Head of Editorial and European Affairs Joss Blériot, Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Economy is the New Economy in Sitra's event Circular Economy in Finland on 13th of January

3. Source: Grilli and Yang; Pfaffenzeller; World Bank; International Monetary Fund; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistics; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); UN Comtrade; Ellen
MacArthur Foundation; McKinsey Global Institute analysis
1 Based on the arithmetic average of four commodity sub-indexes: food, non-food agricultural items, metals, and energy.
2 Data for 2013 are calculated based on the average of the first three months of 2013.
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5. Towards a resource efficient and circular economy
(Second set of policy recommendations adopted in Brussels, 31 March 2014)
“Europe has to invest in a well-functioning circular economy where resources and
products are sustainably sourced, designed to be re-used, remanufactured and
recycled so that waste becomes a resource and less primary raw material needs to
be used.”

7. “Towards the circular economy”
A report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Featuring analysis by McKinsey & Co.
Launched at the World Economic Forum, Davos, January 2012

11. 4 main levers…
Design for re-use, remanufacture and multiple useful lives
Enabling business models favouring access over ownership
Reverse logistics and associated infrastructure
Cross-sector and cross-industry collaboration