A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland – Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment (FSDA)

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, Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update, 2026.

5 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024

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

7 European Commission, Circular Economy.

8 UNFCCC, The Paris Agreement, 2015.

9 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.

10 Scottish Government, Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update, 2026.

11 Scottish Government, Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation, 2022.

12 Scottish Government, Just Transition - A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Scottish Government response, 2021.

13 Scottish Government The First National Good Food Nation Plan 2025

14 Scottish Government Biodiversity strategy to 2045: tackling the nature emergency 2024

15 Scottish Government Environment Strategy 2025

16 Scottish Government, Green industrial strategy, 2024.

17 Scottish Government, National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, 2023.

18 UK Government Guidance Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do

19 UK Government The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations. 2013

20 UK Government Guidance - Waste batteries: producer responsibility

21 Scottish Government, Scottish household survey 2019: annual report, 2020.

22 University of Warwick, Green Jobs in Scotland: An inclusive approach to definition, measurement and analysis, 2022.

23 Scottish Government, Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning.

24 Close the Gap, A gender review of Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland’s youth unemployment strategy, 2020.

25 SPICe, The gender pay gap in Scotland and the UK, 2024.

26 Scottish Government, Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes of Scotland’s Minority Ethnic Population, 2022.

27 Scottish Government, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: employment action plan, 2018.

28 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Poverty in Scotland, 2023.

29 Scottish Government, Financial information from the Scottish Household Survey, 2024.

30 Scottish Government, The Cost of Remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty, 2021.

31 Scottish Government, The Scottish Health Survey 2021 - volume 1: main report, 2022.

32 Zero Waste Scotland, Tackle food waste to save time and money, 2025.

33 WRAP, Food surplus & waste in primary production costs UK more than £1 billion, 2019.

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

35 Scottish Government, National Transport Strategy 2, 2020.

36 Scottish Government, Scottish household survey 2019: annual report, 2020.