Study on Business Opportunities on Circular Economy Sectors in Mexico (Circular Mexico)

Grand Challenges

Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Wise Water Management

Territories

Industry, Urban

Country

Mexico

Client

European Commission

Dates

March, 2025—
February, 2025
9 Months

WE&B Expertise

Ecological Business Innovation

Main Framework(s)

Circular Economy

Value of the Contract

44.000Û (49.120,94 USD$)

Value of Services

49.120,94 $USD

Origin of Funding

EU

Project Activities

Governance Analysis

The assessment of policies, structures, and decision-making processes to evaluate the effectiveness of governance systems in the environment sector

Market Analysis

Research and evaluation of industry trends, demand, competition, and opportunities to support business or policy decision-making.

Stakeholder Engagement

The process of involving and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure inclusive decision-making and sustained impact.

Technology Mapping

The identification and analysis of existing and emerging technologies to assess their applicability and potential impact in a given sector (i.e. water).

Objective & Description

The EU and Mexico share a common vision of environmental issues and climate change at the international level, within this context a further analysis to discover the potential of the Mexican market for EU companies with a good knowledge of innovative technologies in the sectors of the circular economy was undertaken through the EU-Dialouges program.

The general objective of the Short-Term mission was to contribute to the implementation of the EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership, the Global Agreement and its modernization, as well as other relevant agreements concluded between the European institutions and the Mexican Ministries and Institutions.
The specific objective was to support sectoral dialogues on priority issues of the EU-Mexico with mutual interest through the implementation of concrete action proposals to enhance the circular economy paradigm shift in Mexico.

Services provided by WE&B

WE&B lead the study through team leader David Smith. WE&B gave a market analysis of the overall situation in Mexico in terms of circular economy opportunities with a specific focus on the three following sectors:
Solid Waste
Wastewater
Waste to Energy
Each sector analysis gave a deep dive into the overall situation in Mexico of the sector, the international trends with a particular emphasis on technologies, legislation, policy, the enabling environment as well as a SWOT analysis, market overview and market trends for the implementable technologies in Mexico.
The findings of the study were presented in a formal report which was presented to the European Commission and the Mexican Government. David Smith presented the report at a high level meeting held in Mexico.

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