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• GOLDSCHMEDING FOUNDATION RENEWS ITS SUPPORT FOR CIRCULAR JOBS AND SKILLS

  April 16, 2018

  March 30, 2018, Amsterdam Building on the successes of research that measured circular employment in cities in the Netherlands, Circle Economy and EHERO continue their partnership to investigate the impact of circular economy strategies on cities and their job creation potential. The project is supported by the Goldschmeding Foundation, a philanthropic foundation, with a key focus on people, work and economy. The 1-year project aims to enable city officials to better integrate circular economy strategies

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• The world’s first Master’s degree in circular fashion entrepreneurship

  April 16, 2018

    The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), Circle Economy and Fashion for Good have announced that they will form a partnership to evolve the current AMFI MA Fashion Enterprise Creation (MA FEC), launched in 2016, into the world’s first master’s degree focused on circular fashion entrepreneurship.   The MA FEC programme aims to inspire and equip fashion entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with the skills to build purpose-driven fashion businesses with a societal, cultural or environmental mission at

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• How the post-industrial city of Bilbao can accelerate circular innovation

  April 04, 2018

  April 5, 2018, Today the city of Bilbao, and the surrounding territory of Bizkaia, present the results of the Circle City Scan, a visual roadmap with an analysis and identification of impactful and tangible opportunities to spark the circular transition within the city and the territory. Spain’s first Circle City Scan is initiated through a consortium composed of Circle Economy, Innobasque, Bilbao Ekintza and BEAZ in collaboration with Aclima, Ihobe and Inèdit. Six circular strategies

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• Policy Brief On Circular Economy and Climate

  March 22, 2018

  Since the Paris Agreement adopted the 1.5° C limit to global warming, policymakers and civil society have worked to identify the most important pathways to keep this goal alive.   The major emissions reductions needed to achieve this heavy lift have been recognized. However, these emissions reductions often target the source of emissions. While this is a reasonable approach, additional mitigation opportunities exist beyond the point where emissions are created. Transformational ideas add new climate

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