Metabolic is a systems change agency striving to transition the global economy to a fundamentally sustainable state where people and nature thrive. We guide decision-makers and implement real-world projects that bring ambitious ideas to life.

Metabolic has five core areas of operation. We conduct leading research, develop future-facing strategies, build software tools, scale impactful ventures, and empower communities on the ground.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, we have an international and interdisciplinary team. The circular economy is at the heart of our work. We have developed a suite of approaches that allow us to quickly map a system (whether a place, company, or sector), understand how it functions, and identify where we can intervene to make the greatest impact.

We are a global impact organisation with an international team of passionate experts based in Amsterdam. We empower businesses, cities and nations with practical and scalable solutions to put the circular economy into action. We are a team of international experts driven to make the circular economy happen: from consulting, data, digital, industrial ecology, economics, design and communications.

Our vision is an economic system that ensures the planet and all people can thrive. To avoid climate breakdown, our goal is to double global circularity by 2032.

Circle Economy works to overcome the barriers to the implementation of the circular economy. We use hard data and facts to create roadmaps for action and inform decision making. We build digital products that can be tailored to specific contexts, making the circular economy understandable and actionable. And we do this across crucial topics and impact sectors.

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) catalyses the uptake of sustainable built environments for everyone, everywhere.

Transforming the building and construction sector across three strategic areas—climate action,health & wellbeing, and resources & circularity—we are a global action network of over 70Green Building Councils around the world.

As members of the UN Global Compact, we work with businesses, organisations andgovernments to drive the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals forSustainable Development. Through a systems change approach, our network is leading theindustry towards a net zero carbon, healthy, equitable and resilient built environment.

WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.

We do this by engaging executives and sustainability leaders from business and elsewhere to share practical insights on the obstacles and opportunities we currently face in tackling the integrated climate, nature and inequality sustainability challenge; by co-developing “how-to” CEO-guides from these insights; by providing science-based target guidance including standards and protocols; and by developing tools and platforms to help leading businesses in sustainability drive integrated actions to tackle climate, nature and inequality challenges across sectors and geographical regions.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity that develops and promotes the circular economy in order to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. We work with our Network of private and public sector decision-makers, as well as academia, to build capacity, explore collaborative opportunities, and design and develop circular economy initiatives and solutions. Increasingly based on renewable energy, a circular economy is driven by design to eliminate waste, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature, to create resilience and prosperity for business, the environment, and society.

For over 75 years, Arup has been recognised for its vision, talent and tenacity. Dedicated to sustainable development, the firm is a collective of 16,000 designers, advisors and experts working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world. By bringing together architecture, engineering and an ever-expanding roster of specialisms, our philosophy of Total Design has been at the heart of our most ambitious work.

Smith Innovation is the overall program manager for CBC, as well as being thought leaders when it comes to innovation in the construction industry.

Based in Copenhagen, we have experience with both Danish and international projects, working with philanthropic funds, systemic change at regional and municipality level, spearheading projects within strategic partnerships, and the landscape of new sustainable solutions in the built environment.

We view meeting climate requirements as an initial step towards systematically reducing the construction footprint across various aspects. The coalition is spearheading crucial efforts to promote the circular economy model and adhere to planetary boundaries. As we progress through this transition, it is crucial to ensure that present solutions are adaptable for a future characterised by limited resources. Embracing and implementing a circular economy ethos is a critical solution that must be fostered and integrated across sectors, particularly when considering the materials shaping our future buildings.