A systemic approach to sustainability.
Our mission
At Metabolic, we strive to transition the global economy to a fundamentally sustainable state.
A new economic model is necessary: one that ensures the wellbeing of all people and allows organizations to thrive without transgressing the safe boundaries of the earth’s natural systems. And we don’t have much time. Metabolic advises governments, businesses, and NGOs on how to adapt to a fast-changing global context, while creating disruptive solutions that can dramatically shift how the economy functions. We crunch data, provide strategies and tools, build pilots, and create new ventures that develop scalable solutions to critical problems. Core to achieving our mission is the transition to an economy that is regenerative and ‘circular’ by design.
Our Ecosystem
Metabolic is made up of five entities working together in a symbiotic way. Each exists to address what we believe are the critical leverage points for systems change:
- Our Consultancy, to steward organizational change
- Our Institute, to build collective intelligence
- Our Ventures arm, to create future infrastructure
- Our Software arm, to develop scalable tools
- And our Foundation, to empower communities
The Metabolic Philosophy
We come from all over the globe with a range of backgrounds and perspectives, but when it comes to changing the world there are some things we all agree on.
Think in systems
Solving our biggest challenges requires always addressing them as a holistic system. By focusing on these systems, and the leverage points within them, we can ensure we affect the most impactful changes.
Do epic shit
The world needs big ideas and organizations who have the courage to follow through on making them a reality. Setting ambitious goals, engaging in pioneering projects, and expecting a lot from ourselves defines who we are.
Join forces
The challenges we all face cannot be solved alone. We work together with other organizations to maximize impact. We also ensure that our work is accessible and easy to build upon by supporting the open source community.
Make it fly
Ideas are only as good as the actions they lead to. We make sure our work is practical and scalable, paying close attention to users, stakeholders, and contexts, so things can really take off.
Empower others
We believe everyone has the potential to achieve great things. We invest in individual development and encourage the entrepreneurial spirit in us all. And where we see others doing amazing things, we help them to succeed.
Our story
Founded in 2012, Metabolic is a group of organizations based in Amsterdam, working to drive systems change and build a sustainable economy. This timeline highlights the milestones of our evolution.

Metabolic celebrates 10 years of making positive impact
The first decade of tackling systems change in the global food system, in industries, and in urban areas has produced a total of 546 projects (and counting) across 43 countries. Our team now consists of nearly 100 dedicated people from all over the world, plus the additional 30 bright interns we host annually. The next 10 years promise to continue creating a world in which economic activity stays well within planetary boundaries.

REFLOW project
That started in 2019 concludes with a digital tool to track resource flows in cities, circular strategies for the six pilot cities based on our material flow and environmental impact assessment of their urban plastics, textiles, food, energy, and timber flows. Of the six pilot cities involved, Metabolic Institute helped Amsterdam find ways to reuse textiles, Paris to remanufacture timber at an art fair, and Milan assess food at the wholesaling market level.

European industrial value chains embark on systemic change
This month launches the SoTecIn Factory, which aims to stimulate systemic ventures that connect entrepreneurs, society, and industries within key industries defined by the EU Green Deal: electronics and ICT, batteries and vehicles, packaging, plastics, textiles, construction and buildings, and food, water, and nutrients. The goal is a transformation to low-carbon and circular value chains, thus strengthening the resilience and sustainability of European industry.Team
Marine Wallace
Martin Tauber
Jaime Vázquez
Mink Rohmer
Mhairi Letcher
Nataliya Bondareva
Guillermo Corella Dekker
Daan Mes
Gerard Boor
James Souder
Peter Uithoven
Anne de Valença
Angus Jinks
Julián Ruiz Burgos
Jonathan Aronson
Gerard Roemers
Marle de Jong
Luuk de Vlieger
Erin Kennedy
Simon van Lierde
Jorrit Vervoordeldonk
Markus Appelman
Olivier de Schaetzen
Ben van der Burgh
Nico Schouten
Chris Monaghan
Andrew McCue
Beth Njeri
Simone Hesseling
Martin Valkov
Willow Sommer
Christie Mettes
Emmy Scholten
Paulina Hagemann
Marta Sierra García
Pieter van Exter
Josine oude Lohuis
Ivan Thung
Dora Xu
Eva Laláková
Eliza Dernovska
Cassie Björck
Bart Stikkers
Joris Overmeer
Elisabeth den Boer
Andrei Beca
Eva Gladek
Justina Damauskaite
Jette Dingemans
Jochem van der Zaag
Tony Sevold
Toni Kuhlmann
Sam van Hooff
Chiara Rusconi
Julie Phillips
Brian James Shaw
Frenzi Ritter
Alexandra Fox
Ana Mercedes Agudelo Mira
Rianne Stelwagen
Murray Gray
Sophie Hendriks
Leen Felix
Amrish Shah
Joris Bouwens
Mathieu Dasnois
Daniela Palma Munguia
Antoine Coudard
Joey Hodde
Christiaan Popma
Douglas Tenison-Collins
Katherine Kearney
Join our team
We are a diverse group of data scientists, engineers, biologists, designers, systems scientists, and economists – and although we work on some pretty serious issues, we have a lot of fun doing it! Headquartered in Amsterdam, we have an international team that’s passionate about changing the way the economy functions. Find our open positions below. We also feature vacancies from across our ecosystem, including our spinoffs and ventures. Please check them out too!