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Circulytics is the most comprehensive circularity measurement tool for companies
The circular economy offers a major opportunity for the financial sector to deliver on climate commitments and other ESG objectives, whilst tapping into sources of new and better growth and long-term value creation.
Nearly half of the emissions that cause climate change come from how we make and use products and food. A circular economy gives us the tools to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together. It can scale fast across industries to create value and jobs, while increasing the resilience of supply chains and delivering massive economic growth potential, estimated at 1.8 trillion EUR a year in Europe alone.
一个nalysis by Bocconi Universityof 200+ listed European companies across 14 industries has shown thatthe more circular a company is, the lower its risk of defaulting on debt, and the higher the risk-adjusted returns of its stock。
The adoption of circular practices has the potential to reduce risk and increase resilience through business model diversification, decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental impact, and better anticipation of stricter regulation and changing customer preferences.
The question is no longer whether climate change and other ESG issues matter to the financial services sector, but how it will address them. The circular economy is a crucial part of the answer to this question.
Circular economy investment opportunities are to be found across nearly every sector。这种急剧增长涵盖了一系列金融公关oducts and services, including public equity funds, bonds, private market funds and banking. For example:
一个ssets managed through public equity funds increased 28-fold since the end of 2019, from USD 0.3 billion to almost USD 9.5 billion at the end of November 2021
The annual issuance of corporate and sovereign bonds with a circular economy focus increased 5-fold between December 2019 and December 2021, with at least 40 bonds issued in the last three years.
Embracing the circular economy at Italy’s largest bank
Intesa Sanpaolo is an Italian international banking group. With 14.6 million customers, it is Italy’s largest bank by total assets and one of the top 30 largest in the world. Intesa Sanpaolo Group is active in Europe, Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the United States, Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Companies that shift towards a circular model can increase their medium to long-term competitiveness, becoming more appealing to financial institutions in terms of funding and financial support, while creating a positive impact within local communities.
Carlo Messina – CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo
Improving future data quality and availability by scaling dedicated circularity measurement tools, such asCirculytics, and integrating circularity metrics into reporting and disclosure frameworks, can support finance and investment decision making and circular economy adoption by policymakers, business, and the financial sector.
Now is the time for the financial services sector to capitalise on new growth and investment opportunities. The following papers offer new analysis that highlights rapid growth in circular economy financing and investment, and evidence demonstrating how circular economy strategies can de-risk investments and drive superior risk-adjusted returns for investors and financial institutions.
Circulytics is the most comprehensive circularity measurement tool for companies
How the circular economy tackles biodiversity loss
Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the...
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy, and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally.
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