Services

Is your city truly circular?

70+

Cities & regions supported

2000+

People trained

55+

Reports & publications

Together with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, we ensure that our analysis and expertise feed into the unique environmental and social goals of cities and regions. By assessing urban material flows, measuring key indicators, building local capacity, and developing and applying knowledge, we support and enable cities to develop circular strategies and roadmaps and implement circular projects at scale.

Start your journey

We work with cities and regions, partners and multilateral organisations  to put the circular economy  into practice.

We use hard data and research to understand the urban metabolism of your city and locate its starting point on the path to circularity. Together with stakeholders, we then envision how your city could look in the future to inform strategies, roadmaps and action plans to help you get there.

To do so, we use different methodologies, developed and perfected over the years:
1. Circle City Scan
2. Circularity Gap Report

Circle City Scan

Practical and
scalable solutions

Our Circle City Scan deep dives into resource consumption and waste generation patterns for different sectors in your city: from the built environment to food and mobility systems. It is a five-phase multi-stakeholder process of co-developing action plans to move you closer to implementation.

Discover the Circle City Scan

Circularity Gap Report

Create circular strategies: model their potential

Thanks to our innovative methodology, we provide a baseline measurement of circularity for the overall economy of cities and regions. This helps us to understand opportunities for policymakers, businesses and residents to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and circular economic system. By understanding your economy from a physical perspective, you can make data-driven decisions for your city or region.

Discover CGR reports

‘Circle Assessments are all about  future proofing’.

—Alison McRae, Senior Director,
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce

Partners & clients

Our approach

At Circle Economy, we have supported over 70 cities and regions around the world with practical and scalable solutions to put the circular economy into action.

With nature as our mentor and data as our guide, we assist cities and regions in pinpointing priorities, simplifying environmental data, fostering collaboration and implementing practical circular strategies.

Capacity building  
and development

Feeling overwhelmed by
the complexities of implementation?

Our Capacity Building and Development workshops offer tailored guidance, leveraging seven years of experience to empower your city with the skills and knowledge needed to kick start its circular journey.

We have a long history of designing and facilitating in-person and online workshops with city stakeholders. Our approach makes the most of our experience with evidence-driven circular economy strategy design, and participatory and multi-stakeholder processes.

Let's discuss your city's needs

Research and
thought leadership

Curious about practical solutions to inspire your city's environmental goals?

We produce cutting-edge research and generate thought-provoking insights at the forefront of the circular economy. We aim to explore new topics that contribute to a better understanding of circular economy solutions, challenges and opportunities, and their implementation in urban spaces, across different sectors and contexts.

Reach out to get started

Our areas of expertise in the urban
space include:
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Food systems
Built environment
Textiles
Urban planning for a circular economy
Indicators for a circular economy
Circular jobs in cities

Digital tools for
circular cities

Want to learn more about the benefits of the circular economy?

To increase our work’s impact, we developed digital tools to provide as many people as possible with our research and actionable insights. We want to break down knowledge barriers to the circular transition, so these tools are available to use for everyone—from cities themselves to all partner organisations.

Get in touch

Our digital offering includes:
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Explore data-driven insights, solutions and tools with Ganbatte Cities.
Acquire skills necessary for the circular transition with Circularity Academy.
Identify circular opportunities with the Circularity Assessment Tool.
Find practical examples of the circular economy on the Knowledge Hub Cities.

Our team of experts