On the World Environment Day, the European Commission launched the European Resource Efficiency Platform in order to provide high-level guidance and advice on policy measures designed to transform the European economy towards a more sustainable growth path. In addition to this Platform, the Commission launched an online platform to gather contributions on this topic.

Resource efficiency is a top priority for the European Commission, because it is a pillar of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. For example, the Green Week 2011 was dedicated to this topic. For this reason, last 5 June, the World Environment Day, the European Commission launched a European Platform on this topic. The main task of the Platform will be to determine how to achieve the milestones and vision set out in the Commission's Roadmap to a resource-efficient Europe, including the ultimate vision of decoupling resource use and its impacts from economic growth.

The Platform is composed of 34 members including five European Commissioners, four Members of the European Parliament, nine business leaders from various sectors, four environment ministers, and members of international organisations and institutions, civil society and academia. It is chaired by John Bruton, a former prime minister of Ireland and EU Ambassador to the US.

The working groups are scheduled to produce a first set of recommendations in approximately 12 months, and a second by the end of its mandate mid-2014. In addition to them, the Commission announced the launching of an online platform to bring together stakeholders and promote dialogue on resource efficiency challenges and opportunities. The platform will be home to a series of exchanges and consultations in the coming months.