Draft circular economy strategy: equality impact assessment

Recommendations and Conclusion

68. On present evidence, we do not believe that the Strategy itself is directly or indirectly discriminatory. However, individual interventions resulting from the Strategy priorities may have a range of both negative and positive impacts across protected characteristic groups.

69. It is recommended that, as individual interventions relating to the Strategy priorities are being developed, they are subject to the impact assessment process ranging from screening to full assessments as required.

70. It is recommended that stakeholder engagement with relevant representative groups and those with lived experience is undertaken as interventions relating to Strategy priorities are developed.

71. It is recommended that findings and evidence gathered from this and other related EQIAs are maintained and updated as necessary to support future impact assessments related to the Strategy priorities.

72. It is recommended that where appropriate, future research, policy development activity and communications activity related to the Strategy priorities should take cognisance of gathering evidence of potential impacts to protected characteristic groups.