Manufacturing
Innovating for circular and sustainable supply chains.
Most business leaders see a pressing need to integrate sustainable practices into their supply chains, but the majority are faced with exceptionally complex decisions. The data needed to understand and better manage resources is often buried in inaccessible places, and is difficult to decode and act on.
From electronics to energy technologies, we help organizations navigate complexity at every step of the manufacturing supply chain, from extraction, through processing and refining, to assembly and design, and use and disposal. A smart combination of data analysis and systems thinking is critical.

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We analyzed the supply chain and production dynamics of wind turbines and solar panels to understand whether current global supply of these metals is sufficient to meet growing renewable energy demands.
How we work towards circular business
Our circular production team helps companies to design and source in a more circular way, and to build more sustainable and resilient supply chains.
Impact assessment
We help companies understand the impacts of specific business decisions by assessing impacts across a range of scales, from footprint analyses for specific products, to systems maps for entire value chains.
Circular product and system design
We work with businesses to incorporate circular economics and deep sustainability practices into their business models and supply chains.
Sustainable sourcing strategies
Together with companies and NGOs, we deliver data-driven strategies focused on the opportunities and pitfalls of specific sourcing decisions; weighing up trade-offs for the most genuinely sustainable pathway forward.
Circular procurement
We help businesses and industries minimize their impacts by identifying the lowest impact products with the highest material recoverability, moving towards a more circular materials consumption model.
Together with businesses, governments, and non-profits, we accelerate a sustainable economy.
Team

James Souder
Jochem van der Zaag
Pieter van Exter
Martin Tauber
Joris Bouwens
Jaime Vázquez
Marle de Jong
Simone Hesseling
Simon van Lierde
Daan Mes
Erin Kennedy
Projects
Circular strategies for mitigating surging critical metal demand
Circular Electronics Landscape Assessment
New strategy for raw material management in the Southern Region of Denmark
Mapping the flow of textiles in the Central Region of Denmark
Hychain: Analysis of hydrogen technologies for production
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Pieter leads Metabolic’s circular industries team, supporting companies in their transition to a sustainable state by undertaking analysis and developing strategies based on advanced systems thinking.