Circle Economy's Circular Jobs Monitor gathers and displays the number and range of jobs that are part of the circular economy.
This bulletin provides a snapshot of data that was added to the Circular Jobs Monitor and other updates that have taken place over the past year. The Circular Jobs Monitor now hosts data for over 150 cities from over 30 countries around the world made possible through our partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
For each territory on the monitor, you can explore the number and percentage of circular jobs. This total is also broken down by sector, circular economy strategies and across three types of circular jobs: core, enabling and indirectly circular jobs.
The Circular Jobs Monitor provides policymakers, economists, and labour organisations with insights into the relationship between the circular economy and the labour market. These insights can facilitate the design of evidence-based strategies for promoting the circular economy, required education pathways, and a benchmark of current circular activity against which to monitor future progress.
Would you like to help us grow and improve the Circular Jobs Monitor? We welcome input, data and feedback on the usability and content of the Circular Jobs Monitor to ensure it grows to be an even more insightful tool for stakeholders working to advance the circular economy in their locality, industry or sector.
Sweden's emissions reduction goals are the most ambitious worldwide: net-zero by 2045. But the energy transition is only part of the story. Our Circularity Gap Report Sweden finds that Sweden must—and can—do more to become a true climate champion. The key lies in building its circular economy to shrink its large material footprint. At only 3.4% circular, most of the resources Sweden consumes are not cycled back into use—and rates of extraction are astronomical. But by building a circular economy across sectors such as the built environment, agrifood, mobility and more, the country can cut its material footprint by 42.6%.
This study calculates the employment effects of the Amsterdam Circular Strategy 2020–2025 and the Waste and Raw Materials Implementation Program 2020–2025 for three value chains: food and organic residual flows, consumer Goods, and the built environment. These value chains have been identified in previous analyses as essential to Amsterdam's circular transition. By calculating employment effects, we hope to motivate companies and governments to employ circular strategies. By anticipating changes in the labour market, the City of Amsterdam can seize the opportunities offered by circularity—something it’s well poised to do, as Amsterdam’s workforce already posseses some of the skills necessary for circular jobs.
Download the report in Dutch below.
Cities only occupy 3% of the Earth’s land—but they consume about 70% of global resources and energy. The linear 'take-make-waste' model needs to change in cities, and fast.
But how can cities leave linear behind and become more circular?
The European Investment Bank and Circle Economy have given this a lot of thought. The 15 steps for circular cities document provides comprehensive guidelines to make any city circular. This guide is the first of four documents prepared for EIB’s new Circular City Centre (C3), a competence and resource centre that aims to support EU cities in their circular economy transition.
Find out more about the Circular City Centre here.
In its new publication—Roadmap Circular Finance 2030—the Sustainable Finance Platform has developed four concrete actions that will promote cooperation within the financial sector, allowing this sector to become a driver of the circular transition.
Download the English summary of the study at the bottom of this page.
The circular economy is a means to an end—our end goal being an ecologically safe and socially just space. And the financial sector plays a crucial role in realising the transition to a circular economy. But it's not easy to go circular in a linear world: companies and projects seeking financing still face many obstacles in transitioning to circularity.
By following the actions outlined in this report, the financial sector can become a lever for and driver of the circular transition.
Are you a financial institution representative, a financial sector advisor or a policymaker? Would you like to accelerate your circular transformation?
Contact us at info@circle-economy.com
The Circular Economy working group was established in 2021 under the Sustainable Finance Platform. Members of the working group are representatives of financial institutions and various other organisations: Circle Economy, Invest-NL, Rabobank, ABN, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, PGGM, ING, Bird&Bird, KPMG, Dutch Professional Organization of Accountants (NBA), NEN, European Investment bank, Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB), Sustainable Finance Lab, Fair Capital Partners, Doen Participaties, Copper8, Nyenrode Business University
In recent years, Glasgow has looked to move beyond its heavy manufacturing past towards a vision for a more sustainable, net-zero carbon future. The circular economy has been pivotal for this vision: it holds significant potential for climate mitigation and resilience. In light of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the ongoing drive for businesses, cities, and nations to reach ‘net-zero’, Glasgow is now looking to link its circularity ambitions with its carbon targets and to empower local businesses to effectively achieve both goals. This report, by Circle Economy and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, aims to help Glasgow businesses understand the links between the adoption of circular strategies and business models and reaching net-zero carbon. It highlights key opportunities for businesses in five sectors—food and drink, textiles, manufacturing, events and conferences and the built environment—where circularity helps achieve net-zero carbon. It also outlines ways forward for Glasgow to effectively leverage and enable the circular opportunities identified, with a focus on safeguarding positive impacts for people and the planet.
This newest launch from the Coalition Circular Accounting sums up accounting-related opportunities and challenges in the circular transition. Drawing from the CCA's last four white papers based on real-life business case studies, it illustrates the current state of accounting and reporting solutions, and how they can support businesses in driving the circular transition. It finds that going circular in a linear world isn't easy—accounting and financing practices aren't set up to accommodate circular businesses. To do so, we must redefine how we approach three key facets of accounting: value, impact and risk. By changing mindsets, rethinking our existing approaches and taking on more circularity-friendly vocabulary through cross-sector collaboration, accountants and financiers can support the business world in spearheading the systemic shift to a circular economy.
The first Circularity Gap Report presented the alarming statistic that the globe’s economy was only 9.1% circular, leaving a massive Circularity Gap. The Report, launched in January 2018 during the World Economic Forum in Davos, has since been updated and published every year. This iteration marks the fifth edition. The Reports provide highlevel insights into the globe’s material flows and key levers for transitioning to circularity. They also support decision-makers with clear metrics, global data and a measurement of the circular economy to guide their action.
As 2021 draws to a close, we have much to reflect on. While the world's richest continue to consume more than 100 billion tonnes of materials per year and waste most of it, this year saw the coming and going of Glasgow's COP26—branded a 'fragile win'—as well a rallying cry from people around the world to combat climate breakdown. We also this year reached the ten-year milestone for our organisation: a decade of advancing the circular economy transition with the ultimate aim of doubling global circularity by 2032. With this newly defined goal, we can limit global warming temperature to well below 2-degrees—tackling environmental pressures and enhancing economic resilience in the process and—if designed with just principles in mind—addressing deepening social inequalities. A 17% circular world holds many benefits for businesses, cities and nations, and will allow us to create an economic system where people and the planet can thrive.
But as our research has reported, the global economy continues to consume over 100 billion tonnes of materials annually, of which over 90% becomes waste. With a global population set to reach 10 billion people by 2050, our current production and consumption patterns are highly unsustainable.
In this Impact Report, we will highlight how we have supported and accelerated the global circular economy transition in the last ten years and spotlight our flagship product—the Circle Scan. We will reflect on both the highlights from the work we did in 2021, as well as projects we concluded in past years but that continue to bear their fruits.
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