Resource security

Our latest report Reinventing the wheel: a circular economy for resource security puts the spotlight on metals, phosphorus and water as examples of how our current linear economy is failing to protect and secure resources for the future.

On 12 December 2011 our major one-day conference Building resilience, in association with the CBI, featured senior politicians, including Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to debate the risks and opportunites of resource security and a more circular economy. You can watch the videos of the conference here. 

Why does waste matter?

An introduction to the Designing Out Waste theme, which seeks to provide insight into, and influence, the resources, product policy, and sustainable consumption and production agendas. 

Designing Out Waste consortium

Ten leading businesses make up Green Alliance’s Designing Out Waste consortium. These businesses are working with us to think more creatively about how materials become products, and how products become waste.

Cool products: fulfilling the potential of the Ecodesign Directive

Green Alliance is the UK lead member of the Coolproducts campaign, which works to ensure that the EU's Ecodesign Directive sets ambitious minimum requirements for energy efficiency and other environmental impacts of products sold in the EU.

More information on our work on the Ecodesign Directive  

Publications and events

Find out about past and upcoming publications and events in the Designing Out Waste theme.

Read our latest publication, A pathway to greener products, here.

Contact

Tamsin Cooper, deputy director

Direct dial: 020 7630 4521