On the 5th of June, Ellen travelled to Brussels where she took part in the launch of the European
Resource Efficiency Platform, along with European Commissioner Janez Poto_nik, former Prime
Minister of Ireland John Bruton and Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder of one of the largest asset
management companies in the world. She reiterated the vision of a circular economy and its
associated benefits, focusing on the opportunities such a model offers in an era of economic
transition.
Discussion will be focusing on the key resources, sectors and policy areas
defined in the Roadmap to a resource-efficient Europe, with work organised
around three key axes:
- Circular economy / greening the economy
- Setting objectives and measuring progress (namely looking into indicators and
policy targets)
- Framework conditions for investments in resource efficiency (How can we
stimulate this and ensure the necessary financing?)