ORIENTING Final Event

At a special event on April 18th at the World Circular Economy Forum in Brussels, you will learn about the outcomes of the ORIENTING project our Federation has been involved in over the last three years. As part of an international consortium of 17 organizations from eight different countries, Ecopreneur.eu has been focusing on its role as an “honest broker”, ensuring the methodology, tools and other outputs are relevant, accessible and useful to small and medium size companies.

The European Green Deal asks the entire industry to undergo a transformation from a linear to a circular economy. This requires everyone to manage resources in a sustainable and accountable manner. Businesses will need to take responsibility in providing transparency regarding not only the environmental and economic impacts but also the social impacts of the products and services they bring to market.

A life cycle sustainability assessment that is based on a science-based methodology can help them understand, analyse and communicate the sustainability performance of their products throughout the entire lifecycle, – ideally from cradle to cradle. Moreover, understanding the impact of their products from a lifecycle perspective will make it easier for them to get their arms around compliance related policy challenges, like the introduction of the EU sustainability reporting regulation, the EU Taxonomy, the Digital Product Passport or the Green Claims Directive, to name only a few.

The in-person conference organised in Brussels will have two parts:

1. The session “ORIENTING Final Conference“gives industry organisations, research institutions, policy makers and NGOs an opportunity to learn about the main results of the project.
2. The “Toolbox for sustainable circular products: results from the ORIENTING project“ is an accelerator session for companies to learn about the ORIENTING toolbox more specifically.

Those who are interested in participating are requested to register before April 5th via this link.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 958231