Essenscia, the Belgian federation of the chemical and life sciences industry, represents the most important economic sector of the Flemish industry. This means that we have a great deal of leverage to spread the transition to the circular economy on a large scale. In turn, we can inspire sectors of which we are the supplier.
With the essenscia CAN (Circular Purchasing Network) project, we want to stimulate companies in our sector and provide them with tools to embed the circular economy in their business management. It is a sector-specific learning network on circular procurement with various inspiration sessions. During these sessions, we raise awareness among companies about the advantages of circular procurement and present circular business models.
With essenscia CAN we also show how important good cooperation is for the circular economy. We make certain innovations in the field of purchasing policy more transparent and we provide monitoring tools for suppliers. We also highlight the essential role of a company's procurement department in integrating sustainable practices into the supply chain.
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Essenscia CAN was a subsidised project that has since been terminated, but all our project results will continue to be available via the website.
In addition, our Essenscia Wallonie department has committed itself to participating as a facilitator in the Walloon green deal 'achats durable'. The lessons learned from essenscia CAN will continue to be disseminated, first of all among the Walloon members, but also to the Walloon authorities. In this way, we will be able to broaden the impact of the project to the entire country.