Circular economy
Report
Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group: interim report
The Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group was established in February 2023 and provides advice to the Australian government on the transition to a more circular economy. This interim report summarises the preliminary advice of the Advisory Group from 2023, covering the topics of national policy, economics and investment settings, net zero, the built environment, and...
Report
Changing fashion: what people want from a greener clothing industry
Reusing more existing products could radically cut resource consumption and its environmental impact. This report investigates how reuse is working in the United Kingdom for the fashion sector, where it can be challenging to make the economics stack up.
Policy
Environmentally sustainable procurement policy
The Environmentally Sustainable Procurement (ESP) policy guides decisions and allows the federal government to measure the environmental outcomes from its procurements. It also establishes a reporting framework which will create a baseline of environmentally sustainable procurement.
Policy report
Localising the SDGs in a changing landscape
This policy paper presents the results of a survey jointly conducted by the OECD, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the European Committee of the Regions, on how to localise the SDGs in a changing international landscape marked by disasters and shocks. The paper also presents possible strategies to further leverage the SDGs to design...
Report
Australian material flow analysis to progress to a circular economy
This report used data on economy-wide material flows for 2019 to provide insights into Australia’s circular economy potential.