WCEF2026 Accelerator Session: Driving a circular economy in India: The Fundamentals, Partnerships and Collaborative Action

About the Session

As businesses face increasing resource constraints, climate risks, evolving regulations and market expectations, circularity is becoming a strategic driver for competitiveness, resilience, and long-term growth. Yet, achieving circularity at scale requires moving beyond recycling and isolated pilots towards embedding circular principles across products, value chains, and business models. With the policy landscape evolving both in India and many parts of the globe to encourage the transition, businesses have a unique opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and build resilient circular value chains.

CII advances India's circular economy through policy advocacy, knowledge leadership, capacity building, and industry collaboration. Drawing on cross-sectoral experience, this session will showcase industry-led circular solutions, scalable public–private partnerships, and innovative business models while addressing the key enablers for accelerating the global circular economy transition.

Key questions to be explored:

• What are the critical pillars for circular economy transition?
• What role do reverse logistics and new business models play in scaling circular value chains?
• What are the challenges and opportunities involved in adopting and practicing circular economy principles in the Global South?

What to Expect

• ✓Practical insights into the key pillars and enablers of India's circular economy transition.
• ✓Industry perspectives on reverse logistics, resource efficiency and circular business models.
• ✓Partnership opportunities across government, industry, technology providers and other stakeholders.
• ✓Real-world examples of circular solutions that can move from pilots to scale.
• ✓Global and Indian perspectives on building competitive, resilient and resource-efficient value chains.

Speakers

Yet to finalize

Who Should Attend?

• Industry leaders and sustainability professionals
• Policymakers and government representatives
• Circular economy and resource-efficiency professionals
• Waste management and recycling companies
• Technology providers and startups
• Consultants and researchers
• Professionals working across manufacturing, infrastructure, FMCG, chemicals, energy and other resource-intensive sectors

Register for the Session

Join us to explore how collaboration can turn circular economy ambition into practical, scalable action.

About WCEF2026

This event is an accelerator session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2026 (WCEF2026). WCEF2026 will gather forward-looking thinkers and doers and present the game-changers in the circular economy. The forum will be held from 15 to 18 September 2026 in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, India. This international forum is organised jointly by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, together with global and local partners.

Visit: https://wcef2026.com/

Follow the conversation on social media with #WCEF2026.

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WCEF2026 Accelerator Session: Critical Materials for a Circular Future: Building Resilient Supply Chains through Circularity

About the Session

Critical materials are fundamental to the clean energy transition, digital economy, and industrial growth, yet supply concentration, import dependence, price volatility, and geopolitical risks are creating new vulnerabilities. This session will explore how circularity, collaboration, innovation, and circular business models can strengthen resource efficiency, improve material security, and reduce supply chain risks.

The session will showcase emerging global practices and examples from India and other countries, including circular solutions for EV batteries, electronics, renewable energy systems, steel, and cement. Bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, technology providers, and researchers, the discussion will generate practical insights on building competitive, resilient, and circular value chains that support economic growth, climate action, and long-term resource security.

What to Expect

• ✓Practical insights into critical material security, supply-chain vulnerabilities and circularity-led solutions.
• ✓Industry perspectives on recycling, recovery, reuse and circular business models for critical materials.
• ✓Cross-sector collaboration across government, industry, technology providers, researchers and other stakeholders.
• ✓Real-world examples of circular solutions for EV batteries, electronics, renewable energy, steel and cement.
• ✓Global and Indian perspectives on building resilient, competitive and resource-efficient supply chains.

Speakers

Yet to finalize

Who Should Attend?

• Industry leaders and sustainability professionals
• Policymakers and government representatives
• Critical minerals, mining, metals and recycling professionals
• EV, battery, electronics and renewable energy companies
• Circular economy and resource-efficiency professionals
• Technology providers and startups
• Consultants, researchers and academics
• Professionals from steel, cement, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy and other resource-intensive sectors

Register for the Session

Join us to explore how collaboration can turn resilient supply chains ambition into practical, scalable action.

About WCEF2026

This event is an accelerator session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2026 (WCEF2026). WCEF2026 will gather forward-looking thinkers and doers and present the game-changers in the circular economy. The forum will be held from 15 to 18 September 2026 in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, India. This international forum is organised jointly by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, together with global and local partners.

Visit: https://wcef2026.com/

Follow the conversation on social media with #WCEF2026.

Contact Detail