INTRODUCTION

Circular Economy Consulting for sustainable business transformation

We provide sustainable development solutions to businesses by integrating the circular economy into their policies and processes.

The purpose is to enable levers of change in production systems to improve their environmental performance, reduce dependence on resources, and seek alternatives that allow them to offer the same products/services with sustainable added value.

Our integrated circular economy consulting services help our clients achieve verifiable eco-design and regulatory compliance by reducing operating costs and environmental risks.

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THE Applus+ SOLUTION

How Applus+ enables Circular Economy strategies and compliance

At Applus+, we have been supporting the industry and various administrations for more than 30 years, providing the best technical and environmental solutions that ensure the final result.

With a presence in more than 70 countries, this coverage enables proximity services based on detailed knowledge of the territory, its context and opportunities, as well as the global regulatory framework.

Unlike investment-focused players that operate regionally or certification bodies that rely on proprietary standards, Applus+ leverages its global TIC (Testing, Inspection, and Certification) expertise, backed by specialized teams across diverse industries and markets, to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of unified, internationally-aligned solutions. Based on ISO 59020, these services enable organizations worldwide to measure, verify, and accelerate their transition to a circular economy.

Through proprietary software, digital platforms, and in-house methodologies, we support organizations in the energy and environmental sector with rigorous, end-to-end Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services.

Our team consists of qualified technicians focused on business management from an environmental perspective, which synthesizes and facilitates the proposal of projects tailored to our clients' needs and to a market economy that requires greater environmental compliance.

We apply industrial symbiosis strategies and Material Flow Analysis (MFA) to help organizations identify new waste-to-product opportunities and build more resource-efficient value chains.

We also assume the modifications necessary to align with the principles of the circular economy, and, in this sense, we participate in business policies aimed at mitigating the impacts of placing their products on the market through a strategy focused on sustainable development and competitiveness improvement. Based on premises oriented towards the customer, suppliers, and the environment, it serves as a vehicle for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

Applus+  Circular Economy Solutions and Capabilities

Applus+'s experience in circular economy consulting is backed by numerous references to projects that include:

  • Study of processes and value chains
  • Resource productivity, waste management efficiency, and material reuse indicators
  • Verification of the circularity of products and services
  • Eco-design of products
  • Life Cycle Cost (LCC) assessment
  • Life cycle analysis (LCA) (ISO 14040/14044 compliant) 
  • Carbon and water footprint
  • Alternatives to reduce energy consumption in production processes 
  • Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
  • Health Product Declaration (HPD) 
  • Waste management, prevention, and minimisation 
  • "Zero waste" certification and recyclability.
  • Material Flow Analysis
  • Design for Disassembly (DfD) consulting.

The solvency and ductility of the work team, along with its procedures, ensure continuous innovation and adaptation to a changing context. Most of our projects are accompanied by certificates of good execution, which attest to our expertise and regulatory credibility. 

Our procedures are accredited by the relevant ISO standards ensuring the independence and reliability of your circularity and EPR (Extended Producer Responibility) compliance efforts.

TARGET CUSTOMERS

When should companies implement Circular Economy Solutions?

The services provided by Applus+ in this area are driven by market pressure, regulatory context, and growing environmental sensitivity. On the other hand, as an opportunity to change patterns and production models towards lower reliance on primary resources, the definition of more respectful products/services, and the reduction of costs and waste.

The current market, based on a linear throwaway economy, is being rapidly replaced by the circular economy model. Conversion to other, more sustainable management standards is necessary and possible.

It is therefore urgent to abandon production patterns that ignore environmental impacts and the associated economic policy. To this end, different alternatives and opportunities are being offered that provide clear added value, do not diminish the characteristics and conditions of products and services, but, quite the opposite, foster growing demand from citizens and the mandate for sustainable consumption.

This service is also implemented when your organization faces EPR compliance deadlines, requires process optimization for upcycling, needs to formally extend the lifetime of products with verifiable data, or when you need strategies that guarantee the justification of results within a framework defined by competitiveness.

KEY CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Key benefits of Circular Economy Consulting

 

  • Economical: Achieve greater process efficiency and profitability by generating value from secondary materials and implementing waste-to-product business models.
  • Environmental: Lower use of finite resources such as energy and raw materials, quantified via LCA and MFA.
  • Risk Control & Compliance (QA/QC): Guaranteed EPR compliance and mitigation of regulatory risk through verifiable TIC (Testing, Inspection, and Certification) data.
  • Brand Value (CSR/ESG): Significant improvement of the company's image and its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)/ESG performance, validated by third-party certification.
  • Access to New Markets: Optimization of eco-design and EPD certification allows access to markets with strict Green Taxonomy requirements.

To make sense of the above, at Applus+, we promote different initiatives, such as:

  • Industrial ecology based on the reuse and recovery of by-products in our own processes.
  • Market research for the best external recovery of waste (blue economy).
  • Industrial symbiosis strategies applied in an environment of proximity and concurrence.
  • Renewable energy projects to improve energy sufficiency, promoting the use of energy sources.
  • Specific training for employees and the management body.
  • Definition and measurement of environmental performance indicators in the company.
  • Support for corporate communication strategies in environmental matters.

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