What we do

We’re a charity committed to creating a circular economy, a new economic system in which we design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. It’s a system that delivers better outcomes for people, and the environment.

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We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy

We create original research on the benefits of a circular economy, and how it can contribute to solving global challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss. We also explore the opportunities across stakeholders and sectors, and highlight examples of how circular economy principles are being put into practice today. 

We support organisations and individuals with formal learning opportunities through our circular economy courses and create resources for teachers and academics.

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We engage key actors

To achieve the transition to a regenerative circular economy, we need to engage all parts of the system. This is why we work with businesses, international institutions, governments, cities, universities, non-governmental organisations, innovators, and many others.

We create resources, publications and tools to help stakeholders set effective policies, find new ways to do business and design better products.

Our Network brings together industry leading corporations, emerging innovators, affiliate networks, government authorities, regions and cities and more. The goal is to build circular capacity, address common barriers to progress, understand the necessary enabling conditions, and pilot circular practices.

Members of our Network can:

• have open discussions with counterparts they’d never normally speak to like competitors

• share experiences and learn from others who are trying to implement the circular economy

• stretch their thinking and push their innovation further and faster

• raise their level of ambition by understanding more clearly what's possible, what the opportunities are, and what others are doing

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We mobilise systems solutions

To tackle some of our biggest global challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss, we’ll need to create a systemic shift in the way we produce and consume products and food, across sectors and industries at a large scale.

To demonstrate what’s possible, we’ve concentrated our work on areas where  shifting to a circular economy can have the biggest impact. We currently focus on:

• Plastics

• Food

• Fashion

• Finance

• Cities

Contacts and media enquiries

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