WCEF 2026 Accelerator Session: Driving a circular economy in India: The Fundamentals, Partnerships and Collaborative Action

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?

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WCEF 2026 Accelerator Session: Critical Materials for a Circular Future: Building Resilient Supply Chains through Circularity

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.

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