Newsletter November 2018
In This Issue What’s new in Brussels? Check out your Circularity European Commission focus on textiles Social Entrepreneurship and Green Economy Highlight Give it a try: Ecopreneur launches user-friendly and free online Circularity Check Keep Up With Us…
Ecopreneur urges EU to prevent substances of very high concern from entering the EU market
In response to a public consultation on the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation, Ecopreneur has urged to EU to prevent substances of very high concern (SVHC) from being used in products on the EU market. The sooner companies stop using them, the sooner we can create a circular economy, which consists…
Press Release: Ecopreneur launches online Circularity Check
Brussels, October 25th, 2018: How circular are the products and services your company puts on the market? Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, has launched a user-friendly and free Circularity Check in the form of an online questionnaire, in cooperation with MVO Nederland and WeSustain. Read more...
SMART & GREEN ON STAGE- October 18th, 2018, at the EUREF Campus Berlin – Ecopreneur.eu partner
Smart&Green on stage is an international business event that brings together innovative startups and strategic investors for a full day of high-level networking. This forward thinking event will take place on October 18th, at the EUREF Campus – the nexus of Berlin’s startup scene to create a matchmaking environment for investors, startups, economic…
Ecopreneur supports NGO letter to curb single-use plastics
Brussels, 6 September 2018 Today, Ecopreneur co-signed a letter from a broad NGO coalition including Zero Waste Europe, the EEB and WWF supporting the recent proposal of the c for legislation to curb single-use plastics. The NGO letter forms a response to a recent one from the European Packaging industry,…
Ecopreneur holds Circular Fashion Policy Lab
On the 24th of May, C&A Foundation, together with Ecopreneur.EU and the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) hosted a Circular Fashion Policy Lab at the Europan Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels. The purpose of the event was to bring together representatives from across the fashion industry to…
Grüne Wirtschaft demands full support for a Circular Economy
28-06-2018, Vienna, Austria During the last session of the “Economic Parliament” of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber Grüne Wirtschaft advocated for a Circular Economy as one of the upcoming key projects in Europe. The transition needs commitment from all sides, especially from entrepreneurs and enterprises. Therefore Grüne Wirtschaft presented a…
Ecopreneur.eu welcomes EC proposal on waste reduction for single-use plastics
Brussels, 30. May 2018, Ecopreneur is positive about the European Commission’s decisiveness to reduce the amount of plastic waste caused by single-use plastics. The proposal to ban certain single-use plastic products where alternatives are readily available and affordable fits with our advocacy to use regulation to ban the most polluting…
Press release: First announcement Circularity Check
Brussels, Jan. 30th, 2018: How circular are the products and services your company puts on the market? Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, is preparing the launch of a user-friendly and free Circularity Check in the form of an online questionnaire, in cooperation with CSR Netherlands / De Groene Zaak…
European Circular Economy Platform – Ecopreneur.eu appointed as part of Coordination Group
Alyssa Jade McDonald-Bärtl, social entrepreneur and board member of Ecopreneur.eu was appointed as member of Coordination Group of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (CESP). The European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform will focus on three pillars: Policy dialogue (Pillar I), a coordination group bringing together circular economy-related stakeholders (networks, platform,…
1st Newsletter of Ecopreneur
In This Issue News & Recent Developments Publications About Ecopreneur.eu Highlight Ecopreneur.eu was appointed to participate in the European Circular Economy Platform #CEStakeholderEU Keep Up With Us Facebook Twitter Welcome to our first newsletter! Dear readers, Ecopreneur.eu's influence…
Report: Effects of design measures
How do Europe's ecodesign measures affect the circular economy in low-income countries? This question was discussed in a recently published paper written by Green Alliance, a partner of UnternehmensGrün in the ACES-Project, on behalf of Tearfund. In many low-income countries, according to the authors, the circular economy generates millions of…
New Economy and Social Innovation Forum
Workshop “Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation & Entrepreneurial Skills" Malaga, Spain (19.-22.04.2017): For four days in April the New Economy & Social Innovation Forum (NESI Forum), took place in Malaga, Spain. It was a gathering of sustainability representatives from all over the world to share and exchange knowledge, best-practice and…
Ecopreneurs for the Climate
Ecopreneurs for the Climate (ECO4CLIM) is a nonprofit organization seeking to boost the creation and scale up the impact of cooperative, sustainable, and sound businesses that tackle climate change. It began operations in 2015 with the first Global Week of Green Business and the Climate Movement (ECO4CLIM15), where more than…
Ecopreneur.eu: New board elected
Paris/Brussels, Monday, June 27, 2016, During the 2016 General Assembly of Ecopreneur.eu in Paris, Europe’s six leading national green business associations were represented on the 24th and 25th of June to align their national lobby and business agendas finding many regulatory and functional business core issues in common. Ecopreneur.eu, the…
Press Release: Circular Economy Pioneers ask for strengthening the Circular Economy package
Rotterdam, 5.1.2016: As part of the conference „Unwrapping the Package – towards a Circular Economy in Europe”, which takes place today and tomorrow in Rotterdam, Ecopreneur.eu presents the Circular Economy from the practical perspective of its member companies. While stakeholders from business, civil society and public authorities across the EU…