Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland

Project structure

The Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research and participating companies. The initiative is executed under the guidance of acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, in cooperation with SYSTEMIQ. Acatech Vice-Presidents Thomas Weber and Reinhard F. Hüttl chair the initiative.

Publications

For too long, our human well-being and economic activities have come at too high a cost in environmental damage.  Policy makers, business, science and civil society are beginning to understand how a more resource-efficient approach could change the way we live for the better. But what would this transition to a Circular Economy look like?

The CEID works to:

• develop a shared vision for Germany,
• investigate specific applications and support their implementation, and
• identify enabling factors for a Circular Economy,

as a way of reconciling environmental goals with greater productivity, innovative capability, competitiveness and employment.