This page showcases tools that have been developed as part of project Circular X.
The Road to Flourishing is a game-based tool for sustainable business innovation. It aims to show the breadth of sustainable business model options and encourage businesses to think beyond the easy-to-implement ones. The game can be used in combination with other tools, as an introduction exercise that sets…
The Regenerative Business Case Database showcases real case examples of regenerative strategies being implemented we aim to inspire experimentation towards more forward-thinking business models that aim to do 'more good' rather than just 'less harm'
The Circular Rebound Tool was developed to guide business innovators towards lower the environmental impacts of their circular business models by preventing rebound effects.
Sustainable By Design is a tool developed by Matthew Coffay and Nancy Bocken to help companies succeed with sustainable business model innovation.
The Circular Experimentation Workbench was developed by Nancy Bocken and Matthew Coffay to help develop circular business experiments rapidly.
The Business for Sufficiency database is a tool that showcases companies' efforts to promote sustainable consumption practices. By providing real-world examples, it aims to inspire companies to consider sufficiency as part of their business models.
The Boundary Tool is a process tool that helps businesses engage in multi-stakeholder collaboration for circular business model innovation by focusing on complementarities and mismatches in stakeholders’ identities, relations, competences and activities.
No matter how many ideas you have for a new circular business, in order to make an impact, these ideas must be implemented. Doing this is challenging because a circular business aims to generate economic, environmental (and social) value simultaneously, through the collaboration of multiple stakeholders who…
The circular collaboration canvas is used within a workshop setting. It is a poster template that gets users to think in detail upon a circular value proposition.
The Circularity Deck is a card deck-based tool that challenges you to take a broad perspective on the circular economy. It helps you analyze, ideate and develop the circularity potential of your innovation ecosystem.
