We Unite Leading Organizations to Tackle Complex Material Challenges
Center for the Circular Economy
We are an innovation center and research hub entrusted by the world’s most influential organizations to solve their most sticky material challenges.
We partner with organizations at every stage of their journey to realize their circularity goals. We take a holistic, end-to-end approach to innovating, testing and scaling the circular solutions of the future. Our differentiated approach to solve material challenges cuts across a diversity of industries, value chains and materials, from plastics and packaging, to retail, automotive, healthcare and the built environment.
Our Collaborations
We lead industry collaborations between brands, investors, NGOs and industry leaders to identify, test and scale solutions that solve material challenges and advance the circular economy.
NextGen Consortium Beyond the Bag Consortium Composting Consortium
Circular Insights Lab
At the lab, we conduct quantitative and qualitative research and data analytics through in-market pilots, focus groups, iterative testing and consumer interviews, identifying circular trends, challenges and opportunities.
Select Clients
We are entrusted by the world’s most influential organizations to solve their most sticky material challenges.
Latest Insights
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