CIRCO: circular entrepreneurship, rolled out regionally
CIRCO is a business and design method for circular entrepreneurship, developed for RVO. New Economy is the implementer: provinces and companies are activated and regional CIRCO hubs are set up in which network partners apply the method independently, train companies and provide follow-up. Many companies want to work on circularity but do not know how — CIRCO makes it concrete and helps redesign products, services and business models.
What is CIRCO?
CIRCO is a business and design method for circular entrepreneurship. Through tracks and training, CIRCO helps companies and their chain partners redesign products, services and business models with an eye to reuse and value retention. New Economy is the implementer of CIRCO and responsible for activation at regional governments, in combination with the transition agendas.
Regional CIRCO hubs
New Economy is responsible for decentralising the operational side of CIRCO and set up the first regional CIRCO hubs. A hub is a form of collaboration in which regional network partners apply the method autonomously, train companies and provide follow-up.
Innovation and knowledge sharing
New Economy’s advisers contribute to CIRCO’s innovation projects. For example, they developed an e-demo of the method and a webinar on the opportunities of circular business models. See also the work on circular innovation and entrepreneurship in North Holland, or read what regenerative entrepreneurship means. Want to know more or take part in a track? Visit the CIRCO website.
About this project. Client: RVO. Sector: circular economy, business and government. Year: 2020. Role: implementer of CIRCO, activation at regional governments and setting up regional CIRCO hubs.
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The CIRCO method is a business and design approach developed for RVO with which companies learn to design circularly and develop circular business models.
New Economy is the implementer of CIRCO, activates provinces and companies and sets up regional CIRCO hubs that apply the method independently.
A form of collaboration in which regional network partners apply the CIRCO method independently, train companies and provide follow-up.
Frequently asked questions about CIRCO
In this project, CIRCO is a business and design method for circular entrepreneurship, developed for RVO.
In this project, New Economy is the implementer of CIRCO and activates provinces and companies.
In this project, a hub is a form of collaboration in which regional network partners apply the method independently, train companies and provide follow-up.
In this project, many companies want to work on circularity but do not know how, and CIRCO makes it concrete.
In this project, CIRCO uses tracks and training to help redesign products, services and business models with an eye to reuse and value retention.
In this project, New Economy is responsible for decentralising the operational side and set up the first regional CIRCO hubs.
In this project, the advisers developed an e-demo of the method and a webinar on circular business models.
In this project, regenerative entrepreneurship and the R-ladder are central.