Innovation policies can accelerate circular business in the fashion industry. They can not only help but are in fact indispensible for the transition to a low-carbon circular economy. Effective ones will accelerate the new regime and destabilise the old one, fostering a better response to social and environmental challenges.

Brussels, 20 December 2019: A few days ago the EU Council, Parliament and Commission reached an agreement on a sustainable finance rulebook for investments supporting the climate goals. Ecopreneur.eu welcomes the adopted regulation that will support green investments without adding…

Green companies including about 2900 SMEs and 100 large businesses call upon the EU to launch a Green Deal with a Circular Economy Action Plan generating strong traction to low-carbon circular products and services. Click here for the letter and…

About 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions are related to materials and the manufacturing of products. Strong Circular Economy policies are therefore needed to meet the climate goals. Ecopreneur.eu has worked out far-reaching proposals as input for the EU Green Deal.

Tomorrow co-legislators hold another trilogue negotiation round on the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Ecopreneur.eu is concerned that the current proposal will in fact reduce the access to finance for green SMEs.

To obtain all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), tough interventions are needed that address the problems head-on. Only the transition to a circular economy can create the required systems change. A new Ecopreneur.eu paper explains how the SDGs and circular economy are connected and what measures are needed.

About 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions are related to materials and the manufacturing of products. Strong Circular Economy policies are therefore needed to create a thriving circular fashion industry and help tackling climate change.