The circular economy advances in Córdoba: this week, a key intersectoral table met to develop strategic guidelines in the green transition.
In particular, the provincial government held a meeting with five productive sectors to define concrete actions towards a sustainable model.
With these actions, Córdoba seeks to position itself as a regional leader in circular economy.
It was the province’s Secretariat of Circular Economy and Green Employment that organized the meeting, which brought together representatives from various strategic sectors:
- Automotive and Metalworking;
- Bio Agroindustry;
- Construction;
- Post-consumer packaging, and;
- Information and Communication Technologies.
In the dialogue space, the aim was to establish specific lines of action for each value chain within the provincial Circular Economy Strategy.
Córdoba positions itself at the forefront of the circular economy
Victoria Flores, Minister of Environment and Circular Economy, highlighted that the guidelines developed place Córdoba “among the leaders in Latin America in the transition to the circular economy.”
The official emphasized that the province has a “strategic position, productive capacity, scientific-technological talent, and an ecosystem that has been driving this change for years.”
During the activity, participants analyzed specific goals and instruments to accelerate the transition to a productive paradigm that:
- generates more green jobs;
- improves competitiveness, and;
- reduces the environmental impact.
The five key sectors for the transition
Nicolás Vottero, Secretary of Circular Economy and Green Employment, explained that it was decided to “work with these five sectors because their production has a significant environmental impact!”
Additionally, the official added, these also “have enormous potential to transform their productive matrix.”
Vottero then detailed that the main objectives are “to generate less waste, fewer emissions, and save resources” in each of the value chains.
Thus, each sector presented a diagnosis of the main environmental impacts of its activity and proposed concrete lines of action adapted to its specific reality.
The collective work seeks to guide public policies, private investments, and productive decisions under three fundamental principles:
- Eliminate waste and pollution from the design
- Keep products and materials in use
- Regenerate natural systems
Instruments for all sectors
Once the guidelines are defined, transversal instruments will be implemented across all productive sectors of Córdoba.
Among them are included: technical support for circular SMEs, certifications and circularity seals, measurement of carbon and material footprint.
Circular public procurement will also be implemented, prioritizing biogas energy, works with lower material footprint, and inputs with post-consumer recycled material.
Flores stated that Córdoba thus reaffirms its “political decision to lead the transition to a development model” that understands the circular economy as an integral response to global challenges.
“Our province leads because it plans, articulates, and executes. Today we take a step that projects us towards a more competitive, more inclusive, and more sustainable future,” concluded the minister.
The initiative positions Córdoba as a regional pioneer in building a productive model that combines economic development with environmental sustainability and green job generation.
