Businesses - Services - Circle Economy

We work with businesses to embed circular principles at the core of their organisation: both in the strategy and in the mindset and behaviours of employees. From start-ups to multinationals, we help our partners understand their current state of circularity, develop a vision of the future circular state, and analyse and act upon opportunities and risks to become circular champions within their fields.

Strategies to capture the benefits of the circular economy

Our value chain scans help businesses align sustainability targets with commercial targets. Our data-driven approach allows you to firmly and convincingly pinpoint the opportunities for improving product design, service design and business model innovation. The result is a clear circular roadmap to convince your internal and external stakeholders that the circular economy should be at the core of the business.

‍Contact us to develop a scan for your business.

Metrics to guide innovation

Metrics are key to ensure the circular economy delivers on its promise of marrying sustainability and profitability. However, selecting the right KPIs and set ambitious but realistic targets for your business can be a daunting task. We help businesses navigate the increasingly complex landscape of circularity metrics, allowing them to track progress on circularity where it matters most.

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Learn more about the Circular Transition Indicators.

Insights to improve the business case

Realising the substantial commercial potential of the circular economy with current business models, while lacking internal resources and investments can be hard. We help to develop the business case and improve the financeability of circular business opportunities by identifying financial, legal and operational obstacles and designing solutions to overcome them.

Tools to Convince core stakeholders

Almost by definition, the circular economy requires extensive collaboration among your internal and external stakeholders. We provide engagement and communication tools to successfully involve internal and external stakeholders in reaching your circular goals. From intuitive infographics, online media and tools, high quality communication of project results, or through webinars and workshops, we know how to convince your board members, colleagues, investors and customers of the value of your circular economy strategy.

focus areas

Working with our clients and partners, we have built in-depth knowledge and expertise in various areas that are crucial to the transition towards a circular economy. We have dedicated programmes and services on finance, metrics, data, textiles, built environment, capital equipment, and the labour market. Explore them here:

Metrics

Design for circularity

Finance

Data

Textiles

Built environment

Capital equipment

Circular jobs initiative

Ready to start creating a circular strategy for your business?

client feedback

Rakuten’s mission is to contribute to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship. Circle Economy supported us in our transition towards circularity, with the goal to future-proof our business while addressing major environmental issues. The workshops were a helpful educational tool to understand and identify the commercial value and impact of circular business models, that all participants from our Business Units benefited of. We will use the outcome of the workshops to define our strategic vision and to prioritise circular opportunities for each of our businesses.

– Toshihiko "Toby" Otsuka, CEO Rakuten Europe.

Past projects

Circular Strategy Development

ROCKWOOL partnered with Circle Economy to analyse gaps in the value chain and to identify more opportunities for circular economy thinking. Thanks to this partnership, ROCKWOOL has identified ways to strengthen its business model.

Circular Metrics for Business

To help businesses navigate the complex landscape of circularity metrics and find the right circular opportunities, we have published Circular Metrics For Business to provide an overview of several powerful metrics for the circular economy.

Innovating your service offering

PaaS models are, sometimes falsely, perceived as risky by financiers. To close the knowledge gap between circular entrepreneurs and financiers, Circle Economy has developed the PaaS Question Kit: A comprehensive guide to PaaS business models.