Circularity Gap Report 2020

Global and national (Austria as the first country)
The Circularity Gap Report provides a metric that measures the circular state of the world economy and high-level insights into the global metabolism. It also identifies key levers for transitioning to circularity at a global level by mid-21st century.
Circle Economy
DSM
UNCTAD
City of Amsterdam
WWF
Philips
Convenes key stakeholders and advance harmonized approaches to measuring the progress and impacts of a circular economy transition.
Global
PACE (Secretariat)
World Resources Institute
World Economic Forum
Circle Economy
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
EMF
OECD
BL
WBCSD
European Commission
European Environment Agency
Global
Short-term: Fast-tracking Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) impact in the circular economy by supporting bottom-up innovation and entrepreneurship.
Long-term: Mobilize action among innovators, governments and private sector stakeholders to grow the ecosystem for circular 4IR technology innovation—and in doing so, support the achievement of the sustainable development goals.
The linear economy is extremely wasteful, straining the planet’s resources. These are some of the resulting challenges:
Scale360° is a global partnership between key stakeholders in government, business and civil society to assess specific marketplace challenges in local economies and design relevant interventions that stimulate the circular economy innovation within cities, countries, and regions. Coupled with these interventions, Scale360° fosters an active, global community on UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s first open platform for digital collaboration.
The Scale360° initiative, built during 2020, aims to leverage new digital technologies and innovations that have already revolutionized sectors like healthcare, mobility and education to accelerate the circular transition. Innovative approaches and new collaborators can reimagine the way materials and products flow within economies—moving away from the current “take-make-dispose” model towards a circular one.
Scale360° partners work to build and scale solutions together with activities tailored to local needs. Advisory board members include government leaders, business executives, impact investors, and local experts who shape and scale the programme.
World Economic Forum
United Arab Emirates Ministries of the Prime Minister, Cabinet Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, and Artificial Intelligence
Chile Ministry of Environment
Accenture
Circulate Capital
ENEL
Fashion for Good
Google
IDEO
Kearney
Majid Al Futtaim
Phillips
Polymateria
ScaleUpNation
SOFOFA
Triciclos
WWF