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CICLO: Circular Business Profile & Circular Roadmap Project
Promoting Circularity and Decarbonisation in Multi-Sector Industrial SMEs For more than two centuries, the global economy has relied on mass production, resource depletion and short consumption cycles. However, this linear model has proved inefficient and threatens the planet’s capacity. In a context of economic crises, pandemics, geopolitical instability and environmental problems, the Circular Economy emerges…
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Coastal Cities facing Climate Change: 3rd SCORE Project Consortium meeting in Gdansk
The partners of the European SCORE project travelled to the Polish city of Gdansk to attend the 3rd face-to-face consortium meeting (6th in total). This two-day meeting brought together 28 organisations and around 60 people to present the progress of the project, contrast the results achieved and, above all, strengthen relationships and recognise the work…
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Methodology for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investing in Nature-Based Solutions
Planning and deciding which nature-based solutions to invest in can be complex. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) provides a picture of the overall benefits of nature compared to the costs of the investment, making it easier to make decisions about such projects. CBA is based on the economic concept of Net Present Value (NPV), which discounts…
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Basque R&D: Perspectives 2024 and Situation Diagnosis
The statistical tool of Innobasque, the Basque Innovation Agency, estimates that R&D investment in the Basque Country will grow by 6.4% in 2024. The estimate is based on the Basque R&D budgets and the forecast evolution of GDP, on the one hand, and, on the other, the correlation of these variables with business R&D, an…
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Plan for Economic Promotion and Business Development in the Txorierri region
Egaz Txorierri, the Municipal Economic Promotion Service of the Town Councils of the Txorierri Valley, will be accompanied by NAIDER in the process of drawing up the Strategic Action and Collaborative Governance Plan for the region. The Txorierri is an eminently industrial region in the heart of metropolitan Bilbao. It is home to important manufacturing…
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SMEs in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Circular Economy
NAIDER has submitted a proposal to the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council for the provision of an advisory and support service to SMEs in Vitoria-Gasteiz to incorporate the circular economy perspective into their business model. This commitment to circularity is in line with Objective 4 of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Industry Plan, which includes the need for a change…
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Observatory of Environmental Restitution Indicators: Meeting between agents involved in the AlcoiBioUP Project.t
This week, our colleagues Aitor Mingo and Maider Antín visited Alcoy, in Alicante, to participate in a meeting between the different companies involved in the AlcoiBioUP project. This ambitious project, funded under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), is supported by Fundación Biodiversidad. Its main objective is to connect the green areas of the…
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International alliance between Naider, Tecnalia, Cambridge Econometrics and Ecorys to measure the Economic Impact of Climate Change
NAIDER, together with CAMBRIDGE ECONOMETRICS, TECNALIA and ECORYS, is leading a proposal submitted to IHOBE, the Basque Public Society for Environmental Management, for the preparation of an Analysis of the Economic Impact of Climate Change in the Basque Country and the definition of a Financing Plan to Strengthen the Climate Resilience of the territory. The…
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New international Circular Economy standards
The implementation of circular business models plays a key role in the current business context, offering numerous benefits and opportunities. In response to this new paradigm, ISO has published three new international standards on the circular economy. These new standards, included in the ISO 59000 series of documents, aim to provide harmonised frameworks, requirements, guidance…
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Technical Assistance for the Integration of the Public Sector in the Energy Planning of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia
In order to respond to all the requirements of Law 4/2019 on Energy Sustainability of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia (DFB) will have a plan that integrates the DFB itself and its entire public sector, defining the measures that each energy action unit will implement to meet the…