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class="cgr-global-circular-text-wrapper"><h2 class="new-h2 for-cgr-global-circular">Our world economy is only 9.1% circular,<br/><span class="w300-span">leaving a massive ‘Circularity Gap’</span></h2><div class="_20-text">This alarming statistic is the main output of this first <em>Circularity Gap Report</em>, in which we launch a metric for the circular state of the planet.<br/><br/>Taking the United Nations’ <a href="https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report" target="_blank" class="lined-link blue">Emissions Gap Report</a> as inspiration, the Circularity Gap Report provides a framework and fact-base to measure and monitor progress in bridging the gap, year on year.<br/><br/>Being able to track and target performance via the Global Circularity Metric will help us engage in uniform goal-setting and guide future action in the most impactful way.</div></div><div id="w-node-b0dc8d1f-2dd0-4c46-3956-214e9ca1e1d7-bdf6d24a" class="cgr-global-circular-pic-wrapper"><img 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Build a global coalition for action</strong></div><div class="_20-text cgr-global-steps-block-text">The coalition is comprised of front-running businesses, governments, NGOs and academics, that will input and convene an authoritative annual report on the circular state of the global economy and measure progress towards its implementation.</div></div><div class="cgr-global-steps-block"><div class="_20-text"><strong>2. Develop a global target and action agenda</strong></div><div class="_20-text cgr-global-steps-block-text">The goal is to involve all relevant stakeholders to agree clear goal-setting and alignment with the SDGs and emission-reduction targets.</div></div><div class="cgr-global-steps-block"><div class="_20-text"><strong>3. 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This century calls for new metrics - natural and social - that enable humanity to thrive within the means of the planet. This fascinating report presents just the kind of powerful numbers needed to start making that new economy real.</div><div><strong>– Kate Raworth, Author of the book ‘Doughnut Economics’ and Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute and Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership</strong></div></div></div></div></div><div class="feedback-slide w-slide"><div class="grid"><div id="w-node-b0dc8d1f-2dd0-4c46-3956-214e9ca1e264-bdf6d24a" class="feedback-slide-content"><div id="w-node-b0dc8d1f-2dd0-4c46-3956-214e9ca1e265-bdf6d24a" class="feedback-photo-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5e185aa4d27bcf348400ed82/650d9c049c34a0926eeaecb4_Frans.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" class="feedback-photo"/></div><div class="feedback-quote-wrapper"><div class="margin-bottom-16">The traditional “take-make-dispose” economic model endangers the achievement of the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals. SDG Goal 3 - “Healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages” - is at the core of the Philips mission and relies on “Sustainable consumption and production patterns” (SDG12) to be achieved. I therefore welcome this first step towards a global circularity metric. This will allow us to better measure the material flows of the global economy and provide insights about key levers for moving to a circular economy.</div><div><strong>– Frans van Houten, CEO at Philips and Co-chair Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) at World Economic Forum</strong></div></div></div></div></div><div class="feedback-slide w-slide"><div class="grid"><div id="w-node-b0dc8d1f-2dd0-4c46-3956-214e9ca1e26f-bdf6d24a" class="feedback-slide-content"><div id="w-node-b0dc8d1f-2dd0-4c46-3956-214e9ca1e270-bdf6d24a" class="feedback-photo-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5e185aa4d27bcf348400ed82/650d9c04fa30e04669ba6d3f_Naoko.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" class="feedback-photo"/></div><div class="feedback-quote-wrapper"><div class="margin-bottom-16">We stand at a defining moment for the future of the planet and human well-being. To stay within the planetary boundaries, a radical transformation of key economic systems will be required to significantly reduce their environmental footprint. Our current linear “take-make-waste” system is simply not sustainable for the environment, the way we live or the economy. 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