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Urban Mining Scan IBA’27 Stuttgart
Metabolic partnered with IBA’27 to analyze material flows, showcasing urban mining’s potential to drive circular…
Shaping the path forward: fostering the transition to regenerative agriculture with OP2B
Insights, opportunities, and tracking efforts toward a regenerative agricultural future: OP2B’s Five-Year Progress Report.
Urban Mining Scan for the Province of South Holland
Explore how South Holland applies urban mining to optimize material flows, build circular value chains,…
Unlocking the circular potential of Utrecht’s waste management centers
Explore how Metabolic helped Utrecht advance a circular economy by turning municipal waste into valuable…
TIMBERHAUS: Transforming the European construction industry
How sustainable wood construction will help the EU Built Environment reach its climate targets.
Nature-inclusive solar parks in the EU
Exploring nature-inclusive solar parks, this project highlights how EU policies can evolve to support biodiversity-friendly…
Systems Transformation Hub
The Systems Transformation Hub unites experts to integrate systems thinking into European policymaking, addressing policy…
Portfolio Impact Scan for the Built Environment
Portfolio Impact Scan for the Built Environment Analyzing scope 1, 2 and 3 for construction…
LandShift: Transforming Land Use for Climate-Resilient Rural Communities
LandShift, with contributions from Metabolic Institute, is transforming land use across Europe by developing innovative,…
Assessing progress toward the 30×30 target for ocean conservation
Explore Metabolic’s latest report on ocean protection. Learn why only 2.8% of marine areas are…
Promoting circularity in Dutch healthcare
The PROMEZA tool, developed by Metabolic, helps healthcare providers measure and reduce medical material consumption.
Working Towards Improved E-Waste Collection Systems in the MRA
Exploring innovative approaches to boost e-waste collection rates across key streams in the Amsterdam Metropolitan…
Recycling: measuring potential reductions in environmental impact
Recycling: measuring potential reductions in environmental impact Using Metabolic’s Circular Intervention Impact Calculator (CIIC) to…
Spatial needs and requirements for the circular economy in the North Sea Canal area
Spatial needs and requirements for the circular economy in the North Sea Canal area A…
A circular and carbon-neutral Groningen
Exploring the spatial impacts of transitioning to a circular and carbon-neutral economy in Groningen through…
Data-driven impact investment opportunities in circular textiles
Mapping the flows of materials in the Dutch textiles industry, Metabolic identified leverage points to…
Resource Consumption and Circular Businesses in Utrecht
Metabolic's project in Utrecht assesses material flows and circular economy opportunities. This detailed study identifies…
Accelerating Systemic Urban Transformations with Circular PSP
Metabolic's AI-powered platform helps cities assess their circular economy baseline and develop tailored action plans,…
Urban Mining in Parkstad: Building Circular Value Chains
Explore how Parkstad Limburg leverages urban mining to transform material flows, driving successful circular value…
Towards Circular and Self-Sufficient Wadden Islands
Discover how the Wadden Islands are transitioning to a circular economy through Material Flow Analysis…
Building a Net-Zero Future in Rotterdam: Paris Proof Tool for Construction
Partnering with Rotterdam, Metabolic's Paris Proof Tool charts pathways for net-zero urban development using circular…
Pioneering Science-Based Targets in Healthcare
Erasmus Medical Center (Erasmus MC), a major European university medical center, aims to significantly reduce…
Analysing excess materials in port regions for valorization
Discover how Skagen, Eigersund, and Zwolle port regions are leading the charge in sustainable material…
Enabling the circular economy through legal innovation with Circulaw
CircuLaw platform advances the circular economy by identifying and utilizing legal frameworks to foster sustainable…
Leading sustainable transformation in healthcare: the case of Erasmus MC
In collaboration with Erasmus Medical Center, Metabolic conducted a comprehensive study to transform the Intensive…
Playbook for Place-based Transition Funds
In collaboration with the Peace Department and Open Earth Foundation, Metabolic developed a playbook that…
Material consumption of the Dutch Construction Sector – a series of research on building within planetary boundaries
Material consumption of the Dutch Construction Sector – a series of research on building within…
Materiaalvraag: The environmental impact of utility building construction in the Netherlands
Explore Metabolic's 'Materiaalvraag' project, pioneering sustainability in Dutch utility construction...
