This year’s Green Week will put the spotlight on the business case for nature, demonstrating that a nature-positive economy is essential for Europe’s prosperity, resilience, and competitiveness. 

Organised by DG Environment, the conference will explore how nature can be a driver for EU citizens’ prosperity and quality of life, provide inspiration and put nature in its due place on the political agenda.  

Together with policymakers, investors, urban planners, businesses, naturalists, farmers and civil society, we will explore how nature-positive models work in practice, focusing on profitable sustainable farming, soil-health innovations, greening cities, and exciting new opportunities to reverse rural flight. 

This year’s event will offer a dynamic programme combining panel discussions, inspiration, movie night, and a dedicated startup-investor matchmaking event.  

Participant registration will open in April.

Startup-investor matchmaking event 

In a first for Green Week, innovative start-ups, projects and SMEs working on nature-based solutions and nature-related technologies can enter our marketplace and make meaningful connections with potential investors.

A separate invitation will follow shortly. Meanwhile, interested parties can contact ENV-Greenweekec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENV-Greenweek[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) for further information.  

Green Week partner events

Taking the conversation on a nature-positive economy outside Brussels, Green Week partner events will engage businesses, individuals, and communities across Europe and beyond. 

Application for partner events will be open from 2-20 March. The guidelines for engaging citizens through debates, festivals, workshops, seminars, and project visits will be available on the Green Week website in early February. 

Background

For 26 years now, EU Green Week, organised by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment, has been Europe’s leading environmental conference.

It is an annual opportunity to raise awareness, promote and discuss the latest and upcoming developments in European environmental policy, such as the circular economy in 2025 or water resilience in 2024.

The high-level event attracts policymakers, businesses, leading environmentalists, and other interested parties from across Europe and the world.

For previous Green Week editions, please visit here.