Research Team

摘要: The finance and investment sector can be an important enabler in the transition from the current “take-make-waste” linear economy to a more circular economy in NSW, which will help to achieve NSW net zero emissions by 2050 and other sustainability goals. Addressing climate change and other sustainability issues such as waste, pollution and biodiversity has become increasingly urgent to stay within planetary boundaries, and the transition to a more circular economy is an important pathway to address some of these challenges. Effective identification, measurement and assessment of circular assets and associated risks will be critical to drive financing the transition to a more circular economy both in NSW and globally.UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS) and UNSW Business School (UNSW) were appointed by NSW Circular to co-lead the Finance and Investment Rapid Review research to address the challenge of identification and measurement of circular assets and risks relevant to the finance and investment sector in the transition to a circular economy. The scope of the research was to undertake a rapid review of both academic and grey (non-academic) literature in three areas: i) global initiatives to identify and measure circular assets (led by UTS); ii) linear risks and circular economy as a de-risking strategy (led by UTS); and iii) a sector focus on the built environment, given its large contribution to emissions and waste as well as its importance to the finance and investment sector (led by UNSW).