The document outlines Switzerland's goals for enhancing circularity by 2030 and 2050, aiming to double the circularity metric and significantly reduce both the material and carbon footprints. It presents a collaborative roadmap design that includes five key work streams targeting different sectors such as manufacturing, transport, and food systems to facilitate these objectives. By 2050, the vision is to quadruple the circularity metric and achieve a 90% reduction in the carbon footprint, aligning with international sustainability standards.

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6. Switzerland’s material footprint
Source: www.overshootday.org/swiss-overshoot-day-2022-de

7. Exceeding planetary boundaries
Source: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/planetary-boundaries-update-freshwater-boundary-exceeds-safe-limits

8. Source: Adapted from UNEP (2011). Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth
time
Resource use
Human well-being
Economic Activity (GDP)
Environmental Impact
Resource use
Environmental Impact
Doing less with more

9. material
production
use
resource
extraction
(re)manufacturing
refurbish reuse
recycle
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losses
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The Circular Economy
Source: Wiprächtiger (2022). Environmental Assessment Framework for the Evaluation of Circular Economy Strategies

10. CIRCULARITY METRIC SWITZERLAND
6.9%

11. Material Flows in Switzerland
Source: The Circularity Gap Report Switzerland 2023

12. Switzerland’s Circularity Gap
Source: The Circularity Gap Report Switzerland 2023

13. How are those insights used
to drive action?

14. Build a circular built
environment
Scenarios
What do they involve and what are the benefits they bring?
Nurture a circular food
system
Rethink mobility
1 2 3
Source: Circular Economy Switzerland, circular-economy-switzerland.ch

15. Advance circular
manufacturing
Embrace a circular
lifestyle
4 5
Scenarios
What do they involve and what are the benefits they bring?
Source: Circular Economy Switzerland, circular-economy-switzerland.ch

16. Circularity Roadmap by
Overarching objective by 2030:
● Double the Swiss Circularity Metric, thus
○ Reduce the Swiss Material Footprint by ⅓
○ Reduce the Swiss Carbon Footprint by ½
Source: Circular Economy Switzerland, circular-economy-switzerland.ch
Vision by 2050:
● Quadruple the Swiss Circularity Metric by 2050, thus
○ Reduce the Swiss Material Footprint per capita by 60%
(to maximum 8 tonnes per capita, which is considered within a sustainable and just level by
leading research)
○ Reduce the Swiss Carbon Footprint by 90%
(in line with the SBT’s Net-Zero Standard and the 1.5°C objective set by the UN-Paris
agreement/COP26)

17. Collaborative Roadmap Design
Five work streams, one for each CGR scenario, designing actions, goals
and milestones at the intersectoral, national and cantonal levels.
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Call-to-participate in
the roadmap design.
Roadmap design
kickoff. Workshop for
the 5 scenarios creating
5 work streams.
ADVANCE CIRCULAR MANUFACTURING
RETHINK TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
BUILD A CIRCULAR BUILT ENVIRONMENT
NURTURE A CIRCULAR FOOD SYSTEM
EMBRACE A CIRCULAR LIFESTYLE
NATIONAL
ROADMAP
LAUNCH
CIRCULARITY
ROADMAP FOR
SWITZERLAND
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
Call-to-implementation
3-5 workshops
for each work stream
Source: Circular Economy Switzerland, circular-economy-switzerland.ch

18. Roadmap objectives per subject area
Vision by 2050: Quadruple Swiss Circularity, Slash Material Footprint by 60%, Slash Carbon Footprint by 90%
Goals by 2030: Double Swiss Circularity, Reduce Material Footprint by ⅓, Reduce Carbon Footprint by ½
Source: Circular Economy Switzerland, circular-economy-switzerland.ch
Circular Manufacturing
Rise Circularity from 6.9% to 7.4%,
Reduce Material footprint by 6.4%
(from 163 to 153 mio t)
Reduce Carbon footprint by 3.7%
(from 113 to 109 mio t)
Transport & Mobility
Rise Circularity from 6.9% to 7.3%
Reduce Material footprint by 5.3%
(from 163 to 155 mio t)
Reduce Carbon footprint by 12.2%
(from 113 to 99 mio t)
Built Environment
Rise Circularity from 6.9% to 8.3%
Reduce Material footprint by 4.8%
(from 163 to 155 mio t)
Reduce Carbon footprint by 12.1%
(from 113 to 99 mio t)
Circular Food Systems
Rise Circularity from 6.9% to 7.6%
Reduce Material footprint by 3.1%
(from 163 to 158 mio t)
Reduce Carbon footprint by 2.4%
(from 113 to 111 mio t)
Circular Lifestyle
Rise Circularity from 6.9% to 7.9%
Reduce Material footprint by 15.4%
(from 163 to 138 mio t)
Reduce Carbon footprint by 15.8%
(from 113 to 96 mio t)

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