EU Green Week 2025: Circular solutions for a competitive Europe

Competitiveness is at the heart of the EU's agenda. In spring, a 'Competitiveness Compass' and the 'Clean Industrial Deal' will provide new direction and impetus for this.

With its potential to drive sustainable competitiveness, reduce waste, increase strategic autonomy and promote innovation, a circular economy offers solutions to some of Europe's most pressing challenges.

This year's Green Week will unpack the "three Cs" - Clean, Competitive & Circular - exploring how to put circularity at the centre of our economic transition. The conference will enable knowledge sharing, alliance building, and raising awareness about the potential of a circular economy.

On 3-4 June, the conference will feature high-level debates on policy aspects of a circular economy. On 5 June, in-depth discussions among stakeholders will focus on unleashing the circular economy's potential for a competitive and resource-efficient Europe.

Registration will open on this website at the end of April.

A wider shift to circular models of production and consumption requires broad-based engagement. In 2025, the Green Week is organised in partnership with the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform and the European Circular Cities and Regions Initiative.

Green Week partner events

Throughout June, Green Week partner events will take the conversation on circularity to local and regional levels, engaging businesses, individuals, and communities across Europe and beyond.

Application for partner events will be open between 3-21 March. The guidelines on engaging citizens through debates, festivals, workshops, seminars, project visits, and other ways of discovering the potential of a circular economy will be available in early February.

Background

For 25 years, EU Green Week - organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment - has been Europe's leading environmental conference and an annual opportunity to raise awareness, promote and discuss the latest and upcoming developments in European environmental policy.

The high-level event attracts policymakers, businesses, leading environmentalists, and other interested parties from across Europe and the world. For previous editions of Green Week, please visit here.

The European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform is a joint initiative by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee. It brings together stakeholders active in the broad field of Europe's circular economy.

The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) focuses on implementing the circular economy across Europe's cities and regions. The EU launched and funded it as part of the Circular Economy Action Plan.