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Based on Workshop 15 January2019 Arthur ten Wolde, Circular Economy Expert Ecopreneur.eu & MVO Nederland Arno Kunert, Director Business Development WeSustain GmbH

About Ecopreneur: the political voice of green SMEs in Brussels

Over 3000 companies committed to sustainability, mainly SMEs, but also about 100 large companies, including:

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WeSustain develops software solutions for non-financial management & re report rtin ing sin ince 2010. We support companies in mea measuring, imp mproving and commu mmunicating their sust sustainabi bility pe performance More than 500 companies from various sectors trust in our solutions and competence – wor worldwi wide Driven by our passion for software & sustainability we are also supporting several regional and European activities like the “Textile Alliance” and “GeSi” ….a ….and nd s since nce 2 2018 w we a are p proud t to s support E Eco coprene neur/MVO-NL NL with the Circul ularity Check

What is the circular economy?

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• How organisations create, deliver, exploit and preserve value for

tomorrow’s economy via circular business models

• No waste
• Materials stay in the cycle or become food for nature
• Changing responsibility: from consumer to user
• From sustainable obligation to economic desire
• Renewable energy
• Check sustainability over the life cycle

How to measure circularity?

• Level: Product, project, company, sector,

economy

• Basis: strategic, kg, value
• Target Group: large producing company,

SMEs, procurement officers, subsidy scheme

• fficers, investors
• Requirements: Systemic, integrated, life-cycle

approach, operational, adaptive, intuitive, link with sustainability

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Some examples of existing tools (1)

• Material Circularity Indicator (MCI, EMF – company

level)

• Circular Economy Toolkit (CET, TU Delft - product)
• Circular Economy Indicator Prototype (CEIP –

product)

• Cambridge Circularity Tool (product)
• Circle Assessment (Circle Economy, company)
• Circular IQ (product, procurement)
• WBCSD Circular Metrics Pilot (large companies)
• Rendemint (procurement)
• VDI Resource Efficiency Tool (RE, SMEs)

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Some examples of existing tools (2)

• Catalan Waste Agency CE Criteria (project,

subsidies)

• UL Environment's Circularity Facts Program

Validation (company, factual)

• Factor X CE Critetria (company, subsidies)
• EU SCREEN (subsidies)
• Circularity Assessment Model (Giacomelli for

SID Banka)

• Circular Building Assessment methodology

(BAMB Project)

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• 1. Design,

Procurement & Production

• 4. Recovery
• 3. Use
• 2. Delivery
• 5. Sustainability

Product/Service

• First complete, strategic scan at

product level

• For a product and/or service
• SMEs/companies
• With several GO/NO GO questions
• Life cycle approach
• 5 indicators
• About 60 questions
• Outcome: % circularity
• Many ways to become circular
• Energy and social aspects included
• Based on 2 earlier pilots

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In conclusion

• The Circular Economy offers many opportunities
• The circularity of your products and services

determines the long-term prospects of your company

• The Circularity Check is the first complete scan at

the product level

• Tested on 11 SMEs and some large companies
• Available as a free online pilot until 1 March 2019
• Please send us your feedback!

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THANK YOU

Arthur ten Wolde, tenwolde@ecopreneur.eu Arno Kunert, arno.kunert@wesustain.com