The Basque Circular Hub, managed by Ihobe, will offer Basque industry a wide portfolio of services. By 2024, 1200 professionals will have been trained in …

26 projects have been selected to receive aid from Ihobe, a publicly-owned company answerable to the Basque Government Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment, out of a total of 58 applications under the 2020 call for the Eco-innovation in the Circular Economy programme.

This is the largest Basque climate action project with around twenty entities involved and a budget of 19.8 million euros. The European Commission's supervisor has valued the progress made during 2020, despite the difficulties arising from the pandemic. Self-consumption renewable energy projects, the naturalisation of the Artikutza dam and preliminary work for the reforestation of Oberan in Donostia-San Sebastián, the agro-ecological classification of periurban plots in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the recovery of the Tonpoi natural area in Bermeo are some of the actions carried out over the last year.  

The US Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council-SPLC has recognised the Basque Government as the world leader in this field Minister Arantxa Tapia says that the award “shows the value of the work done over more than 15 years to enable the entire Basque government to carry out procurement procedures according to environmental criteria” The Basque Government's Green Purchase Programme received a top award at the "2020 Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Awards" from the United States Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) in the Public Administration category. As well as the Basque Government, organisations such as the Hilton hotel chain, the World Bank and Yale University were recognised.