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Tools and methods

This section focuses on tools and methods that can be used to support the development and implementation of Circular Systemic Solutions. The selection covers a variety of topics including, but not limited to, circular economy indicators, resource scanning tools and circular procurement guidelines. 

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Circular Procurement in 8 Steps

Increasingly, circular procurement is seen as a way to promote a circular economy. This book provides a practical approach to integrating circular...

Type of tool or method
Circular economy procurement
Impacts: Environmental pollution and land use, Increased recycling rates, Dematerialisation, Stakeholder and citizens mobilisation, engagement and participation, Material savings, Innovation, Competitiveness and innovation
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Circular public procurement: a framework for cities

This tool is a guide to help practitioners in city governments to adopt a more circular approach to public procurement. Public procurement processes...

Type of tool or method
Circular economy procurement
Impacts: Increased recycling rates, Dematerialisation, Environmental pollution and land use, Competitiveness and innovation, Material savings, Stakeholder and citizens mobilisation, engagement and participation
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Concular - Digital platform enabling circular construction

This tool aims to 'transform the real estate and construction industry towards a circular, sustainable way of doing business' through an AI-driven...

Type of tool or method
Circular economy procurement
Impacts: Climate adaptation and Climate mitigation, Environmental pollution and land use, Dematerialisation, Increased recycling rates, Material savings
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Consumption Compass: A digital tool for addressing consumption-based emissions at the local level. A summary of the methods used

Through this tool, the user can:

  • Explore GHG footprint (CO2e) for all Sweden's municipalities and postcodes
  • Analyse consumption impacts for over...
Type of tool or method
Circular economy benchmark data
Impacts: Climate adaptation and Climate mitigation, Increased recycling rates, Competitiveness and innovation, Education, knowledge, training and reskilling
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Creating circular fashion ecosystems - a roadmap for systemic change

This document presents findings from the foundation phase of circular fashion ecosystems developing in UK cities. In this work, the Doughnut Economics...

Type of tool or method
Strategy design and decision making
Impacts: Climate adaptation and Climate mitigation, Environmental pollution and land use, Increased recycling rates, Dematerialisation, Equality of opportunities/Just transition toward a sustainable and inclusive circular economy, Stakeholder and citizens mobilisation, engagement and participation, Material savings, Education, knowledge, training and reskilling
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Creating city portraits - a methodological guide from the Thriving Cities Initiative

‘Creating City Portraits’ is the methodology for downscaling the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries to the city. The tool provides a holistic...

Type of tool or method
Strategy design and decision making
Impacts: Climate adaptation and Climate mitigation, Environmental pollution and land use, Increased recycling rates, Dematerialisation, Equality of opportunities/Just transition toward a sustainable and inclusive circular economy, Competitiveness and innovation, Stakeholder and citizens mobilisation, engagement and participation, Material savings, Innovation, Education, knowledge, training and reskilling

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