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.
WHAT WE DO
Learn more about how we work with businesses, governments, and non-profits around the world.
CASE STUDIES
Explore our portfolio, from custom strategies to tool development, right through to implementation.
RESOURCES
Access tools and resources that can help you make steps towards thriving in a circular economy.
FEATURED PROJECTS
We are working towards a circular economy with partners and clients in numerous sectors around the world.
EIT Climate-KIC: Food Value Chains Strategy Helping Europe’s largest public-private climate innovation initiative tackle carbon emissions and climate resilience in the food system.
Circular Dordrecht Analyzing Dordrecht’s waste to build circular business cases as strong as concrete. The Municipality of Dordrecht, a city in South Holland, tasked Metabolic with
Unlocking the renewable energy revolution by increasing flexibility from the bottom-up. Metabolic undertook analysis of four smart micro-grid solutions to determine how community-level
A new geo-design tool - REPAiR reveals local, spatially specific challenges of waste and resource management using life cycle analyses (LCA) and urban metabolism.
Analyzing the supply chain dynamics of wind turbines and solar panels to identify whether current global supply of critical metals is sufficient to meet growing renewable energy demands.
This pilot project pioneered development of science-based targets for plant-based food and drink producer Alpro’s almond and soya supply chain.
How circular solutions can sustain Spaceship Earth
Constructing a circular built environment: new event on the block
Turning over old ground: recycling the land beneath our feet
Devouring waste, nourishing the world: how insects can feed a circular economy
Largest wind-powered battery in the Netherlands scales up the energy transition
