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MISSION STATEMENT

The core circular economy field is comprised of firms primarily engaged in designing, manufacturing, transporting and recovering value from product, services and any element of the built environment, including public sector officials, retailers, reverse logistics providers and developers of new technologies.

The current economy is based on the linear model to produce and consume more products and discard them fast. Compounded with rapid population growth, resources depletion and growing pollution, it poses unforeseen threats to our future. We believe the transition to the circular economy is a solution to protect and promote the health of the people and the planet but we need leaders and experts in the field to drive real change.

The Institute’s mission is to promote the highest standards of practice in the circular economy field, to build the strong leadership we need internationally to shift from linear to circular.