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Building a circular world

Circularity poses an opportunity to relieve planetary pressures, progress climate goals and create thriving societies.

Creating value through circular strategies

At Deloitte, we see the transition to a circular economy as essential for sustainable growth and resilience. This approach helps optimise resources, minimise waste, and drive long-term success in a resource-constrained world.

Our team combines deep expertise and strategic insight to help you:

  • Implement circular solutions that reduce material consumption.
  • Develop policies and frameworks that incentivise sustainable practices.
  • Build circular expertise and skills within your organisation.

By modelling, piloting, and scaling circular solutions, we empower your organisation to make informed decisions that cut costs, reduce emissions, and ensure a lasting impact.

Circularity Gap Report 2024

The Circularity Gap Report is authored by CIrcle Economy Foundation in collaboration with Deloitte. It identifies key enablers and gives tangible recommendations for policy, finance and labour to accelerate progress towards the circular economy.

The keynote address was delivered by Hege Sæbjørnsen, Global Circular Strategy and Transformation Associate Director at IKEA. She elaborated on IKEA's journey towards circularity. The panel discussion included Andrea Liverani, Lead Specialist in the Europe and Central Asia Region's Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice at World Bank, Dieuwertje Ewalts, Sustainability and Circularity Lead at Deloitte Netherlands, and Matthew Fraser, Head of Research & Development at Circle Economy Foundation.

Closing the loop for textiles

‎The textiles industry accounts for 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions – more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. The industry is also the world’s second-largest consumer of water, responsible for 20% of global industrial water pollution. The industry generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually. Additionally, less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing. Given the industry’s immense environmental impact, EU policymakers have prioritised regulatory actions that target it, ultimately forcing companies to adopt circular business models and significantly reduce their environmental impact.

The Global Circularity Gap

Circularity poses opportunity to relieve planetary pressures progress to climate goals and create thriving societies.
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Get in touch with our Circularity team

Dieuwertje Ewalts

Director | Circularity lead Deloitte NL
+31882886048

Oscar Snijders

Partner | Sustainability services lead Deloitte NL
+31882883277

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