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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…
Delfland Circulair
Metabolic advised the Delfland Water Board on the creation of a closed-loop system, to become…
WWF: An Analysis of the Global Food System
Analysing the current state, behaviours and global trends, key impacts and challenges, and a holistic…
WWF: One Planet Approaches
Evaluating models and methodologies for identifying key tipping points and translating global or regional boundaries…
Circular Friesland
Metabolic is a strategic partner of the Province of Fryslân, with whom we work to…
Prospecting the Urban Mines of Amsterdam
A method to assess the metal contents of residential buildings in Amsterdam, bringing the city…
Leveraging consumer behaviour to transform the food system
Identifying strategic ways to shift consumer behaviors in relation to the food system and beyond.
WWF: Applying Systems Thinking to the European Food System
A guidebook applying systems thinking methods to address critical challenges facing the European food system.
Smart Freight Centre: An Analysis of the Freight System
Metabolic worked with the Smart Freight Centre (SFC) to bring a systems-thinking perspective to their…
Be Happy
Be Happy is a revolutionary housing concept designed to facilitate happiness and wellbeing, and help…
WWF: Living Planet Report 2016
Metabolic contributed a chapter to WWF's Living Planet Report, focused on understanding root causes, and…
Schoonschip: A sustainable floating neighborhood
Metabolic developed the sustainability masterplan for a cutting-edge community of floating villas in Amsterdam North.
Circular Buiksloterham
A vision, roadmap and action plan to transition Buiksloterham - a 100 hectare site in…
Analyzing Supply Chain Impacts of Electronics
A comprehensive framework and approach to track materials and impacts through an electronic product’s supply…
C&A: Circular Textiles
A circular economy strategy for C&A, one of Europe’s largest fashion retailers, helping them take…
De Ceuvel: A cleantech playground
De Ceuvel is Amsterdam's circular living lab: a ‘cleantech playground’ with a popular community cafe,…
Mapping total resources consumed for the global economy
A Global Metabolism Flow analysis conducted in 2010 shows that we have extracted an estimated…
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