81322574-Acelerando la transición hacia la economía circular, la gestión de los residuos y las tecnologías neutras en carbono

Despite Peru"s progress in developing national and sectoral strategies for the circular economy and climate change mitigation, significant implementation challenges remain. Circular practices are still limited among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which make up the vast majority of the country"s industrial and commercial base. Likewise, the adoption of carbon-neutral technologies-such as energy efficiency, renewable self-generation, and digital optimisation-remains in its early stages. Structural barriers include fragmented governance, limited technical capacities, weak inter-institutional coordination, restricted access to financing, the absence of scalable business models, and the lack of a circular value chain perspective among anchor companies and their supplier networks. In this context, GIZ is implementing the technical cooperation project "Circular economy for climate-friendly urban development II - ProCircular" between 2025 and 2027 and will launch the project "Use of carbon-neutral technologies to scale up mitigation measures in strategic sectors - ProEficiencia" in 2026. ProCircular aims to enhance the adoption of resource-efficient and climate-friendly circular economy practices among companies in the manufacturing and commerce sectors across selected value chains. In parallel, ProEficiencia focuses on promoting the integrated use of carbon-neutral technologies in the same sectors, in support of Peru"s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Both projects target companies in the food, beverage, and domestic trade sectors, relevant ministries, business associations, and financial institutions. The ProCircular project, its political counterpart is the Ministry of Production. Its outputs are: (i) Improving the enabling conditions for circular value chains through systemic interventions, (ii) Developing business models in circular value chains, and (iii) Disseminating and transferring good practices from circular value chain models through systemic interventions. On the other hand, the ProEficiencia Project, its political counterpart is the Ministry of the Environment. Its outputs are: (i) Improved coordination of the use of carbon-neutral technologies and practices throughout value chains, (ii) Increasing availability of business models for the use of carbon-neutral technologies and practices that take gender issues into account throughout value chains, and (iii) Improved conditions for scaling up gender-sensitive approaches to the use of carbon-neutral technologies and practices. These initiatives aim to strengthen the implementation of integrated circular economy approaches and carbon-neutral technologies within Peruvian companies, particularly within the manufacturing and commerce sectors. Both projects form part of the Peru-Germany Climate Alliance, a bilateral initiative that supports Peru's transition towards a sustainable, inclusive and low-carbon economy.