Nachhaltig.digital is a platform for stepping up dialogue on the sustainability and digitalisation of SMEs in Germany.

It provides a space for the exchange of ideas, products, solutions, inspiration and discussion - both online and offline. The platform helps companies to use digitalisation to make their business sustainable.

The platform has also focused on the circular economy. As well as providing a forum where companies can interact, Nachhaltig.digital informs them about digitalisation and the circular economy, answering questions and telling them about current trends.

The Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy is a working group under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. NCE's mandate includes contributing to activities and exchanges of information that will promote the transition to a circular economy in the Nordic Region.

NCE also wishes to influence the EU and global actors, for example by helping to identify solutions that will reduce consumption of raw materials, waste, emissions and energy by recycling products, including for new purposes.

NCE carries out projects on different topics related to the circular economy.

The Acceleration House aims to assist entrepreneurs with circular business ventures.

It connects business people with experts and knowledge, answers questions and provides advice, and does not charge a fee.

Its knowledge section includes tools, legislation and financing. The platform also organises events promoting matchmaking between supply and demand.

The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) is a private business and employers' organisation representing around 20 000 companies in Denmark. They aim to provide the best possible corporate conditions for their member companies.

DI's network for circular economy (text in Danish only) aims to create a platform for companies that are interested in, working with or want to be updated on the circular economy. It organises three meetings a year, and is open to members of the Confederation of Danish Industry. 

Neue Effizienz is an institution for knowledge transfer and research in the area of energy and resource efficiency based in Wuppertal, Germany. As a regional association, it is funded by the municipalities, public utilities and regional economic development institutions of Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid.

It promotes innovation as well as science and technology transfer in the fields of energy, circular economy, new mobility and smart cities. bergisch.metall, a competence network for the metal industry, fouses on the circular economy; the bergisch.circular project assists the municipalities with the establishment of intermunicipal structures and initiatives supporting the circular transformation.

NICB:

• develops national and international research and innovation projects;
• provides various types of knowledge transfer in these research and innovation projects;
• increases the visibility of innovation and icon projects; and
• supports project and construction teams with the technical, contractual and financial aspects of the circular construction process.

Its key areas are modular construction, high-quality recycling, circular business models and circular contracting.

Nordic Circular Arena is a digital gathering place for circularity professionals in the Nordic countries. 

It is a freely accessible online platform, hosted by Nordic Circular Hotspot and co-funded by Nordic Innovation, and the first digital multi-stakeholder platform for the circular transition in the Nordic region.

Through the Arena, you can:

• get and share circular information, knowledge and intelligence
• find others working on circularity in your region and beyond
• access circular economy projects and opportunities, reports and resources, networks, companies and organisations, events and much more.

Participants can g​​​​​​et involved in the circular transition by taking part in discussions, sharing their ideas, opportunities and information, and forging new circular connections.

Nordic Circular Hotspot is a network and facilitator that accelerates the transition to a sustainable and circular economy in the Nordic region.

It focuses on knowledge sharing, matchmaking and collaboration. It has a roadmap: in 2018, it started up the project, and in 2024 it has reached phase 3: Realisation and implementation in the market. Phase 5, the last one, covers 2028–2030 and will focus on Operation and reaching a circular Nordic market.

Nordic Circular Hotspot functions as the leading resource on the circular economy across the whole of the Nordic region. Its Nordic Circular Arena, Partnership Programme, Nordic Circular Summit and other initiatives are well known and gaining recognition in the Nordic region and beyond.

The OCCE is a Brussels-based federation that provides support for European investors, regions and innovators in the field of the circular economy.

Its focus is green tech and new technology in the circular economy, and raising awareness about the green transition, the circular economy and climate.

It links up investors/investment companies and the EU/EIB, with a view to accessing funding. 

It helps regions, communities and local actors to promote innovation, which can then be transformed into circular investments, jobs and industrial success stories. 

It provides support and knowledge for SMEs, start-ups and project leaders, primarily with regard to the EU's financial support mechanisms.

Lastly, it helps its members build an international dimension into their projects.

The One Planet Network aims to implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), focusing on SDG12. The network is comprised of thousands of individual members; six thematic programmes and their partner organisations; working groups; and over 140 national focal points for sustainable consumption and production within governments. 

It has vast experience of and expertise in sustainable consumption and production, and houses a global repository of projects, policies, tools and resources.

Serving as the secretariat of the 10YFP, the United Nations Environment Programme facilitates the One Planet network.