02/04/2025
- 04/04/2025
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BASQUE CIRCULAR SUMMIT 2025 'Time to action'
In person: Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia
Introduction
Five years have passed since the approval of the “European Green Deal”, the economic growth and development strategy that was launched in 2020 and which is a strategic commitment to shifting towards a new circular economy model in Europe.
During these last 5 years, Europe has laid the foundations needed to change the economic model, thanks to its driving new political initiatives (directives, regulations, legislations, market instruments …). They range from transforming the main activity sectors to empowering consumers to be the key players on a new sustainable product market.
Furthermore, the transformation will be accompanied by a shift in focus by the financial sector; it is going to discriminate in favour of investments in sustainable assets, which will mark the start of a new corporate transparency stage as regards sustainability reporting.
The aim is to address current environmental challenges – climate change, depletion of resources and loss of biodiversity – and to make way for a new economic model where competitiveness and sustainability go hand in hand.
The foundations for the change have been laid; the challenges, time lines and actions needed in our economies are now clear. Start a new stage. It’s time to act!
Goals
The Basque Circular Summit 2025, in the same way as in previous editions, will seek to analyse the different challenges and opportunities that the circular economy offers companies and the social and economic fabric of the Basque Country overall, and to showcase the work already carried out in order to inspire further action.
The three-day summit will analyse:
- The advances in legislative and regulatory development, along with recent circular economy innovations as part of the European Green Deal.
- Highlight the Basque Government's commitment to support the companies and the social and economic fabric of the Basque Country overall in this necessary transaction towards a new circular economic model.
- Report on the circular economy work implemented and the results by Basque companies, both individually and as part of public-private partnership initiatives deployed in the framework of the 2030 Basque Circular Economy Strategy: Basque Ecodesign Center, Basque Circular SME, and Basque Ecoinnovation.
- Provide criteria and spur on Basque companies, public entities and local authorities, academia and citizens to step up their commitment to the circular economy.
- Showcase and position the Basque Country internationally at the cutting edge in the application of circular economy principles.
REGISTRATION OPENS: https://basquecircularsummit.eus/en/