Making NDCs Investable: Scaling Circular Solutions For Climate-resilient Value Chains

Making NDCs Investable: Scaling Circular Solutions For Climate-resilient Value Chains Passed

Wednesday November 11, 2026 12:30 - 15:15 +03 Summit

Category: Scaling circular solutions for climate-resilient value chains

The Circularity Summit will bring together industry, finance, government and international organisations to accelerate the deployment of circular solutions across material-intensive value chains. Focusing on policy, finance and enabling infrastructure, the Summit will explore how proven circular solutions and business models can become investable, replicable and commercially scalable, supporting the transition from climate ambition to implementation.

Policy Panel: “Leveraging Policy to Secure Demand for Circular Solutions” (12:45–13:25)

The policy panel “Leveraging Policy to Secure Demand for Circular Solutions” will explore how public procurement, demand-side incentives, tax-based levers and better-aligned standards and regulatory frameworks can create sustained demand, recognise circular value and strengthen market certainty for proven circular solutions.

Moderator:

Josephine Andersson, Sustainability and Infrastructure Specialist, Confederation of Swedish Enterprises

Panellists:

Anna Hall, Head of Public Affairs, Energy Division, Alfa Laval
Ranga Pallawala, Climate Specialist, EU SWITCH-Asia ProgrammeVanja Winblad, Head of European Affairs, SKF
Vanja Winblad, Head of European Affairs, SKF

Finance Panel: “Unlocking Financing Frameworks to Make Circular Value Chains Investable” (13:30–14:10)

The finance panel “Unlocking Financing Frameworks to Make Circular Value Chains Investable” will examine how project preparation, guarantees, blended finance, circularity-informed investment criteria and value-chain financing can improve project bankability, allocate risk and move circular solutions from first-of-a-kind deployment towards commercial scale.

Moderator:

Agnes Gourc, Co-Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, BNP Paribas

Panellists:

Martina Wallenberg, Advisor, Wallenberg Investments and Board Member, SEB
Karin Wessman, Head of Sustainability & Country Analysis, EKN
Mahendra Shunmoogam, Global Policy Lead, Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT)
Valerie Hickey, Global Director, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, World Bank

Infrastructure Roundtable: “Scaling Circular Infrastructure & Material Flows Through the 4Rs” (14:15–15:15)

The infrastructure roundtable “Scaling Circular Infrastructure & Material Flows Through the 4Rs” will structure proven solutions across the Reduce, Replace, Reuse and Recycle pathways, identifying the infrastructure, material-flow and value-chain conditions required for replication and commercial-scale deployment, as well as the remaining policy and financing dependencies.

Moderator:

Didem Karaduman, Senior Project Manager and COP31 General, Business Sweden

Participants:

Daniel Bosson, Group Climate & Circularity Manager, SKF
Eija Hietavuo, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Tetra Pak
Hilde van Duijn, CEO, Circle Economy Foundation
Karin Forsberg, Vice President Energy Division and Head of Strategic Partnerships & Circularity, Alfa Laval
Katrin Stjernfeldt-Jammeh, Mayor of Malmö and President, ICLEI
Lina K. Wiles, Chief Sustainability Officer, Adapteo
Martin Pei, Senior Adviser, SSAB
Roberta Dessi, Acting Manager Global Public Affairs, IKEA
Sofia Jonsson, Head of Sustainability, Investor AB
Susan Chomba, Director of Vital Landscapes for Africa, World Resources Institute

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