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ASEAN Circular Economy Week 2025

The ASEAN Circular Economy Week 2025 will bring together governments, businesses, innovators, investors, and civil society to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in ASEAN. Through high-level forums, partner events, and multi-stakeholder dialogues, the week will highlight green skills, innovative solutions, and investment opportunities that drive inclusive and sustainable growth for the region.

17 October 2025
Malaysia and Online
Event contact

Chloe Pottinger-Glass

Graphics: ACEF

As part of the Transition to a Regional Circular Economy project, SEI Asia is leading a half-day session on Day 2, 17 October, that will focus on how to accelerate the CE transition in ASEAN. It will scope priority areas where harmonized/joint action is required to enable transition towards circularity while gathering multi-stakeholder perspectives on CE acceleration and spark open dialogue, including national policymakers, MSMEs, business groups and city governments. It will also identify concrete actions and recommendations to accelerate regional CE with the support of ASEAN-EU partnerships.

Time Agenda
09:00-09:15

Opening remarks

  • Datuk Dr. Ching Thoo, NRES Secretary General, Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Malaysia
  • Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Malaysia
  • Saida Ahmidou Boukaddid, TEI Implementer, Danish Embassy
09:15-09:30
Setting the scene
Rene van Berkel, TEI Advisor
09:30-10:30

ACEF Annual Policy Dialogue – Acceleration of Circular Economy in ASEAN Part 1: Priority Areas for Harmonised / Joint Action

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-11:50 ACEF Annual Policy Dialogue – Acceleration of Circular Economy in ASEAN Part 2: Enabling CE Acceleration through Policy Action, Resource Mobilisation and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
11:50-12:00

Closing session

SEI participants

Diane Archer
Diane Archer

Team Leader: Urban and Circularity

SEI Asia

Chloe Pottinger-Glass

Research Fellow

Izzan Fathurrahman
Izzan Fathurrahman

Research Associate

SEI Asia

Topics and subtopics
Economy : Behaviour and choice
Related centres
SEI Asia
Regions
Asia