Standards are on the way

摘要

An initiative by French standards body Afnor has led to the possibility of new ISO standards on the circular economy. An ISO technical committee is already hard at work on this. We have mentioned on these pages before that the leather industry has the duty to spell out its circular economy credentials because most of the conferences and policy strategies that cover this issue have not yet made the connection. Many industries are attempting to attach themselves to the circular economy phenomenon. A cursory glance at LinkedIn this October revealed that operators in oil and gas, paper, electronics, cement, batteries, plastics, engineering, synthetic fibres and many others were all seeking to recruit circular economy experts or advocates of one kind or another.