CIRCit Workbook 2: Circular Economy Business Modelling

A business model for Circular Economy
translates how a business creates, delivers,
and captures value to contribute to
resource efficiency and effectiveness.
Business models for Circular Economy
explore multiple types of economic
and stakeholders’ values along the
product life cycle. This gives rise to
new business opportunities, such as
extending the useful life of products
through upgrade, maintenance, repair,
or remanufacturing services; closing
material loops through recycling
services or trade of by-products and
adding new services for optimisation
of operations, through sharing instead
of owning.
Examples of Circular Economy business
models are emerging in a range of markets,
from Business-to-Consumer (B2C),
through Business-to-Government
(B2G), to Business-to-Business (B2B).
Depending on the market characteristics,
the sector of application, or the
type of products, different solutions or
business model configurations can be
adopted, as described in the examples
on the next page.
This workbook aims to guide you
in exploring and designing suitable
configurations of business models
for your company, in order to obtain
environmental soundness and business
profitability.
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