Mission
To ensure the human rights of workers within the informal waste sector are respected and their critical role in circular value chains is recognized.
Our Strategy for Impact
The Fair Circularity Initiative (FCI) works to create an ecosystem in which the Fair Circularity Principles are embedded in policy and in waste and recycling value chains, helping to ensure that the human rights of waste pickers are respected and their critical role in circular value chains is recognized.
Our strategy focuses on two interconnected areas of impact:
- Influence policy and public narrative: FCI works to advance global, regional, and national policies aligned with the Fair Circularity Principles and supports collective advocacy in strategic geographies. Through evidence, thought leadership, strategic communications, and engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders, FCI seeks to strengthen recognition and representation of waste pickers and create an enabling environment for rights-respecting practices.
- Impact waste and recycling value chains: FCI supports companies and other stakeholders to put the Fair Circularity Principles into practice. We develop implementation guidance, build capacity, and work to embed the Principles in responsible sourcing frameworks and other good-practice standards. Where barriers to transformation are identified, FCI brings stakeholders together to develop and test practical approaches that advance respect for waste pickers' human rights.
You can find the full FCI strategy here.
How We Work
FCI brings together companies, civil society, waste-picker representatives, and other experts to align perspectives, build expertise, and coordinate action toward fairer waste and recycling value chains.
Our work is grounded in meaningful engagement with waste pickers and their representatives and combines:
- Collaboration and stakeholder engagement: Convening industry, civil society, waste-picker representatives, and other stakeholders to inform priorities, share expertise, and coordinate action.
- Collective action and learning: Bringing members and partners together to address shared challenges, develop practical solutions, and build capacity to implement the Fair Circularity Principles.
- Transparency and accountability: Supporting members to demonstrate progress through transparent reporting and shared learning, strengthening accountability for implementation of the Fair Circularity Principles.
BSR serves as the Secretariat for FCI, supporting the initiative's coordination, collaboration, and delivery.
Resources
Participation in the Fair Circularity Initiative is open to companies across sectors and the value chain that meet FCI’s membership criteria and are committed to advancing the Fair Circularity Principles and respecting the human rights of workers in the informal waste sector.
Our Experts
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