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Nordic Circular Hotspot

Launch event of the Nordic Roadmap for Circular Financing

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The financial institutions play a key role in society’s transition to a sustainable and circular economy. No transition will take place without capital and financing.

The Transition Group for Circular Financing was formed by Nordic Circular Hotspot and RISE Research Institute of Sweden to develop a common understanding of the perspectives, knowledge and competencies needed for financial actors to integrate and implement sustainability and circular economy as a core strategy in their business—including risk assessment and credit strategy.

The group has worked during 2023 to create a roadmap that includes a vision and goals for 2030 and a number of activities that are necessary to reach the goals. The roadmap is structured in three themes, Knowledge building, Banks’ credit processes and Investor processes, and it includes a number of circular financing success cases.

The roadmap will be launched together with some of the participating organisations.

 

Agenda

Welcome by the moderator

  • Anne Raudaskoski, Ethica and Managing Partner of the NCH

The Transition Group for Circular Finance: Background and Roadmap, including scope and method

  • Ann-Charlotte Mellquist, RISE
  • Lukas Hallquist, RISE

Presentation of cases

  • Speakers to be announced

Reflections from the Netherland and the world’s first circular finance roadmap

  • Marvin Nusseck, Circle Economy

Questions from the audience

Nordic roadmap for circular financing

The circular economy is a resource and energy-efficient economic model, built on high value retention in products and materials. It is suggested as a core strategy to tackle the climate and environmental crises that face humanity. Business models that promote and drive value retention are a core strategy to achieve a more circular economy, and for circular business to thrive, financing of these circular business models is a must.