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CIRCULAR GLASGOW
A vision of the future O
ver 70 business leaders from across the city attended a Circular Glasgow Summit for the construction and finance
sectors at the end of September. ‘Glasgow: Towards a Circular City’ addressed how Glasgow can future- proof the built environment and focused on how to embed circular economy thinking into the construction and finance sectors. The construction industry operates within a linear economy of make, use, dispose. As global demand for resources increases and raw materials become more scarce, this event explored how Glasgow can go about creating a more sustainable built environment. Organisations and urban policy
makers are already beginning to look for a more regenerative, circular economy model. The construction industry demands over half the world’s extracted materials and generates around a third of the total waste generated in the EU, making it a prime candidate for applying the circular economy.
The mini-summit, moderated by
Professor Greg Clark, Senior Fellow at the Urban Land Institute, looked at the benefits of adopting more circular principles within our city landscape. With a growing number of international organisations successfully embracing these new models, the event allowed delegates to hear directly from high- profile leaders and circular economy entrepreneurs operating within the field. Speakers included Coert Zachariasse,
CEO of Delta Developments, a Dutch real estate development and investment company, who developed Park 20|20 Business Park in the Netherlands on
cradle to cradle principles: the first of its kind in Europe. Delegates also heard from Circle Economy, global circular economy experts, and Niina Pussinen, Business Innovation and Collaboration Manager CIRCL at ABN AMRO the Dutch bank, who jointly published a pioneering report A Future-Proof Built Environment. With a vision for the Netherlands to become fully circular by 2050 set out by the Dutch Government, the summit heard how ABN AMRO created Circl, one of Amsterdam’s first circular buildings. Locally, city leaders shared thoughts
on how Glasgow could transition to a circular city, including Stephen Good, Chief Executive of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre. Through the circular economy, the summit highlighted ways to effectively tackle the complex nature of the built environment through multidisciplinary working, shifting towards more sustainable forms of economic growth, urban life and value creation.
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