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The need to move towards circular and more sustainable economic models has been even more stressed by the Covid pandemic and by data certifying the climate change effects. European public institutions show an increasing emphasis on promoting a Circular Economy transition, notably through the “Next Generation Europe” program and the funding that will be available, such as the Italian PNRR. At the single company level, however, how to undertake this transition and its impacts are often still to be understood and planned. Advanced services, digitalization and «servitized» business models may have a great role in helping companies move to a “circular” paradigm and achieve not only environmental but also economic and social benefits. Several speakers have taken part to the conference, including Walter Stahel, one of the founding fathers of the concepts of “Circular Economy”, promoting the “Everything as a service” concept since 2010 with his book “The Performance Economy”. This white paper summarizes the main evidences from the conference. |