CER Sustainable Business Network Slovenia is the largest sustainable business network in Slovenia, on a mission to strengthen ambitions and activities to achieve a climate-neutral economy faster.
They bring business leaders together to share experience and good practices, advocate for change, influence policy and accelerate the green transition using collective action. They raise awareness, grow ambition, build capacities, promote green tech and foster partnerships to boost the transition to climate neutrality.
They bridge the gap between stakeholders, offering them a safe space for open discussion about systemic barriers to reach climate neutrality. The circular economy is one of its areas of interest.
CER is involved in the EU's DESIRE project on Designing the Irresistible Circular Society.
CERC promotes the key objectives of the Circular Economy Action Plan in Romania, encouraging the development of new markets and business models, and contributing to economic growth and job creation.
It does this by:
producing studies on waste management
setting up partnerships with national and international bodies with a view to establishing programmes geared to implementing circular principles
organising events to promote the exchange of knowledge and good practices
communicating with local and central authorities on how the circular economy can benefit Romania's economy
promoting compliance with waste management rules, including the fields of recycling, reuse and alternative fuels
promoting the EU recommendations on green public procurement
The Czech Circular Hotspot is operated by the Institute for Circular Economy (INCIEN), a non-governmental organisation that has been promoting circular economy principles since 2014.
CCH aims to facilitate cross-sectoral and international cooperation in the field of the circular economy. It wants to create a space where the public and private sector can cooperate to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in Czechia.
The hotspot was set up in 2022, and thanks to strong partners and successful models abroad, it has rapidly grown into an effective network. Members include businesses, SMEs, start-ups, NGOs and academic bodies.
As well as networking opportunities, it provides training sessions and information on overviews and trends.
Circe.med is a network of Mediterranean organisations involved in the transition towards ecologically and sustainable ecosystems. Established at the start of 2024, it wants to help deliver a carbon-free, circular economy which will improve people's quality of life.
The initiative aims to deepen, promote and implement a circular economy based on efficient and reduced use of natural resources.
Three main strands:
Sustainable food
Tourism and plastic in coastal areas
The built environment
The network's member organisations strive to deliver an effective circular economy in the Mediterranean which will benefit their individual ecosystems and the region as a whole.
The network is supported by an online platform, Circemed.org, which promotes cooperation and acts as a resource centre.
Circle Lab is an online platform for cities, businesses and individuals toexplore, brainstorm and implement circular business models and strategies with a view to tackling global and local challenges.
By digitising knowledge, opening up access and encouraging co-creation, it aims to break down information silos and fuel cross-industry collaboration and innovation.
Circle Lab currently contains over 1 500 examples of the circular economy in practice – all freely accessible – and enables cities and businesses to host online challenges that collectively explore and find solutions to circularity challenges around the world.
Its Knowledge hub has sections on case studies, indicators, key elements of the circular economy, policies and the SDGs.
Cities and entrepreneurs are expected to be full of inspiring and sustainable ideas but they often have a lot of questions before they can implement those ideas. How do you set up a product-as-a-service business model? How do I protect my logo? How can you support cititzens' initiatives? How can the financiers be involved...
To get an answer to all these and other questions, you can ask experts at CircleAid, a network of experts and mentors to help you kick-start your circular initiative. They have specific experience of the circular economy: business models, procurement, governance, financing...
These experts are mentors who can guide you through your circular questions. Consultants who want to become part of this database can apply if they have experience or knowledge of the circular econo
CIRCLES is a platform dedicated to disseminating circular economy solutions in the Eastern Netherlands.
It encourages entrepreneurs to participate in the green transition, promoting their sense of ownership in the transition process. It offers a space for stakeholders to interact and exchange views on circular economy – digitally or physically - or simply a space to establish partnerships.
Several organisations – public, private and NGOs – interact in a range of ways, including workshops, publications, opportunities to access finance. One of the initiatives, for instance, consists of a space to submit ideas. If viable, cooperation with regional universities can be established, and entrepreneurs can collaborate to reach solutions.
Circul'R is a team that has the expertise to help companies and regions shift to a circular economy.
It aims to unlock the circular economy's potential by connecting innovative startups with companies so that they can co-create solutions to accelerate their transition towards the circular economy.
Focus areas:
training on identifying the challenges and opportunities of the circular economy,
consultancy (helping companies go circular,
Circul'R Club (more than 100 companies and institutions, from large groups to local authorities, including ESG funds and committed startups. Each participant contributes to the transition towards a circular economy model),
Circul'R coalitions (aiming to bring together companies from different sectors to address specific issues and deploy circular projects).
This initiative is powered by APPLiA - Home Appliance Europe, representing home appliance manufacturers from across Europe.
The Circular Appliances website takes readers through each phase of the home appliance lifecycle, from design to end-of-use. There is a straightforward description of each phase and statistics on this sector.
The Circular Culturewebsite provides a platform for all those who would like to share their practices and recommend innovative solutions for different topics, such as food waste prevention, recycling and resource efficiency. There is a collection of circular projects.
Circular Berlinis an NGO that focuses on making Berlin circular.
Berlin is envisioned as a resilient, citizen-oriented region where resources are sourced locally and their value is maintained as part of a continuous loop. Circular Berlin operates across areas such as community-building and education, as well as developing knowledge about industries with a high potential for circularity: the built environment, food and biomass, textiles and fashion, materials and products.
Circular Berlin hosts events where the community comes together to talk about key issues from sharing knowledge to collaborative planning sessions. Open-source digital tools enabling information to be exchanged more quickly have been built.
For more information on Circular Berlin, see their report.
