Circular economy services – Enabling a global transition through international trade

October 15, 2020 at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Online

The event takes place at 10:30-12:00 CET.

New and innovative service-based solutions are at the forefront of the circular economy transition. For the circular economy transition to emerge at scale, trade and trade policy will be in a key role in facilitating the global spread of new circular economy businesses and solutions, also providing new jobs and livelihoods.

Sitra and IISD – supported by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs – have undertaken a pilot study on how services solutions supporting circular economy are traded across borders and how their trade and international spread could be facilitated?

We hope to foster dialogue around how the global uptake of circular economy service-based solutions can be enhanced.

The event is organised in partnership with Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and IISD, and it is an official WCEFonline side event.

Programme

10.30 AM CET	Event starts The seminar is moderated by Malena Sell, Senior Specialist, Circular Economy, Sitra
	Enabling a global transition to a circular economy through international trade Saara Tamminen, Leading Specialist, Climate and Nature Solutions, Sitra Alice Tipping, Trade Expert, International Institute for Sustainable Development
	Case studies Joost Dekluijver, Chief Executive Officer, Closing the Loop Anna-Kaisa Huttunen, Senior Vice President, Lindström
	Panel discussion Shunta Yamaguchi, Policy Analyst, Trade and Environment, OECD Leon de Graaf, Adviser, BusinessEurope Madelaine Tuininga, Head of Unit, Trade and Sustainable Development, DG Trade, European Commission Marianne Kettunen, Principal Policy Analyst and Head of Programme Global Challenges and SDGs, Institute for European Environmental Policy
	Q&A from the audience, final comments by authors and panel
12.00 PM CET	Event ends