Strategic Focus: Innovative Circular Technologies Advancing Climate And Sustainability Performance
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Executive Summary
Innovative technologies in materials science, bio- and chemical engineering and decarbonization are playing a vital role in improving circularity in key industries that have historically relied on resource extraction. Through a combination of software and hardware, new solutions that support chemical and water recycling, the decarbonization of concrete, and synthetic material development will not only play a vital role in the transition to a circular economy, but will deliver secondary benefits that can help manufacturers and brands reach their net zero and nature-positive goals. This report should be used by corporates operating predominantly in heavy industries to assess their own processes and to discover ways in which these new technologies can improve their sustainability.
Table of contents
Growing resource pressure is driving innovation in material solutionsThe current state of resource use does not align with future sustainability scenarios
The resource gap can be closed with powerful circular solutions
New technologies can target the inefficiencies organizations face
Solutions represent lucrative opportunities for investors and corporates alike
Table of figures
Figure 1. Regulations, directives and strategies driving greater focus on resource useFigure 2. Examples of technology to resolve existing resource constraints
Figure 3. Funding into technology supporting the circular economy in industry
Organisations mentioned
Allonnia, Anhui Conch Cement, Avantium, BASF Venture Capital, BDC Capital, BDO, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Bison Ventures, BlackRock, Blue Earth Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Brimstone, Carbon Upcycling, Carbon8, CarbonCure Technologies, CEMEX, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), Circularity Capital, Climate Investment, Closed Loop Partners, CO2ncrEAT, DePloy, Dioxcycle, Drawdown Fund, DVC, DyeCoo, Earth Overshoot Day, Encina, EPOC Enviro, European Commission, Greenful, HeidelbergCement, Holcim, IMM Investment, INEOS Styrolution, Insight Partners, Inven Capital, Lafarge, Lombard Odier, Lowercarbon Capital, LyondellBasell Industries, M&g, Neste, Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment and Climate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Recycling Technologies, SOURCE Water, Sublime Systems, SW Recycle Fund, SYSTEMIQ, Twelve, UN International Resource Panel, Wingman Ventures, WINTAbout the authors
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