Circular Economy Summit: global circularity rate drops to 6.9%

On 20 November 2025 the eighth Circular Economy Summit was held in the Öbölház, where business leaders, researchers and policymakers discussed the challenges and opportunities of the circular transition.

Increasing material consumption is responsible for 60 per cent of harmful climate impacts and for more than 90 per cent of biodiversity loss and land‑use‑related water stress

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The event’s hosts were Willem van Ee, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Attila Chikán Jr., president of BCSDH. It was told at the opening ceremony: according to the Circularity Gap Report 2025, only 6.9% of the world’s material flows can be considered circular, which is a step back from last year’s 7.2%.