A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland – Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA)

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government, Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030, 2024.

2 UNEP, Global resources outlook 2019: natural resources for the future we want, 2019.

3 Scottish Government, Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: Equality Impact Assessment – Results, 2025.

4 Scottish Government, Update to the Climate Change Plan 2018- 2032, 2026.

5 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024

6 Scottish Government, Scotland's circular economy and waste route map to 2030, 2024.

7 United Nations, The 17 Goals | Sustainable Development, 2015.

8 European Commission, Circular Economy.

9 UNFCCC, The Paris Agreement, 2015.

10 Scottish Government, Circular economy and waste route map to 2030: equality impact assessment, 2025.

11 Equality and Human Rights Commission, Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023: Is Scotland Fairer?, 2023.

12 Scottish Government, Cash-First - towards ending the need for food banks in Scotland, 2023.

13 Inclusion Scotland, It’s our planet too: Climate change, disabled people and climate action in Scotland, 2021.

14 Scope, Disability Price Tag, 2025.

15 Women consumer power, GenAnalytics, 2017

16 Fawcett Society, Hers and his: Opening up the household budget, 2020.

17 Scottish Government Reusable nappies: research May 2024

18 Scottish Government, Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings, 2020.

19 Scottish Government, Scottish household survey 2018: annual report, 2019.

20 The Trussell Trust, State of Hunger – A study of poverty and food insecurity in the UK, 2019.

21 The Trussell Trust, Hunger in the UK, 2023.

22 The Trussell Trust, Hunger in the UK, 2023.

23 Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020, 2020.

24 ONS, Household Wealth by Ethnicity, Great Britain 2016-2018, 2020.

25 Scottish Government, Dignity: Ending Hunger Together in Scotland, 2016.