Portland’s Clean Industry Hub
With this Clean Industry Assessment and Roadmap, Metabolic helped Portland, Oregon transition to decarbonized and…
Het Nieuwe Normaal: A complete framework for circular construction
Het Nieuwe Normaal: A complete framework for circular construction Presenting a universal language and a…
Harnessing digital technologies for the circular economy
Harnessing digital technologies for the circular economy An analysis of barriers and opportunities for digital…
Impact scan for timber construction in Europe
Discover the transformative power of timber construction in Europe, from a study with Built By…
HEMA’s journey to climate neutrality by 2050
Following the GHG Protocol, we calculated HEMA’s first carbon footprint, with scope 1, 2, and…
Mapping food waste flows across Guelph and Wellington
Examining food waste is the first step to close loops and develop Canada's first circular…
Digital Product Passports and the Circular Economy
Barriers and opportunities of data sharing tools in the chemical, electronics, construction, and apparel sectors.
Sustainability masterplan for Sample in Amsterdam North
This development will enable circular building design and be a blueprint for the building sector.
Materiaalvraag: The environmental impact of residential construction in the Netherlands
Recommended strategies to reduce the use of materials, CO2 emissions, and environmental impact.
NetZeroCities
NetZeroCities is helping 112 Mission cities overcome the current structural, institutional and cultural barriers they…
Circular Innovation Collective
The Circular Innovation Collective aims to create a thriving innovation ecosystem that actively tackles the…
Nature Action Tracker: monitoring actions and outcomes for nature
Nature Action Tracker: monitoring actions and outcomes for nature How can we track what actions…
Healthy soil, healthy food: Agrana’s new framework for sustainable fruit cultivation
Metabolic and reNature created for Agrana Fruit the first-ever holistic framework guiding regenerative farming practices…
Nature-based Solutions Policy Tracker
Tracking Nature-based solutions in policies worldwide to enhance climate & nature action.
Alpro’s Regenerative Agriculture Journey
Alpro’s Regenerative Agriculture Journey Supporting farmers in their transition to regenerative practices Alpro has long…
SoTecIn Factory: New solutions for Europe’s seven industrial value chains
SoTecIn Factory: New solutions for Europe’s seven industrial value chains Driving industrial value chains’ circular…
Value at Risk in the Global Blue Economy
Value at Risk in the Global Blue Economy How a system dynamics model can measure…
The Aquaponics Greenhouse at De Ceuvel
The aquaponics greenhouse promotes circular urban agriculture, educational outreach, and new technologies.
Fresh: Building ventures for system change
A venture-building program and startup studio, Fresh Ventures is on a mission to transform the…
Nature-based Solutions Policy Tracker
An AI approach to tracking policy-making to enable NbS worldwide
Determining ecological thresholds for dairy farming
Pilot for setting science-based targets for nature within a Dutch dairy landscape
Sustainability strategy for PepsiCo
Assessing the impact of PepsiCo’s food and drink production on water, biodiversity, and land degradation…
Circular strategies for mitigating surging critical metal demand
Examining the critical metals needed for the renewable energy transition and identifying strategies to reduce…
Building a circular strategy for Water Authority Rijnland
Identifying leverage points and potential measures for a circular water board, based on a data-driven…
Zero Plastic Waste Thailand
A guide for future strategic development among government and the private sector towards a more…
Dayrize
Creating a scoring system to compare products on the sustainable marketplace: Dayrize.com.
Circular Electronics Landscape Assessment
Outlining system hotspots, barriers, opportunities, and interventions for a circular electronics industry.
Circular Cities Program Poland
Uncovering actionable insights and systemic strategies to drive the transition to a circular economy in…
CENTRINNO: Heritage as a catalyst for a new industrial revolution
Developing solutions for sustainable urban regeneration of post-industrial districts in nine European cities.
Circular Innovation Ecosystem
Identifying both barriers and opportunities for leveraging finance to achieve the circularity goals of the…
Circular area development in the Achtersluispolder
Transforming an industrial site into a circular, energy-neutral, mixed-use neighborhood.
New strategy for raw material management in the Southern Region of Denmark
Striving for sustainability across the entire value chain
Mapping the flow of textiles in the Central Region of Denmark
Identifying public solutions for a more circular textiles system.
Recycling Unpacked
Exploring the potential for a fully circular beverage packaging sector in the US: focusing on…
The alternative materials tool
Developed with WWF Singapore, a science-based software tool that guides businesses towards the most sustainable…
Towards a circular agri-food system in the Baltic
Analyzing nitrogen and phosphorus flows in the Baltic Sea catchment area to identify key opportunities…
Improving purchasing procedures for circular IT
This guide for Rijkswaterstaat evaluated purchasing criteria for IT equipment, aiming to reduce environmental impacts…
Hychain: Analysis of hydrogen technologies for production
Improving the implementation of green hydrogen by evaluating supply chain technologies for industrial production and…
A waste analysis of the Capital Region of Denmark
Mapping material flows and environmental impacts to identify hotspots and circular opportunities in the Danish…
DLT4EU: Using blockchain technology for public good
Piloting a European ecosystem of distributed ledger technologies for social and public good.
