The objective of the GREEN MEASUREMENT TOOLBOX project is to create a tool for measuring the maturity of companies about sustainability and circular economy issues, monitoring their progress over time and using the information provided by the measure to identify business improvement areas to intervene on.
Topic
The measurement of sustainability and circularity in companies is an essential requirement for the development of sustainable business models and for analysing the transition of these business models from linear to circular. This measurement requires the definition of precise indicators that can be standardized and replicated within the same industry and for companies of the same size, capable of providing concise yet comprehensive information.
Objectives
The GREEN MEASUREMENT TOOLKIT aims not only to measure a company’s sustainability and circularity, but also to monitor its progress over time, and uses the information provided by the measure to identify areas for corporate improvement.
The objective of the GREEN MEASUREMENT TOOLKIT is to identify, through the analysis of scientific and gray literature, appropriate indices to measure the level of corporate maturity from the principles of Circular Economy reported in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Butterfly Diagram framework.
Butterfly Diagram – Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The system uses a set of indicators to measure circularity by four key areas:
- design of circular products and processes;
- end-of-life management;
- training and engagement;
- circular supply chains.
These four indicators are summarized on the toolkit’s first page, providing a quick and clear view of a company’s circularity performance. This overview helps decision-making by offering practical tools to apply and improve sustainable strategies.
Each of the four areas has its own page, which includes:
- the circular economy principles related to the assessed practice;
- detailed results showing the overall circularity level for the area and the values of individual indicators;
- examples and case studies to explain each principle and practice of the circular economy.
Results
The research results are shared through reports, articles published in international scientific journals, national press, and presented at international conferences and/or seminars organized within the field of sustainable and circular innovation.
The research is currently ongoing.
Research team
Coordinator: Eng. Fausto Cammarano ([email protected])
Eng. Alessio Greco ([email protected])
Prof. Andrea Urbinati ([email protected])
