Digital infrastructure for a more circular future.

The growing need for sustainable ways of producing and consuming globally is driving more people and organisations towards the circular economy (CE). A recent analysis of 221 CE definitions codified the results into 30 dimensions and was summarised into the following sentence. “The circular economy is a regenerative economic system which necessitates a paradigm shift to replace the ‘end-of-life’ concept with reducing, alternatively reusing, recycling, and recovering materials throughout the supply chain, with the aim to promote value maintenance and sustainable development, creating environmental quality, economic development, and social equity, to the benefit of current and future generations. It is enabled by an alliance of stakeholders (industry, consumers, policymakers, academia) and their technological innovations and capabilities.” (Kirchherr et al., 2023). Businesses looking to support the sustainable development goals, and transition towards circularity, need to set their sigh...