The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund invests in early-stage companies with developed innovations that are searching for funds to broaden their activities and reach new markets. [255] [256] [257] [250] It specifically invests in:

A New Circular Vision for Electronics: Time for a global reboot". Green Growth Knowledge Platform. 2019-02-10 . Retrieved 2019-03-12.

In 1982, Walter Stahel was awarded third prize in the Mitchell Prize competition on sustainable business models with a paper The Product-Life Factor. First prize went to the then US Secretary of Agriculture, second prize to Amory and Hunter Lovins, and fourth prize to Peter Senge. [ citation needed]

In 2020, the European Union released its Circular Economy Action Plan. [221] "Closing the loop" (December 2015 – 2018) [ edit ] Most frequently described as a framework for thinking, its supporters claim it is a coherent model that has value as part of a response to the end of the era of cheap oil and materials, moreover contributing to the transition to a low-carbon economy. In line with this, a circular economy can contribute to meeting the COP 21 Paris Agreement. The emissions reduction commitments made by 195 countries at the COP 21 Paris Agreement are not sufficient to limit global warming to 1.5°C. To reach the 1.5°C ambition it is estimated that additional emissions reductions of 15 billion tonnes of CO 2 per year need to be achieved by 2030. Circle Economy and Ecofys estimated that circular economy strategies may deliver emissions reductions that could bridge the gap by half. [63] Moving away from the linear model [ edit ]

Towards the Circular Economy Vol. 3: Accelerating the scale-up across global supply chains | Shared by Business". emf.thirdlight.com . Retrieved 2021-12-06. Recycling should therefore "reduce environmental impacts of the overall product/service provision system assessed based on the life-cycle assessment approach". [87]