Partner Events
Make the most of your time at Circularity 24 by attending our partner events. Coordinated by leading organizations in sustainability, these events delve deeper into the program's cross-cutting topics and themes.
RILA Member Meet Up
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 22, 8:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Join the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) for a light breakfast and meet up of retail and brand members, as well as strategic partners. Attendees will each come prepared to share their own case study of a circularity related projects or collaboration opportunity. RILA will share brief updates on our latest activities.
This meeting is open to RILA members and partners only. For more information, including how to register, reach out to Erin.Hiatt@rila.org, RILA VP of CSR.
CEP Community Event
Date/Time: Thursday, May 23, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP) convenes the industry to untangle key challenges on circular design, the Scope 3 impact of circular business models, and enabling takeback and collection for electronics. This lunch, co-hosted with CEP founding member the Global Electronics Council, will convene industry leaders and practitioners to share ideas and hear the latest on CEP’s Circular Electronics Roadmap 2.0 as well as GEC’s Purchaser Guide for Circularity and updated EPEAT criteria for Circularity.
This event is by invitation only, please contact Ralitza Naydenova at ralitza.naydenova@wbcsd.org for more information.
*Please note this event is only open to CEP members & partners.
The Reusies 2024
Date/Time: Thursday, May 23, 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: The Reusies awards program, featuring host Bryan Lewis (GreenBiz.org), keynote speaker Amy Larkin (PR3), and other special guests from Fashion Revolution, Green Sports Alliance, US Plastics Pact, and more
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Networking break
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel Discussion moderated by Upstream CEO, Crystal Dreisbach, and featuring panelists from the EPA, PR3, Reloop, and Re:Dish
The Reusies, created by Upstream, champions the heroes making reuse a reality for people across the US & Canada by uplifting their stories and providing them with meaningful support. It’s an awards show and so much more: a platform to highlight solutions, an inspirational spark to encourage innovation and collaboration, and a resource to help the reuse movement grow.
Join us as we reveal this year’s Most Innovative Reuse Companies and showcase the inspiring work of the Activist and Community of the Year winners. We’ll also feature special guest speakers and presenters, and follow the awards presentation with an engaging panel discussion by experts in the reuse space.
Green Standards' Circular Workplace: The Numbers Round
Time: Thursday, May 23, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The Circular Workplace coalition is a global alliance to raise awareness of the zero-waste office. Led by Green Standards, the sustainable decommissioning company, this engaging multi-disciplinary workshop will focus on the granular data required to measure and manage circularity where we work.
Participants representing Microsoft, the U.S. Green Building Council, Haworth, Davies Office, and Quantum Lifecycle will bring a 360-degree perspective of the issues and the numbers.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation's A Nature-Positive Built Environment: Paving the Path Ahead
Time: Thursday, May 23, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
We'll bring together an intimate group of circularity and built environment leaders to discuss the current state of BE in the US, pre-competitive action that companies can take, and the ways in which the circularity community can support (Closed Loop, EMF, Biomimicry, and other organizations that enable progress on the circular economy). The facilitated dialogue will leverage the headlines from key reports on Built Environment from EMF and other partners, as well as the expertise of BE leaders in the room.
Accelerating Circularity's Truth & Consequences: Cotton
Time: Friday, May 24, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Accelerating Circularity launches report, outlining textile-to-textile trial processes for cotton, learnings and opportunities for future growth. Find out what was made, what wasn't and why. This report will be a tool for those wanting to set up similar value chains. It's also an opportunity to see if our scope of work would be a good fit to support your organization in meeting its goals.
The Circular Supply Chain Coalition: Accelerating Reuse Practices in Critical Mineral Supply Chains through the Intersection of Policy, Investment, and Consumer Demand
Time: Friday, May 24, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Lunch TBD)
Amidst global challenges such as China's monopoly on critical minerals and the escalating climate crisis disrupting global supply chains, we face a crucial moment. We must pioneer an environment that rapidly accelerates reuse practices using tools of government, business, and social sectors, such as legislation, incentives, and partnerships, on the national and sub-national levels.
The Circular Supply Chain Coalition (CSCC), alongside Pyxera Global, Metabolic, and Sustain our Future, with backing from FedEx and other key players, has devised a blueprint plan to facilitate reverse supply chains for critical minerals nationwide. At this exclusive event, we invite leading companies in the critical mineral sector and policymakers from local, state, and federal levels to explore the CSCC's initiatives and discover how to actively engage in incentivizing a revolutionary approach to the reuse of critical minerals.
Please contact John Holm, SVP of Partnership Development at Pyxera Global, to request an invitation and more details: JHolm@pyxeraglobal.
