Roundtable
Resilient by Design: Circularity in Europe’s Industrial Supply Chains
In collaboration with PwC.
16.30 to 18.00 PM | 13 October 2025
Context
Circularity lies at the heart of Europe’s ambition to strengthen its resilience, strategic autonomy, and industrial competitiveness. The transition from a linear to a circular economy is no longer a “nice-to-have” compliance exercise, but a core industrial priority, essential to reducing dependency on virgin resources, mitigating supply chain risks, and unlocking new sources of value.
Despite growing political momentum and corporate commitments, progress remains limited. The EU’s circularity rate has stagnated over the past 15 years, highlighting persistent structural barriers. The business case for circularity remains insufficiently compelling, constrained by a combination of regulatory fragmentation, market failures, and misaligned price signals. In many cases, virgin materials continue to outperform circular alternatives on cost and reliability, slowing down large-scale adoption.
More fundamentally, circularity requires a systemic transformation of how value is created and captured across the economy. It calls for new business models, redesigned products and services, and a shift in underlying economic incentives. This transformation cannot be achieved by individual companies acting in isolation; it requires coordinated action across entire value chains, supported by enabling policy frameworks and targeted investments.
ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE
Building on the insights from CSR Europe’s Circularity Atelier, this roundtable will bring together 5-8 industry leaders, policymakers, and key stakeholders to explore how to accelerate the transition to circular business models, create functioning markets for circular materials, and strengthen collaboration across supply chains
This high-level roundtable will explore:
How companies can accelerate the internal transition towards circular business models
How the EU policy framework can strengthen the enabling environment for circularity
What is needed to close the investment gap and scale circular solutions
How collaboration across value chains can be enhanced
How can we translate circular economy from a policy ambition into an economically viable and investable reality