Measuring circularity provides a point of reference, creates actions for improvement and shows you and your (future) customers the results of your efforts. As a business developer, sustainability manager or designer in the manufacturing industry, this masterclass will give you the guidance and insights you need to start measuring and monitoring the circularity of your products and services.

New circular products and revenue models spark innovation and create numerous jobs along the value chain. An increasing number of companies are investing in circular strategies, responding to the rising demand for circular products and services. But how should you determine the ambitions and innovation focus within the complexity of a circular story? How can you measure the ambitions and performance of your company, product or value chain in terms of circularity? How can your company ensure that it is making progress?

These and many other questions will be answered during this masterclass, organised by VITO, Sirris and Agoria. We rely on testimonials from companies sharing their experience of measuring circularity. Throughout the day, during interactive exercises, we will guide you through the first steps to start determining what you should measure, and how to fit it into your business process.

What can you expect?

• Multiple cases and testimonials from the manufacturing industry
• A hands-on approach to get started measuring circularity for your products in an effective and pragmatic way
• Interactive guidance from our experts
• Peer-to-peer knowledge sharing with the other participants and companies that have done it before you.
• A reading list of articles and relevant publications, and an overview of useful tools to use within your own business context

Programme

9:30- 10:30 1.? General framework

• Intro: Why do you want to measure circularity, the starting points.??
• Case ? testimonial : JuuNoo
• Interactive session: from which perspective do you want to measure circularity, and what other perspectives are relevant in your company?

10:30-10:45 h:? Break

10:45-12:00? 2. Start

• How can you identify the relevant aspects of circularity to start measuring?
• Case ? Testimonial : HaTwee
• Interactive session: Identifying focus areas from (external) drivers to set circular targets for your products

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 3. Focus on circularity within an innovation process

• From strategy to practice
• Case ? testimonial : Atlas Copco
• Interactive session: relevant exploration of KPIs for your circular innovation

14:30-14:45? Break

14:45-15:45? 4. Getting started and sharing insights

• Putting the pieces of the puzzle together
• Interactive session: further elaborate on one of your KPIs & speed date to have own work enriched by us and other participants
• Conclusions and lessons learned

15:45-16:00? Wrap-up

For whom?

• As a sustainability manager or innovator, you want to improve the circularity and sustainability of your products or activities, and for this you are looking for ways to measure and monitor circularity.
• You or your company are exploring or have already taken the first steps towards circularity.
• The target group includes companies and organisations in the manufacturing industry, which have an impact on material flows and/or on physical products.
• We are thinking primarily of: R&D managers, compliance officers, C-level management, CSR environmental & sustainability managers, product engineers, data managers, marketing managers, etc.?

Caution! The number of participants in this masterclass is limited to 15.

Price

Thanks to the support of Vlaio in the framework of the #industriepartnerschap (industry partnership) project, companies located in Flanders pay only ?375. The registration fee for this masterclass is ?1,245 for companies outside of Flanders.

» Start Date: 15/06/2023

» End Date: 15/06/2023

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