26th March 2025
Mumbai
India
Background
Chatham House have now identified that there are now over 80 national Circular Economy strategies worldwide and five international CE standards have been published in 2024-25. In addition, the European Commission have passed and are developing policy and regulations related to CE. Strategically the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), passed in the summer 2024, extends EC policy related to cover circularity in multiple sectors, introduces the Digital Product Passport (DPP), bans on the destruction of unsold products and green public procurements. ESPR regulatory development will initially focus on clothing, textiles, fashion, and apparel (CTFA), and iron and steel. In addition, to ESPR there is a range of new policy emerging that will impact on CFTA sectors including green claims and extended producer responsibility.
Event
The workshop will cover global developments in CE and highlight the Indian context. This will be followed by a presentation on the results of an expert survey on the ‘state of the art’ of product circularity amongst leading companies. More specific presentations will then follow on the emergence of repair cafes worldwide, and new circularity European policy and standards related to the clothing, fashion and textiles sector. Finally, there will discussion over findings from a series of research projects covering circularity, cricket gear and clothing completed via Platform for Accelerating Sustainable Innovation in Cricket (PASIC) founded and led by The Centre for Sustainable Design® (CfSD) at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
The workshop is jointly organised by CfSD at UCA and EMC, and aligns to two projects being led by CfSD at UCA:
Programme
The workshop will be led by Professor Martin Charter, Dr Prasad Modak, Dr Shilpi Kapur and Dr Lilian Sanchez Moreo
9:30-10:00 – Registration
10:00-10:15 – Introduction
Dr Shilpi Kapur
Professor Martin Charter
10:15-11:00 – Circular Economy: Strategic Overview
Professor Martin Charter
11:00: 11:40 – Circular Economy in India
Dr Prasad Modak
11:40-12:10 – Product Circularity
Dr Lilian Sanchez Moreno
12:10-12:45 – Case Study 1: Repair Cafés
Professor Martin Charter
12:45-13:00 – Q&A
13:00-13:45 – Lunch
13:45-14:20 – Sustainability, Fashion, Clothing & Textiles: Policy & Standards Update
Professor Martin Charter & Dr Lilian Sanchez Moreno
14:20-14:50 – Case Study 2: Sustainability, Cricket Gear & Clothing
Professor Martin Charter & Dr Lilian Sanchez Moreno
14:50-15:00 – Q&A
15:00-15:30 – Summing up
Professor Martin Charter & Dr Prasad Modak
Audience
The workshop is targeted at stakeholders interested in circular economy, repair cafes, clothing and cricket gear including brands, manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers.
Registration
The event is free of charge, but by invitation-only you. Please register your interest by sending your name, job title and organisation to mcharter@uca.ac.uk.
Funding
The workshop is delivered via the PC4CREP and PSCP projects that are funded by the University for the Creative Arts UKRI/AHRC Impact Accelerator award and by UKRI through the Strategic Priorities Fund.