Grand Challenge · Economia circolare

From sector excellence to shared circular pathways .

Swiss material circularity is ~7%. SIPI seeks to strengthen circular coordination across Swiss industries to enhance economic, geopolitical, and environmental resilience.

The Premise

Beyond linear value chains

Orologeria, farmaceutica, macchine utensili ed elettronica svizzere operano ciascuna con qualità individuale straordinaria e infrastrutture circolari intersettoriali limitate. La regolamentazione UE sul passaporto digitale del prodotto sta arrivando. L'architettura EPR è frammentata. La simbiosi industriale è ad hoc.

L'imperativo

Systemic frictions in circularity

Switzerland’s circular transition is constrained by structural lock-ins that require new forms of stewardship and coordination.



Linear Lock-In

Linear Lock-In

Switzerlands industrial base remains structured around linear value chains, with material flows optimised for cost-per-unit rather than long-term resource sovereignty or regenerative outcomes.

Fragmented Coordination

Fragmented Coordination

Sector-by-sector excellence (watch, pharma, machinery, finance) lacks cross-value-chain coordination, leaving most circularity gains stuck inside firm boundaries.

Missing Infrastructure

Missing Infrastructure

Reverse logistics, recovery networks, and shared digital MRV remain underdeveloped, limiting the recovery rate of high-value materials in the Swiss economy.

Gli ambiti di lavoro

Tre intenzioni, una sola orchestrazione .

Dove interviene SIPI

Policy. Demand. Industrial symbiosis.

  • Regenerative Policy Pathways

    Promozione di incentivi che plasmano il mercato — meccanismo di adeguamento del carbonio alle frontiere, sussidi cleantech — per accelerare le trasformazioni rigenerative sistemiche.

  • Consumo sostenibile

    DPP, interoperable with EU framework, but proactively developed as a differentiator for consumers who demand radical transparency for mindful consumption.

  • Shared Producer Responsbility

    Development of a playbook that turns extended producer responsibility into a strategic asset: valuing the loop, product lifecycle redesign, and innovative business model co-creation.

  • Industrial Symbiosis

    Cross-sector collaboration to build resilient, interconnected, and highly resource-efficient industrial ecosystem.

Accelerate circular transformation

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