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Energy Transition and the Circular Economy
Innovative and sustainable solutions for energy and industry in city-port regions
Promoting dialogue and cooperation between socio-economic stakeholders to bring their activities closer together, identify potential synergies and encourage better management of natural resources.
How can a collaborative approach involving all industrial stakeholders be utilized to promote synergies around the circular economy?
A collaborative approach involving all industrial stakeholders can be effectively utilized to promote synergies around the circular economy by fostering close involvement, encouraging exchanges of expertise and feedback, and promoting the acceptance and adoption of sustainable practices and solutions, particularly among smaller businesses. This approach should be progressive, with partners’ analysis and recommendations incorporated into subsequent actions, complemented by a robust communication strategy to ensure transparency and engagement.
The Port of Antwerp has made cooperation with stakeholders the cornerstone of its sustainability commitment. This collective approach resulted in the publication of a first sustainability report in 2010. It supposes close involvement by the various partners concerned and encourages exchanges of expertise and feedback. It also promotes acceptance and adoption of sustainable practices and solutions, in particular for stakeholders such as small businesses, for whom this may be more challenging. The approach is also progressive: the partners’ critical analysis and recommendations on the first report were taken into account in the following reports. To complement this approach, a communication strategy has been adopted with a dedicated website.
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