Industrial symbiosis supports circular economies through resource exchange – but information asymmetries, fragmented networks and coordination challenges are a problem.
This study synthesises the literature and examines five industrial symbiosis initiatives with varying levels of digital maturity and 5 interconnected capabilities, including knowledge discovery, ecosystem orchestration, resource matching, resource-exchange facilitation and value-chain integration.
It proposes an agentic industrial symbiosis framework that conceptualises how AI enabled capabilities could support resource orchestration that advance the circular eonomy and industrial symbiosis. It offers novel theoretical and practical implications for circular innovation and provides a foundation for future empirical research.
Want to know more about industrial symbiosis and the businesses and projects active in this field?
This webinar will introduce the work being done by the ECESP's Leadership Group on Circular value chains, from mapping industrial symbiosis initiatives to translating their findings into policy-relevant recommendations.
This new circular bioeconomy project is converting separately collected urban biowaste into polymers and cellulose. This will be used in bio-based products for sectors such as packaging, agriculture and construction.
Want to learn more more about sustainable contruction?
This conference will explore legislative developments shaping this sector and present Builders, an EU-funded project aiming to assess the introduction of EPR schemes for construction products.
This Slovakian social enterprise collects old advertising banners and turns them into useful items - and they teach vulnerable people the skills needed to do so!
This event will look at how smart design and fair producer fees can keep our clothes in use across Europe.
The TRUSTex project which is working on making the textile sector more circular through the use of EPR schemes, youth representatives Generation Climate Europe, and MEPs Saskia Bricmont and Delara Burkhardt will explore what works and what comes next.
This is the CirCLER project's final event, which will present the tools and skills developed to support companies, professionals and education providers in the circular transition of the European furniture sector.
Hear new perspectives, practical solutions and real industry experiences!
The ATLAS Cluster (Advanced Technologies for Lightweight Aerostructures and Sustainability) brings together five Horizon Europe research projects working to accelerate the development of lighter, smarter and more sustainable aircraft. By connecting expertise in advanced composite materials, manufacturing technologies, digital engineering, certification and next-generation aircraft concepts, the cluster fosters collaboration and knowledge exchange to address shared challenges across the aerospace value chain.
The first episode of its new #FlightPaths webinar series will explore how aerospace can reduce its environmental footprint through sustainable design, recycled carbon fibre, recyclable composites, digital twins and smarter manufacturing.
See why obtaining EU Ecolabel certification is worth the effort! Estonian soft furniture company Softrend finds that they can access markets that were closed to them before.
