Metabolic

We use systems thinking to tackle global sustainability challenges.

Our mission is to build a sustainable economy.

We provide strategies and tools to guide decision-makers, realize on-the-ground projects that make ambitious ideas tangible, and build new organizations that offer scalable solutions.

Our new nature impact and risk assessment platform

We are thrilled to launch our first SaaS solution. Link, by Metabolic Software, helps you measure your company’s impacts and risks on nature and identify ways to improve. With automated data collection and a unique prioritization module, Link provides clear direction on where to focus efforts while saving time for the business and the planet.

Metabolic’s mission is to transition the global economy to a fundamentally sustainable state. We envision a world where human societies and ecosystems flourish, and where our economic activities do not transgress any of the planetary boundaries.

Featured projects

We are working towards a circular economy with partners and clients in numerous sectors around the world.

Mapping food waste flows across Guelph and Wellington

Examining food waste is the first step to close loops and develop Canada's first circular regional food system.

Agrifood

Digital Product Passports and the Circular Economy

Barriers and opportunities of data sharing tools in the chemical, electronics, construction, and apparel sectors.

Circular Economy

Sample is a 48,000-square-meter that aims to make circularity accessible for everyone. Designed with 10 partners, Sample scales up existing innovation while also training the construction sector. Render: Vivid-Vision

Sustainability masterplan for Sample in Amsterdam North

This development will enable circular building design and be a blueprint for the building sector.

Built environment

Materiaalvraag: The environmental impact of residential construction in the Netherlands

Recommended strategies to reduce the use of materials, CO2 emissions, and environmental impact.

Built environment

NetZeroCities

NetZeroCities is helping 112 Mission cities overcome the current structural, institutional and cultural barriers they face in order to achieve…

Cities and Regions

Circular Innovation Collective

The Circular Innovation Collective aims to create a thriving innovation ecosystem that actively tackles the gaps and barriers to achieving…

Circular Economy

Tailored mapping tools for circular regeneration

How can (Fab) cities use the CENTRINNO Cartography to transform into circular urban ecosystems?

Introducing the Artichoke Theory of Risk

How can layered vegetables help us understand the risks of transformative ventures? A Silicon Valley venture capitalist, a trip to a Sri Lankan market, and a botched attempt at a…

Circular Buildings Coalition paves the way for a circular transition in the European built environment

Through research and funding Blueprint Projects, the Circular Buildings Coalition aims to accelerate the transition towards a circular built environment.