“Systemic regulatory change comes from a truly unified effort”
When decision-makers craft legislation, every part of the value chain must work together if there are to be regulations that work for everyone, reasons Fatma Sahin, European External Affairs Manager at Unilever.
“If regulators want to achieve robust legislation, they must be more pragmatic”
Having ambitious targets is not a problem. The problem comes when those targets trigger reasoning that isn’t questioned, says Dr. Lorenzo Allio, Senior Policy Analyst at the European Regulation and Innovation Forum.
“There are many challenges on the path to better regulation”
No one instrument can do the job on its own. Systemic change calls for policy mixes and innovative governance, says Patrick ten Brink, Deputy Secretary General and Director of EU Policy of the European Environmental Bureau.
Using Better Regulation to deliver the EU’s Green Deal
The multi-perspective conversation on how the EU should be crafting regulations using scientific evidence and data was held on January 28, 2021. Watch the full event recording on YouTube.
Meet the Circle

Alexandre Affre
Deputy Director General, BusinessEurope

Lorenzo Allio
Senior Policy Analyst, European Regulation and Innovation Forum

Caesaré Assad
CEO,
Food System 6

Annica Bresky
President and CEO,
Stora Enso

Patrick ten Brink
Deputy Secretary General, The European Environmental Bureau

Kate Daly
Managing Director of the Center for the Circular Economy, NextGen consortium & Closed Loop partners

Steve Evans
Professor and Director of Research, Centre for Industrial Sustainability at Cambridge University

Darragh Flynn
Managing Director, The Happy Pear

Ray Georgeson
Trustee, WasteAid

Ali Harlin
Research Professor at VTT & Lead of Package Heroes

Charles Héaulmé
President and CEO, Huhtamaki

Frank Heidlberger
Director of Global Packaging, McDonald's

Thomasine Kamerling
EVP, Sustainability and Communications, Huhtamaki

Jyrki Katainen
President, Sitra

Andy Parton
Vice President Petcare Commercial, Mars

Fatma Sahin
European External Affairs Manager, Unilever

Heikki Salmela
Chairman of the Board and Founder, Hesburger

Petri Sarvamaa
Member of the European Parliament

Henna Virkkunen
Member of the European Parliament

Maria Wetterstrand
Former Head of the Swedish Green Party,
CEO Miltton Europe

Michelle Wilson
Lead of Circular Economy Network, WasteAid
Subscribe to Think Circle Viewpoints
Sign up for our latest articles and event invitations
