Circular Innovation Council believes solutions for greater resource efficiency is to advance the circular economy, which decouples economic activity from production and consumption of finite resources.
We are inclusive and collaborative among supply and value chains; and seek to advance circular business models, products, and services that deliver redefined values and multiple benefits of a circular economy.
The Canadian Circular Economy Summit 2025 was held on April 15-17 at the Fairmont Hotel in Montréal, co-hosted by Circular Innovation Council and Circular Economy Leadership Canada.
The summit explored the potential of the circular economy to address Canada’s biggest challenges while bolstering local competitiveness and economic resilience.
Over 900 Canadian and international delegates came together to share best practices, discuss cutting edge solutions, and build new partnerships to drive Canada towards a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future.
At the first Canadian Circular Economy Summit (CCES) in 2023 the Circular Economy Action Plan for Canada was created. Released at the end of 2025, the CE Action Plan 2.0 provides new insights and hones in on key impact areas to make it fit to address the challenges and seize the opportunities of today.
The Circular Economy Action Plan provides a framework to unify the private sector, governments, investors, and civil society around a shared vision. Version 2.0 is not a pivot, but a magnification. It integrates crucial insights from the CCES 2025 in Montréal, delivering a refreshed blueprint and priority actions.
Version 2.0 builds upon the inaugural 2023 CE Action Plan while recognizing that Canada’s circular economy community has matured over the last two years. It also acknowledges our current economic and market realities which are impacting supply chains and trading relationships, while simultaneously generating new domestic opportunities for the circular economy.
This Action Plan 2.0 ensures our continued collective momentum is greater than the sum of individual efforts, de-risking investments and scaling innovations to transform Canada’s economy from linear to circular.
Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 the SDGs are a call to action to promote prosperity and protect the environment where circularity can deliver:
The circular economy delivers on the sustainable development goals.
Circular Innovation Council has a commitment to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our programs and pilots. Read our SDG Impact Snapshot for our Food Waste Program below!
“Guelph-Wellington’s Commercial Food Waste Diversion Collective addresses many UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by diverting edible and unavoidable food waste from landfill.
Today, approximately 50% of all food in Canada is wasted—with the
industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) sector responsible for
sending approximately 22 million tonnes of food to landfill each year. Not
only is this happening at a time when one in seven Canadians suffers from
food insecurity—but food waste is a contributing factor to the climate
crisis, causing approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.”
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We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations and we humbly extend my respect to Indigenous individuals, communities and Elders, past and present, as the traditional custodians of this land.
Circular Innovation Council is a registered charity.
Charity Registration Number: 119112118 RR 0001