Circular Boulder: Pioneering towards a zero waste and climate neutral city
Co-creating a vision and roadmap for circularity in collaboration with the U.S. city of Boulder.
Assessing all materials consumed for building in the Netherlands
Mapping the Dutch construction sector with the goal to become 100% circular by 2050, analyzing…
Systems modeling for measuring financial risks to ocean assets
Exploring sustainability pressures and financial risks to the Blue Economy with WWF, using a systems…
One Planet Approaches: A guide to setting science-based targets
Produced with WWF, a quick reference guide for organizations beginning the journey towards setting science-based…
REFLOW: Designing circular resource flows in European cities
Creating a blueprint for the management of critical urban flows, fast-tracking the transition toward circular…
FOODE: Creating sustainable food systems for European cities
Prototyping citizen-centered urban agrifood systems, to plant the seeds for the sustainable food solutions of…
Critical metal demand for electric vehicle production
Analysis of critical metals demand for electric vehicles, and recommendations on how to make the…
Ecological footprint of the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency
Analyzing the ecological footprint of the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI), to realize efficiency and…
EIT Climate-KIC: Food Value Chains Strategy
Helping Europe’s largest public-private climate innovation initiative tackle carbon emissions and climate resilience in the…
Circular Dordrecht: Identifying circular business cases for the city
A material flow analysis of Dordrecht's construction and manufacturing sectors, to identify circular opportunities and…
PlastiCity: Replicable models to increase plastic recycling
Working with partners to map waste flows and develop new value chains, to increase plastics…
Strategies for smart integrated decentralised energy systems
Analyzing Smart Integrated Decentralised Energy (SIDE) systems to realize the renewable energy transition by increasing…
Eindhoven Internationale Knoop XL: Circular area development
Creating a circular urban development plan for the Internationale Knoop XL district in the Dutch…
Measuring climate-neutral and circular public procurement
In line with Dutch policy ambitions, Metabolic was commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat to map various instruments…
REPAiR: Geo-design tool for urban waste and resource management
A new geo-design tool - REPAiR reveals local, spatially specific challenges of waste and resource…
Vitens: Circularity in drinking water production
Mapping the material flows and waste valorization strategies of Spannenburg - Vitens' biggest production facility…
Critical metal demand for the renewable energy transition
Analyzing the supply chain dynamics of wind turbines and solar panels to identify whether current…
Alpro: Setting science-based targets for nature
This pilot project pioneered development of science-based targets for plant-based food and drink producer Alpro’s…
Guidelines for achieving circularity in regional value chains
Developing a roadmap for building circular value chains across multiple regions in Europe, focusing on…
Circular Charlotte: Becoming a zero waste and inclusive city
A circular vision and strategy to help North Carolina's City of Charlotte - the first…
Analyzing the textile materials flows of Taiwan
A detailed analysis of Taiwan's textile flows, informing a holistic vision and progress roadmap for…
Circular DGTL festival: Analyzing waste, water, and energy flows
For a second year running Metabolic teamed up with DGTL to map the festival's material,…
Circular Rotterdam: New jobs in a zero waste economy
A circular economy strategy for Rotterdam, informing the city's efforts to create 3,500 to 7,000…
Monitoring circularity in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam
Developing a monitoring framework to track progress towards a circular economy in the Metropolitan Region…
Circular North-Netherlands: A vision and roadmap for a circular economy
A vision and roadmap for transitioning to a circular economy in the provinces of Groningen,…
Industrial symbiosis between the steel and chemicals industries
Assessing the implications of CO recycling for Europe, specifically with regards to reducing carbon emissions…
Circular Vlieland: Sustainability on the Frisian Islands
Metabolic and partners analyzed the material, water, nutrients and energy resource flows of Vlieland island…
City of Amsterdam: Circular building tendering for sustainable innovation
Metabolic and SGS Search have developed circular tendering procedures that are helping municipalities, developers and…
Circular tendering for new social housing projects
Metabolic and SGS Search developed a set of key performance indicators for housing through a…
Circular Amersfoort: Urban mining potential in the built environment
An analysis of material flows in Amersfoort, to help inform the municipality's goals to close…
Circular Amsterdam: Spatial analysis for effective city planning
Spatial analysis to examine how Amsterdam's circular economy goals and achievements can be strengthened by…
DGTL Festival: Zero waste strategy
Helping DGTL festival to transition to becoming waste-free, and creating tools other festivals can adopt…
A circular vision for Northeast Brabant’s food system
Working with the Dutch province of Northeast Brabant to explore dynamics within regional agriculture activities…
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