The Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had released the draft National Resource Efficiency Policy (2019). The Policy seeks to create a facilitative and regulatory environment to mainstream resource efficiency across all sectors by fostering cross-sectoral collaborations, development of policy instruments, action plans and efficient implementation and monitoring frameworks. It also highlights the importance of awareness generation and enhancing competences and facilitate the uptake of resource efficiency and circular economy concepts amongst Indian stakeholders.
The Indian government think tank NITI Aayogi, called for the need to take a comprehensive view of products and processes and is aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources (2021). NITI Aayogi aims to adopt Indian circular economy measures including fiscal incentives, stricter regulations, extended producer responsibility framework, deposit refund options, and standards. Aiming to strengthen compliances without affecting ease of doing business.
Standards play an important role – through voluntary implementation and through RTD&I. These standards and benchmarks harmonized with global standards are needed to be communicated to all segment of the economy, importantly to consumers who by using such products help promoting the industries involved in the business of secondary material.
This webinar co-organized by the European Union’s Resource Efficiency Initiative (EU-REI) along with the Seconded European Standards Experts in India (SESEI), CEN-CENELEC with support from the BIS, aims to exchange on the role of standards in to realise resource efficiency (RE) and circular transition (CE) in India and the EU.
The panel discussion and presentation in the two sessions will focus on the following key points:
• Perspectives, learnings and experience from India and EU on standards for fostering resource efficiency and circular economy in India including on eco-design and use of secondary raw materials in products.
• How can the strategic cooperation and policy support mainstreaming of international standards?
• Explore opportunities for adopting RE&CE standards in India to enable market transition to CE/RE?
• How can life cycle perspective be used for development of RE and CE standards in India and their role for Indian Businesses?
• What will be the role of RE&CE standards in post COVID era?
• What are some of the key factors that need consideration for uptake and implementation of standards by the main actors and stakeholders?