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Lithium, cobalt and rare earths play a pivotal role in laying the foundations for a competitive circular economy. This is why recycling electronic waste plays a key role.

Innovation is the backbone of the circular transition. Emanuele Bompan, editor-in-chief of Renewable Matter, and circular economy expert Antonella Totaro have scouted all around the world five groundbreaking start-ups that will play a key role in the circular economy.

In North Africa, the renewables sector has great growth potential, but the market needs to be improved: rules, political stability and depowering the fossil sector.

Until a few years ago, very few international development and cooperation agencies systemically dealt with issues such as adaptation to climate change, decarbonisation, circular economy and biodiversity. Words like natural capitalism, renewable energies and circular regeneration were never spoken. Decarbonisation and biodiversity protection were minor points of cooperation between agencies or NGOs. Energy security or risk protection were rarely discussed in bilateral or multilateral processes.

Initially conceived for the public administration, circular procurement has now been adopted by several large companies in the private sector. A firm’s environmental footprint does not only depend on its own activities, but also on the others they originate from. That’s why to achieve a real circular transition, companies have to involve their suppliers and not limit this systemic change only to their direct area of operations.