Arthur ten Wolde, Navigator Resources at Springtij, Presented on behalf of Springtij in Scientific Session 1 at the World Resources Forum 2015 in Davos, 12 October 2015
Accelerating the circular economy: outcome on Resources of the Springtj Forum 2015 in the Netherlands
1. Accelera'ng
the
circular
economy:
outcome
on
Resources
of
the
Spring'j
Forum
2015
in
the
Netherlands
Dr.
Arthur
ten
Wolde,
Navigator
Resources
at
Spring'j
Presenta'on
for
the
World
Resources
Forum
2015
Davos,
12
October
12. Session:
Netherlands
Circular
Hotspot
• NL
Hotspot
CE:
We
want
to
be
world
champion.
Look
more
for
connec'ons
• Philips:
Keep
going
with
working
on
business
cases
by
clear
communica'on
with
all
departments.
What
is
best
for
consumer,
society
and
company?
• Startups,
e.g.
Finch
Buildings
15. Circular
Economy
Policy
(1)
• Accelera'o:
circular
business
models
are
blocked
by
numerous
barriers
• Liberal
democrats:
CE
is
opportunity;
Power
of
1;
North
Sea
Resources
Roundabout;
Room
for
experiments
17. Circular
Economy
Policy
(2)
Financial
incen'ves
are
key
• Governments
launching
customer
for
circular
products
and
services
• Tax:
Ex’Tax,
VAT
differen'a'on
• Levies:
Producers
co-‐responsible
for
consumer
behaviour
18. Circular
Economy
Policy
(3)
• The
Netherlands
can
come
a
long
way
as
a
circular
hotspot
• EU
needed
to
mainstream
and
accelerate
• More
is
needed:
enforcement,
awareness
raising,
improved
regula'on,
indicators
19. Session:
Indicators
• At
least
12
methods
with
366
indicators…
• Example:
• Ambi'on:
Externally
validated
simple
system(s)
• Impact,
process
and
business
model
• Ambi'on,
transparency
• Early
involvement
stakeholders
• Not
just
procurement
20. Session:
Local
circular
economy
• Ci'es
suffer
heavily
under
impact
linear
economy
• Circle
Economy
Hackathons
and
City
Dashboard
• Alliander:
ask
the
ques'on
• Brainstorm
Circular
Terschelling
–
to
be
con'nued
J
21. Closing
Session:
Reinven'ng
World
Resources
• Chair:
Bas
de
Leeuw,
WRF
• CEO
Siemens
• Anders
Wijkman,
Club
of
Rome:
CE
brings
jobs
and
trade
balance
effects
• Workshop:
priori'es
22.
23. THANK
YOU
Arthur
ten
Wolde
Navigator
Resources
Spring'j
arthur.ten.wolde@circular-‐future.eu
www.spring'j.nu