Sustainable Critical Minerals and Circular Value Chains: A Business Listening Session

Sustainable Critical Minerals and Circular Value Chains: A Business Listening Session Passed

Thursday November 12, 2026 16:45 - 17:45 +03 Roundtable - Closed event

Exhibitor: KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Category: Building resilient cities & Infrastructure - Multilevel governance for delivery

Critical minerals are essential to the energy transition, but growing demand risks reproducing extractive patterns that exacerbate environmental and social costs across regions. KTH and SEI will host a facilitated listening session with Nordic businesses and investors working across mineral, technology and more circular value chains.

The discussion will explore practical routes to reduce demand for virgin materials, strengthen circularity and resilience, and improve environmental, social and local-development outcomes along critical-mineral value chains. The session will invite business perspectives on the opportunities, barriers, incentives and partnerships needed to make these changes viable in the Nordics.

Moderator:

Maryna Henrysson, Assistant Professor in Circular Economy and Energy Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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