Guarantor of the Presidium of the Czech BCSD
Kateřina Šveřepová
Group Leader
Lenka Mynářová
lenka.mynarova@nafigate.com
Establishment of the Circular Economy Working Group
The Working Group of the Circular Economy – CE was established in 2022, with its foundations being laid as early as 2021
Contact person
Erika Duchanová (duchanova@cbcsd.cz)

Preamble of the Working Group
The Circular Economy Working Group responds to current trends and needs of green transition of companies and the whole economy. Without the circular economy, the necessary changes in business models cannot be achieved, nor can decarbonisation be accomplished. Companies are facing major challenges related to the implementation of CSRD/ESRS in corporate practice, the EU Taxonomy, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation/PPWR/, the Ecodesign Regulation and many others. These new pieces of legislation represent a disruption and require fundamental changes in the way companies do business.
The time for implementation is short, so maximum attention must be paid to examples of good practice, experience sharing and collaboration.
Objectives of the Working Group
The aim of the Circular Economy Working Group is to create a platform dealing with concrete experiences and recommendations in the field of implementation of circular economy principles in companies, quantification of benefits of circular economy in companies, KPI’s of circularity. Within the working group, a group of sector experts – specialists in key areas – is also being formed.
The activities of the platform include the creation and sharing of best practices, industry expertise and experience and the transfer of WBCSD global know-how to the Czech environment.
Areas and topics
In March 2024, a survey was carried out among the platform members on their needs and expectations from the PS. Based on this survey, we have created the following group of topics:
Topic 1 – application of new legislation
- Transposition of the amendments into Czech law and related issues
- Implementation of EU-wide regulations and delegated acts
- Practical problems in terms of application
Topic 2 – implementation of circularity in company processes
- Relation in particular to CSRD/ESRS, Ecodesign Regulation
- Recommended practices (e.g. CTI v.4.0, RecyClass, etc.)
Topic 3 – Best Practices
- Sharing examples of good practice
Topic 4 – Digitising Circulation
- Digital product passports, transparency and verifiability requirements
- Creating a data base for ESRS datapoints/circulation indicators
Dates: the Working Group usually meets 4 times a year (further as needed) and also communicates within the closed MS Teams group.

Ing. Marcela Šimková, MBA
Marcela is CEO of Data Servis – informace s.r.o., which has been supporting marketing, business and innovation activities of companies and brands in FMCG, utilities, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, gastronomy, tourism, etc.
Marcela has been involved in market research her entire career. Currently, she focuses on the topics of Circular Economy in HoReCa, Hospitality Vision and Trends in Sustainability, Customer Insight (customer experience and loyalty, communication effectiveness, brand image, quality, sustainability, etc.), Greenwashing and Green Claims brand communication testing, Innovation and Acquisition Impact Evaluation, etc.
She has been researching trends in the HoReCa segment for a long time and strives to improve the world of gastronomy with inspiring and useful information that helps operators and suppliers. She is a professional partner and guarantor of professional associations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Marcela graduated in marketing from the Faculty of Economics at VŠB-TU in Ostrava (1995) and in management studies at Dominican University Chicago in the USA (2008).
Data Servis – informace s.r.o. has been operating on the market of the Czech and Slovak Republics and in Poland since 1998 and thanks to its membership in ESOMAR (a worldwide association of research agencies) it carries out surveys anywhere in the world.
Ing. Jiří Štefanica, Ph.D.
Energy Innovation Specialist
ÚJV Řež, a. s.
Department of Hydrogen Technology and Innovation in Energy
Hlavní 130, Řež
250 68 Husinec
Phone: + 420 266 173 564
Mob: +420 728 644 942
E-mail: jiri.stefanica@ujv.cz
Jiří Štefanica has been working at ÚJV Řež, a. s. since 2012, currently as an Innovation Specialist in the energy sector. He has more than 12 years of experience in the energy sector and can draw on the know-how of his colleagues at ÚJV Řež, a. s., a leading Czech company in the field of project and engineering services in the energy and industrial sectors.
Jiří is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, Institute of Power Engineering, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 2020.
Since joining the Institute, he has been involved in research projects and commercial contracts in the energy sector. His main effort is to combine knowledge from research and industrial practice to prepare and support the implementation of innovative projects in the energy sector, focusing on feasibility studies, LCA studies and economic analysis of energy technologies.
Pavla Vrabcova |
Technická univerzita Liberec |
Pavel Růžička |
Enviros |
Roman Snop |
ČEZ |
Edita Miláčková |
Metrostav |
Roman Dufek |
Méně odpadu |
Rollová Stanislava |
VUMO |
Václav Král |
Teplárna ČB |
Olga Girstlova |
ČMA |
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Pavlina Kulhánková |
MPO |
František Krejčí |
Amazoneta Energy |
Josef Pikálek |
Enviros |
Pavlík Jan |
Enviros |
Majringer Patrik |
Biohemp |
Petr J. Kalaš |
CBCSD |
Tomáš Rosák |
Saint Gobain |
Lucie Valterová |
Saint Gobain |
Ing.arch. Petr Štěpánek |
Centrum pro Udržitelnost, VŠCHT |
Ing. Jan Gemrich |
Cementářská Asociace |
Valentin Girstl |
Upcycling Group |
Barbora Vobořilova |
Unabal Rodamco Wesfield |
Růžička Pavel,Ing. |
EMPRESS, o.s. |
Dufek Robin |
Meneodpadu.cz |
Horsák Zdeněk |
SUEZ |
Michal Šyc |
AV ČR |
Přibyla Ondráš |
Fakta o klimatu |
Pikálek Josef |
Enviros |
Rollová Stanislava |
VUMO |
Manhart Jaromír |
SFŽP |
Havránek Miroslav |
CENIA |
Král Václav |
Jihočeská teplárna |
Černá Veronika |
SKANSKA |
Gal Leoš |
ČESKÁ TECHNOLOGICKÁ PLATFORMA PRO BIOPALIVA |
Kárníková Anna |
Hnutí DUHA |
Majringer Patrik |
Konopí Biohemp |
Viktor Rusov |
Saint Gobain |
Barbora Vobořilova |
URV |
Barbora Geršlova |
IKEA |
Petra Vrbová |
Gasnet |
Radek Hořenovský |
Euro forum Group |
Aleš Rod |
ECETA |
David Albrecht |
INCIEN |
Petr Mitura |
BR Group |
P. Siles |
Bioplyn energy |
Marketa Bezuchova |
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Juchelková Dagmar, Prof. |
VŠB Ostrava |
Laura Mitrolisova |
CEO, Cira Advisory |
Benjamin Hague |
INCIEN |
Simona Hrachová |
ČVUT |
Vladimir Visek |
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Lukáš Rolf |
K lepšímu |
Pavel Komurka |
Orkla |
Jana Kovaříková |
Datamar |
Izabela Lupienska |
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Jakub Svrcek |
Cirk Arena |