6 Amendments of Bart GROOTHUIS related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to steer the activities of the Horizon Europe program towards supporting research and innovation to increase efficiency of industrial processes, develop innovative and sustainable products, processes, technologies and services and non- technological solutions for the circular economy, particularly in the areas of circular industries and circular bio-based solutions.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that the objectives of the Horizon Europe programme should include: - developing affordable breakthrough innovations and deploying a combination of advanced technologies and processes and innovative solutions so as to extract maximum value from all Resources; - enabling bioeconomy through bio-based innovation encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products; - fostering systemic eco-innovative solutions, new business models, markets and investments, enabling infrastructure, social innovation changes in consumer behaviour, and governance models stimulating multi-stakeholder collaboration through the whole value chain to ensure that the intended system change achieves better outcomes;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that artificial intelligence can be an enabler and accelerator of the transition to a circular economy helping to unlock circular economy opportunities by improving design, operating business models, and optimising infrastructure, boost developments of completely new circular products and businesses and help traditional players in their transition to become more circular.
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises that digitalisation has an important role to play in enhancing the application of circular economy principles. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maximise and fully exploit the synergies between digitalisation and circular economy in order to, inter alia, reduce energy- intensive extraction of raw materials and increase the resilience and sustainability of the EU's economy; considers that early development of digital tools in the context of circular economy will help the EU to become global leader in using digitally- enabled Solutions; at the same time, the Commission and the Member States should introduce a digital reviews of the circular economy transition and a sustainability reviews of the digital transition in order to prevent negative externalities.