Industry

We help companies to adapt to the circular economy, from the product all the way to the business model.

The world is evolving at a rapid pace. How can we prepare for this evolution?

Businesses are facing a rapid evolution of regulations towards a different economy. The European Green Deal and its Action Plan are in full implementation and evolving regulations can become a major market barrier for companies that do not play their part.

The manufacturing industry is in the spotlight:

  • How can products be adapted/redesigned so that they never become waste?
  • How can profits be maintained if there is a shift from consumption to service models?
  • How can industry stay aligned with existing regulations (European Green Deal, US Green Deal, and local versions of transformation towards a circular and fair economy) as well as those to come?
  • How can industry respond to the demands of the market and society, which are increasingly committed to the Sustainable Development Goals?

Thanks to our over 15-year experience working with industry, we have developed methodologies that allow us to respond to these and many other needs in a tangible way.

We work from the bottom up to build a strategy for change adapted to the reality of the company and its specific context:

How? Our solutions entail a range of approaches, from optimizing chemistry and product design, to innovation in supply chain management and the production system:

  • Circular Transformation: This is a program structured into three phases (Diagnosis – Plan – Action), which can be applied at different levels. Some of its characteristics are:
    • Circular product diagnosis: Assessment to understand the current product design using tools such as the Cradle to Cradle framework, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and hotspot mapping to assess the product’s design for disassembly.
    • Circular supply chain diagnosis: Understanding where the issues related to transparency, and poor environmental and/or social practices, lie. Identification of ideal partners.
    • Circular optimization roadmap: Using the results of the assessment to define strategies to plan the optimization of the circular product.
    • Development of pilot projects to test innovations.
    • LCA scope 3, C2C Certified check.
    • Implementation of Circular Making, to also integrate innovations into marketing and branding.

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  • Cradle to Cradle Consulting: Specific consulting for those interested in obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certified® certification, or improve their performance results.

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  • Cradle to Cradle Certified®: We accompany you through the Cradle to Cradle Certified® assessment process, the program globally recognized as the only circular economy certification at the product level.

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