Case studies and articles

1 Human Year = 5 Digital Years Maturity, meaning paradigm shifts happen 5 times faster in the Digital Age. Wikibrands : A new currency on how digitally engaged b

1. Involve all urban residents, including slum-dwellers, in planning their own cities
2. Design cities that protect the needs of older people
3. Put resilience thinking at the heart of

Unanticipated structures beneath the surface of a construction site can quickly become costly and dangerous surprises.

The wax worm, a caterpillar typically used for fishing bait and known for damaging beehives by eating their wax comb, has now been observed munching on a differe

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This paper outlines 6 guidelines to empower financial decision-making in the circular economy.

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SITRA, a Finnish fund that was commissioned to promote Finland’s economic growth, partnered with Circle Economy to research innovative service-based business models in the fashion and textile indus

ABN AMRO's Circular Economy Guide explains the basic principles of the circular economy, offers concrete tools and highlights successful cases.

The construction industry is ripe for disruption. Large projects across asset classes typically take 20 percent longer to finish than scheduled and are up to 80 percent over budget.

The transition to a circular construction requires systematic changes in the construction sector. NEN is engaged in research and development of circular solutions in the field of NEN standards and

The circular economy offers new and innovative mitigation solutions that are mostly left unexplored yet urgently needed.

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This discussion draft of Europe’s Carbon Loophole, published in September of 2017, helps quantify the loophole for EU member states, and offers potential pathway

Among some of the world’s top corporate leaders, there’s a growing understanding that traditional business models—built on the presumption of unlimited and cheap natural resources—must be reworked

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In a newly published framework from the IWA: Water Utility Pathways in a Circular Economy, transitionary pathways for utilities are described, that position them as engines for sustainable growth.

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http://www.greengothenburg.se/media/1096/facts_waste.pdf

CSR programs can increase productivity up to 13 percent and reduce the employee turnover rate by up to 50 percent for large, publicly traded companies.

Officials are tapping all kinds of data to make their cities safer, healthier and more efficient, in what may be just the start of a sweeping change in how cities are run.

The future of transportation will be enabled by two emerging technologies that are rapidly becoming mainstream.

With a growing desire to create more liveable streets, a light needs to be shone upon the benefits of walking as a catalyst for developing sustainable, healthy, prosperous and attractive cities.

Toolkit by Canada's National Zero Waste Council to highlight:

This first edition of the Report on the Pulse of the Fashion Industry exposes the challenges in a number of sustainability impact areas and along the industry’s value chain, from design and develop

This Paper examines whether the current trends in the areas of education and skills are pushing the European Union towards convergence or polarisation.

The study presented in this report looked at trends of circular economy activities across different sectors and quantified these activities as modelling inputs to provide employment changes for dif

The analysis presented in this report builds on the findings for Britain, to identify the potential of the circular economy specifically in London.

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A report by RLI argues that the logistics industry can become a key enabler of circular economy, particularly focusing on the agri/food, chemical, high-tech sectors.

Whatever your organization looks like today, the sharing economy is too big an opportunity to miss—or too big a risk not to mitigate.

Technology has rapidly evolved to help asset managers with this dilemma.

The circular economy provides an attractive mitigation opportunity as it steps away from the negative and often punitive narrative of reducing emissions, and defines a more positive and inspiring v

This blog post, the first of four in a series, provides an overview of why the circular economy is a promising pathway to meet the Paris Climate Agreement.

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The DFD (Design for Disassembly) working group of the Netherlands Circulair program!

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Portland State University has developed a way to track the eco-friendliness of wardrobes, giving it a Sustainability Score.

Circle Economy researched how the introduction of a circular product label can enable more high-quality recycling for the Nederland Circulair initiative's Healthcare Waste initiative.

This article provides a general framework for zero waste that can be modified for any type of event or venue, such as collaborating with the venue, training staff, and standards for vendors.

MVO Nederland has developed a fact sheet that offers a framework for the concept of circular procurement.

Scott Steele, president of Plastic Technologies Inc., says that PET has great attributes like clarity and toughness, and that it’s easy to process.

If we want a Circular Economy designed to address the needs of all of us, we should ensure that services are accessible, affordable and generating bottom-line benefits.

Adopt these five fuel-efficient driving techniques to reduce your fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions:

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The sharing economy is taking off in China, where ride-sharing and Airbnb are increasingly commonplace. City streets around the country have seen an explosion of the colourful bikes that users can

This report discusses how to increase metal-recycling rates – and thus resource efficiency from both quantity and quality viewpoints.

In 1975, tangible assets—buildings, equipment, and so on—comprised a full 83% of the combined value of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

The report focuses on fast-moving consumer goods, which currently account for about 60 per cent of total consumer spending, 35 per cent of material inputs into the economy, and 75 per cent of munic

Together with ABN AMRO, Circle Economy has investigated the trends in consumer demands and how car component suppliers can stay ahead of the curve by applying

This report on financing the circular economy, provides directions for overcoming financial barriers that circular businesses encounter.

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The central theme of this report is how to greatly enhance resource efficiency.