• Overview

What: The virtual WCEFonline event is part of the World Circular Economy Forum and will bring together circular change-makers from around the world to show practical circular economy examples that will help us to seize this unique opportunity to rebuild our economies stronger, greener and better.

Covering six separate sessions, WCEFonline will enable the circular community from all over the world to participate in the discussions. The sessions will provide different lenses through which business leaders and policy makers can assess the risks and opportunities associated with their resource dependence. The key questions answered include how the circular economy helps in building more resilient businesses, why sustainable finance is key, and what governments need to focus on how to scale up the circular economy. WCEFonline will present some of the world’s top business leaders, policy makers and thinkers as speakers.

Speakers:

  • Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
  • Ricardo Lozano, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
  • Dame Ellen MacArthur, Founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
  • Carolina Schmidt, Minister of the Environment of Chile
  • Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
  • Stientje van Veldhoven, Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands
  • Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change of Canada
  • Jyrki Katainen, President of Sitra, among others.

When: 29 - 30 September 2020

Where: Virtual WCEF event platform; register here.

Find more details here.