Case studies and articles

Finery offers a “Wardrobe Operating System” that automatically browses purchase data and uploads clothing purchases into an organised online wardrobe.

For a Serbian confectionary client, Henkel proposed the usage of a new adhesive as it would enable the user to reduce packaging costs and improve environmental performance at the same time.

CIRCO powers the development of the circular economy, driven by design.

DaRousso is a pioneer in terms of fashion design since 2008 and made its kick-start at the Athens Xclusive Designers Week.

Post Couture Collective provides clothing designs that can be customised by customers before it is manufactured.

Galactic, the world expert in lactic acid and lactates based natural ingredients, and Naturex, the global leader in specialty plant-based natural ingredients, have launched a joint research program

Nike Flyknit technology was developed with a primary goal in mind: create a shoe that delivers peak performance for athletes while reducing manufacturing waste in the process. Thanks to a micro-lev

Co-op has partnered with packaging supplier Coveris and meat supplier Tulip Ltd to create recyclable food packaging for two lines of cooked meats. A new multilayer lidding film eliminates the need

Daimler’s new service brand bundles existing digital services with new mobility and connectivity – available on smartphones, tablets and desktops.

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs developed the world´s first Sealed Paper Packaging.

Gerrard Street is a startup in Amsterdam that produces modular headphones. The headphones are offered through a subscription model, where customers pay either a monthly or annual fee.

Made from environmentally benign materials, it boasts everything from soya-based polyurethane foam seats to a car roof made from a corn-based biopolymer.

Early 2010, the company dumped synthetic lubricants to bio-based lubricants.

Coca-Cola and Emeco collaborated to solve an environmental problem: Up-cycling consumer waste into a sustainable, timeless, classic chair.

De Ceuvel is a co-working community established in the north of Amsterdam on the site of a former shipyard, which has now become a polluted industrial zone.

CLM is an independent consultancy that has developed the interactive online site “Klimaatlat” (climate yardstick), which shows which sources on the dairy farm score high in gas emissions and which

Scientists in Singapore have created a new type of concrete that bends, but is more durable and sustainable than typical concrete.

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Ivywild School was formerly an elementary school, which has been repurposed into a community space. The space has bakers, brewers, restaurants, gardens, and special events. 

In a cowshare, goatshare, or herdshare agreement, consumers pay a farmer a fee for boarding their cow or goat, (or share of a cow or goat), caring for the cow or goat, and milking the cow or goat.

Valle di Latte Farm sells shares of a dairy herd to people who want raw milk. The farmers do all the work every day, and consumers pickup their share of the milk each week.

Creative swap is a week long event where creative agencies swap one of their talented staff with a creative from another studio, across any of the creative field

Recycled Plastic Technology (RPT) Pty Ltd has been manufacturing medium to large diameter recycled plastic pipe since July 1999 using 100% recycled milk bottles as an input from kerbside collection

Vodafone's Red Hot plan allows customers to rent top-of-the-line handsets for a term of 12 months, at the end of which they return the phone, swap it for the latest model and take out a new contrac

wireLawyer is the fastest-growing online community exclusively for lawyers.

Ford and Heinz are investigating the use of tomato fibers in developing sustainable, composite materials for use in vehicle manufacturing.

In 2015, Sprint chief Marcelo Claure announced in an interview that the company would eliminate two-year contracts and subsidies in favor of phone leasing plans.

At Nudie Jeans Repair Shops, jeans can be repaired, resold as second-hand or even donated to the Nudie Jeans recycling program.

Micron Technology, Inc. under the global brand name of Crucial provide product upgrades and support for more than 50,000 different types of computer systems.

Most work today is compensated via bilateral agreements between a worker and an employer according to a simple contract. But what if we had greater autono

1. Customers Demand Freedom of Choice

S&P 500 companies that build sustainability into their core strategies are outperforming those that fail to show leadership.

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In the circular economy, as well as delivering shopping, supermarket brands might also take away consumer food waste or empty packaging – waste that will have value as a material that can be

For the past decade, China has led the world in promoting the recirculation of waste materials through setting targets and adopting policies, financial measures and legislation.

Less than a week after launch, the augmented reality mobile exploration game, Pokemon Go, has been installed on twice as many phones as Tinder, it has double the engagement of Snapchat, and it is e

"Carbon is not the enemy." So says designer William McDonough, the author and architect and inventor of the concept of "cradle-to-cradle," who wants to change how we talk about carbon—and by extens

The latest policy paper from UITP, the International Association of Public Transport is entitled, “Autonomous vehicles: a potential game changer for urban mobility”.

With the adoption of the German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess) in February 2012, Germany was among the first countries to determine targets, guiding principles and approaches for the prot

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Delaware Blockchain Initiative is a pilot by the state of Delaware in the United States to utilise blockchain technology to issue shares once a company is incorp

Dubai will have autonomous taxi drones that people can sit inside. The flying taxis are being manufactured by Chinese drone-making firm EHang and can carry a person weighing up to 100 kilograms (ab

The Agency of Design participated in an InnovateUK funded research project that reimagined lightbulbs as a lighting service, where consumers don’t own light bulbs, but instead pay for their use.

Van Hulley is a social enterprise that reuses and recycles t-shirts to make boxer shorts.

The world's first Circle Regional Scan performed by Circle Economy highlights opportunities to implement practical and scalable strategies on a regional level, for the cir

This book compiles the best 50 examples of CO- businesses. Many of them emerged by chance; others are the product of the systematic exchange between companies.