Circular companies postpone Earth Overshoot Day
Circular enterprises can push back the Earth Overshoot Day. It marks the date when demand exceeds the planet's resources for the full year. A concrete developed by the Swiss construction company Eberhard alone could extend the deadline by 2.4 days.
This year’s Earth Overshoot Day is July 28, the Global Footprint Network said in a statement . It calculates the day each year when human demand exceeds the resources the planet can replenish in a full year. Over the last 50 years, the so-called Overshoot Day has moved up and down the calendar.
Circular companies counteract this development. Two German and one Swiss company are mentioned as examples in the communication. The construction company Eberhard from Kloten ZH has developed a method with which mixed rubble can be broken down into new and recyclable secondary raw materials. A circular concrete developed by Eberhard could be used worldwide to delay Earth Overshoot Day by 2.4 days, according to the statement.
As further examples of circular companies, Global Footprint Network lists the water technology company Aqseptence Group from Aarbergen in southern Hesse and the Cologne-based company Interzero , which specializes in waste recycling. “Circular solutions give companies the best chance to be successful in a foreseeable future,” said Mathis Wackernagel of the Global Footprint Network. According to her, such companies are more likely to remain valuable than companies that ignore climate change, resource scarcity and resource security.