In its Green Deal, the EU has set an aim to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050. A key part of this is the Circular Economy Action Plan, which is aimed at sustainable product design and separating economic growth from the use of resources. In addition to this, the German National Circular Economy Strategy (Nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie, NKWS) is to be developed as a leading concept which combines the aims of raw-material policies. Transferring this to the construction sector, existing buildings, or "urban raw material stores", will play an important role in future when it comes to conserving resources and reducing carbon emissions. Schüco therefore feels it has a responsibility to actively drive forward the transfer to closed material cycles in the construction industry, so that recyclable materials can be retained after their first usage phase without any loss of quality, and old façade units can be turned into new ones.