Platform, an LCA-based framework to monitor the environmental footprint of EU production and consumption.

Circular Materials

• Humana – about optimising textile reuse at the global level
• BYPROTVAL – about recovery and recycling of high value-added proteins from rendering by-products
• Hydal Coffee:
• Farmuganda – turning cassava waste by-products into value
• CETEM – the Technological Centre of Furniture and Wood of the Region of Murcia 

International initiatives

•  ASEAN Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, helping ASEAN Member States achieve sustainable consumption and production by accelerating a transition to a circular economy
• International Projects driving new circular business models based on the CEAP
• European Cluster Collaboration Platform – presenting its Green Transition Support facility, a set of services oriented to support clusters, clusters members and any other entity in their development and implementation of green transition related initiatives
• Up2Circ – How can we increase efficiency of EU SME support in order to make Circular Economy the new normal?
• Supporting sustainable social business through circular economy

Innovation

• Metropolitan Area of Barcelona – Life infusion project – an intensive treatment of waste effluents and conversion into useful sustainable outputs: biogas, nutrients and water
• CIRPASS – shaping the future of the Digital Product Passport for electronics, batteries and textiles
• Circularity
• CircleHub – a quest for effective circular/blue economy solutions

Circular Projects

• Horizon Europe – circular economy related R&I funding opportunities
• Regenera Network
• Green Assist
• EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) Helpdesk
• Circular Cities and Regions Initiative
• Yunus Environment Hub – Supporting sustainable social business through circular economy  

On Day 2, the Networking Village will also have some exhibitors and stands on-site on the EESC premises.

• COAG – Alcarràs (Spain) as an example of circular economy among local farmers for a sustainable management of livestock manure
• Oxfam IMPACT Furniture – upcycling and Second Hand Office Furniture
• Aitiip Technologies – research and development and eco-innovation for the plastics value chain
• TUV Rheinland about product control and certification
• Jakobstad Region Development Company Concordia Ltd.
• Horizon 2022 Europe 
• Cyclup