Services
Circular Futures supports organisations in the transition to the circular economy through our unique strategic foresight and innovation process that enables visionary ideas to become reality.
We conduct research, provide trend reports, develop toolkits and facilitate curated workshops with executive and decision-making teams to unlock circular economy potential and build pathways to activation.
Circular Futures is committed to advancing the application and uptake of the circular economy through good design.
Our services are designed to ensure that decisions are made inline with best-practice science, ISO standards, international regulations and enhance community uptake through innovative business models, product and service design.
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We offer capacity-building in-person and online workshops that jump start, transform and expand your company’s circular economy capacity. Taylored to meet your specific needs, we ensure that your team is equipped and activated.
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Our team has expertise in CE research and trend reporting. Looking at industry-specific needs and ensuring that CE is being developed in best-practice ways. Our connections to the international CE community means we are ahead of the trend when it comes to advances in legislation and business leadership trends.
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Working with your executive team, we can support you in redesigning your business model to fit within the circular economy in ways hat enhance your business case, meet growing community needs and ensure that you are leading the way. Our expertise spans products, services and business model design.
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We provide advice around best-price CE policy design for businesses and governments.
Workshops
Circular Economy Transition Support
Half or Full Day Workshop | In-person or On-line
Embrace the transition to the circular economy with our expert guidance and insights relevant to your industry. Our half or full-day workshop ensures your entire team is equipped with the core capacity and foundational knowledge to implement the circular economy into your workplace and plans.
In this workshop you will:
Learn the foundations of the circular economy in relation to your industry
Uncover the role the new CE ISO Standards and international regulations will have on your CE journey
Build your own strategic circular economy transition plan
Develop the capacity and skills you need to move your circular transition forward
Suitable for all team members
Circular Futures Scenario Building
Half or Full Day Workshop | In-person or On-line
Unlock the potential of your organisation with our strategic foresight and design futuring process. Experience the potential of circular innovation within your company and be at the forefront of transformative impact. We combine our strategic foresight, design futuring and backcasting processes to ensure you are charting future possibilities.
In this workshop you will:
Explore futures scenarios for circular transitions related to your specific industry
Identify gaps and opportunities specific to your market and CE policy exposure
Develop innovative ideas in response to these scenarios
Define the pathway from the current state to the new future scenario
Suitable for mid-level to senior team members
Visionary Ideas & Circular Innovation
Half or Full Day Workshop | In-person
Explore the visionary potential of your organisation with our comprehensive support, we will ensure you tap into the possibilities and leave no future scenario unturned. This is a big picture, blue sky, out-of-the-box session that pushes boundaries and ensures you are at the cutting edge of possibilities. Experience the uniqueness and transformative power this high-energy workshop brings your team.
In this workshop you will:
Identify multiple future scenarios that will enable your circular transition that go beyond the current status quo
Develop boundary-pushing ideas that fit within the changing market and enable a fully circular transition
Envisage future business models and product innovations
Suitable for all senior leaders, product managers, designers, engineers, marketing and production teams.
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FAQs
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We run workshops all over the world. Based in Australia, our team can facilitate in multiple in-person locations or online.
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We prefer to work with between 6-24 people. It’s possible to run our sessions with larger groups up to 100 people, which requires that we adjust the process and reduce the amount of feedback and sharing time. The best outcomes are achieved with 10-20 people.
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Yes we do. We are dedicated to capacity building and currently take on projects for initiatives that will ensure long-term success for the circular economy. We work with many partners and deliver different project outcomes; reach out via our contacts page to find out more.
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We find that any size and any industry can benefit from our circular futures learning process; however, larger companies and government departments benefit the most from the strategic foresight approach.
“Circular Futures workshops supports organisations in the transition to the circular economy through a unique strategic foresight and design futuring process that enables visionary ideas to become reality.”
— Leyla Acaroglu, Circular Futures CEO, UNEP Champion of the Earth