Packaging Reimgained: Alternate & Sustainable Solutions Chair – Mr. Michael Hoffmann, Vice President- Sustainability & Communications, Huhtamaki Material Transition for the Chemical Industry Chair – Mr. Rajat Arora, Vice President and Head of Home Care R&D SA & Asia, Unilever

Enabling policies for circular economy transition: Benchmarking and analyzing the impact of key policies such as EPR on increasing circular economy in different countries and sectors. To study incentives in different countries for different sectors for promotion of RECEIC

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Mission Statement

Our Purpose

To facilitate and foster greater company-to-company collaboration, build advanced capabilities across sectors and value chains, bring learnings from diverse and global experiences of the coalition members, and unlock on-ground private sector action to enhance resource efficiency and accelerate circular economy transition.

We aspire RECEIC to be:

A G20 centric Global Coalition
Joined and supported by at least 25 fortune 500 companies in one year
Joined by more than 100 members from across countries
Engaging with Leading think Tanks and International organizations
Focusing of high impact areas and few global value chains
Follow Value Driven + Engagement Driven model

guiding principles

Our Foundational Values

Partnerships for Impact:

Drive knowledge sharing, peer learnings and collaborations amongst value chains

Technology Cooperation:

Promote technology use-cases, collaborations to develop solutions and share best practices

Finance for Scale:

Share investment best practices, map circularity project pipelines, engage investors

Unique aspects

What Sets Us Apart

First of its kind high-level initiative on encouraging resource efficiency and circular economy

Autonomous

Industry-led & Independent

Global

Encompassing All Sectors and Global

G20 Participation

Participation at the G20 RE Dialogue

Inclusive

We are Inclusive and Integrative

receic focus areas

Typical activities and possible roadmap envisaged for RECEIC

Working Groups

Packaging Reimgained: Alternate & Sustainable Solutions
Chair – Mr. Michael Hoffmann, Vice President- Sustainability & Communications, Huhtamaki
Material Transition for the Chemical Industry
Chair – Mr. Rajat Arora, Vice President and Head of Home Care R&D SA & Asia, Unilever

Policy

Enabling policies for circular economy transition:
- Benchmarking and analyzing the impact of key policies such as EPR on increasing circular economy in different countries and sectors.
- To study incentives in different countries for different sectors for promotion of RECEIC

Capacity and Knowledge Sharing

Nudging consumer behaviour towards resource efficient and circular future:
- Awareness campaigns to transform consumer perception and increase demand for circular and sustainable products and services.
Sector focused efforts to:
- Analyze the importance of circular economy for the sector, assessment of circularity gap and the actions needed to close the gap. Sectors such as steel, cement, plastics, food and agriculture, textiles, electronics etc. may be taken up.
Workshops and knowledge sharing webinars on
- Innovations around topics like eco-design, metal transformation technologies, sustainable materials, new business models in circular economy etc.
- Share success stories of collaborations across the value chain, cross-sectoral and
  technology partnerships etc.
- Inviting investors, DFIs, MDBs for knowledge sharing on finance for circular economy
  transition, green taxonomies, green financial product standards.

Members

Our Collaborators for Change

Steering Committee Members

Meet Our Steering Committee

Chair of RECEIC Committee

Mr Manish Sharma

Manish Sharma, Chairman of Panasonic Life Solutions India and South Asia, has over two decades of experience in the electronics sector, working with industry giants like LG, Samsung, and Haier. He plays a pivotal role in Panasonic's strategy and business development across consumer, enterprise, and industry divisions. Actively involved in India's manufacturing agenda, Manish is a key member of various FICCI committees and has significantly contributed to the electronics industry, including a past presidency at CEAMA.

Dr. Ashok Menon

Director Sustainability Strategy APAC

Ms. Deeksha Vats

Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Group

Mr. Manoj Kumar Rustagi

Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, JSW Cement

Dr. Naresh Tyagi

Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL)

Mr. Priyesh Bhatti

Director, Green Gene Enviro Protection & Infrastructure Ltd (GGEPIL)

Abhay Despande

Founder, Recykal

Dr K C Ravi

Chief Sustainability Officer Syngenta India Pvt Ltd.

Vishal Bhavsar

Head-ESG Multiples Alternate Assets Management

Dr. Nimish Shah

General Manager Regulatory Affairs South Asia, Unilever

Mr. Anupam Badola

Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited

Mr. Michael Hoffmann

VP- Sustainability & Communications, Huhtamaki

Dr. Arvind Bodhankar