The built environment has a substantive opportunity to contribute to the development of Australia's circular economy
Circular economy is undoubtably one of the solutions available to address the issues facing our industry in our journey to decarbonisation and waste reduction. However, there are many challenges, from understanding what it means to truly be circular, to setting targets in industry, to advocating for structural barriers to change.
We believe the time is right to deal with these challenges, which is why we are embarking on a program of works over the coming years to define the way forward and to then set a pathway for industry to create a healthy, resilient, positive, and circular built environment.
What is a circular economy?
“An industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention and design. It replaces the end-of-life concept with restoration, shifts towards the use of renewable energy, eliminates the use of toxic chemicals, which impair reuse and return to the biosphere, and aims for the elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, systems, and business models.” – World Economic Forum
It replaces the end-of-life concept with restoration, shifts towards the use of renewable energy, eliminates the use of toxic chemicals, which impair, reuse and return to the biosphere, and aims for the elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, systems and business models.
Our vision:
A healthy, resilient, positive and circular built environment.
- Create a long-term roadmap to assist industry to navigate the circular economy dimension.
- Drive supply chain transformation to an approach that is more circular and less carbon intensive through Green Star.
- Develop online systems to help product manufacturers promote their solutions to industry.
- Expand industry’s knowledge on circular economy and embodied carbon.
- Advocate for a transformative circular economy.
A practical guide to circular procurement for new buildings and major refurbishments
This guide aims to provide professionals and decision makers across Government and the private sector the considerations and tools to enable circular procurement across each stage of a building project.
Circular economy in South Australia's built environment
The purpose of this Action Plan is to summarise circular economy opportunities in the built environment for South Australia. It outlines key actions and stakeholders that will need to work collaboratively to drive the transition from linear to circular.
A circular economy discussion paper
This paper primarily addresses material depletion and embodied materials, and does this through a circular economy - a model of production by which resources consumed are renewable and are made as part of a closed loop of materials.
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Circular economy partners
We thank our partners for their leadership and support of our activities and are always looking for organizations seeking to demonstrate their leadership in this space.
For more information on becoming a Circular economy partner please contact us.
Circular economy principal partner
Circular economy supporting partners
