Programme purpose
Learning designed for immediate organisational application.
A practical programme for organisations moving beyond waste disposal towards prevention, reuse, repair, remanufacturing and resource-efficient business models. Participants map material flows, identify leakage and develop commercially grounded circular-economy opportunities.
Available datesChoose the session that works for you.
Detailed two-day curriculumSix modules, practical exercises and workplace-ready outputs.
The programme moves from core concepts to guided application. Every major module includes focused submodules and a practical exercise.
Day 1Diagnosing material flows and designing circular interventions
Module 1 — Circular-economy principles and business value
- Linear versus circular value creation
- Waste hierarchy, value retention and lifecycle thinking
- Regulatory, cost, resilience and innovation drivers
Practical application: Assess circular maturity and identify value-at-risk.
Module 2 — Material-flow and waste baseline
- Inputs, process losses, by-products and end-of-life pathways
- Waste classification, measurement and cost-of-waste analysis
- Packaging, water, energy and embedded-material hotspots
Practical application: Construct a material-flow map and hotspot baseline.
Module 3 — Circular design and responsible procurement
- Durability, modularity, repairability and recyclability
- Material substitution and safer-input selection
- Supplier requirements, specifications and lifecycle evaluation
Practical application: Redesign a product, service or procurement specification.
Daily participant outputA circular-maturity assessment, material-flow map and redesigned specification.
Day 2Business models, measurement and implementation roadmap
Module 4 — Circular business models and reverse flows
- Reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing and sharing
- Take-back systems, reverse logistics and industrial symbiosis
- Partnerships, customer participation and incentive design
Practical application: Design a circular business-model concept for a priority stream.
Module 5 — Circular metrics and credible communication
- Waste intensity, diversion, recycled content and circular input rates
- Data boundaries, chain of custody and evidence
- Avoiding misleading recycling and circularity claims
Practical application: Create a measurement scorecard and substantiate one public claim.
Module 6 — Business case, pilot and scale-up
- Technical feasibility, economics and lifecycle trade-offs
- Pilot design, governance, risks and success criteria
- Roadmap, investment decision and continuous improvement
Practical application: Pitch a costed circular pilot to a mock investment committee.
Daily participant outputA circular business model, KPI scorecard and investment-ready pilot roadmap.
Who should attendDesigned for the people responsible for delivery.
- Operations, facility and production leaders
- Environment and sustainability professionals
- Procurement and supply-chain teams
- Product, innovation and finance professionals
Learning outcomesWhat participants will be able to do.
- Identify high-value waste-elimination opportunities
- Design practical resource-life-extension interventions
- Develop measurable circular-economy targets
- Prepare a credible pilot and investment case
Participant resourcesPractical take-away tools.
- Material-flow mapping tool
- Circular opportunity scorecard
- Supplier and procurement checklist
- 12-month circularity roadmap template
Learning methodologyTechnical instruction translated into practical action.
Material-flow exercises, product and facility cases, opportunity-design labs and team roadmap development.
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