New tool from Ellen MacArthur Foundation aims to help companies measure circularity

宜家和联合利华是由艾伦·麦克阿瑟基金会（EMF），这将帮助企业回答有关其圆的努力问题的新工具的早期测试者之一。圆是在公司战略的核心？正在制定的圆形产品或服务？是否有合适的员工向圆过渡？

该se and other questions are at the heart of the tool announced Tuesday by EMF. It was built to help companies take their circularity efforts to the next level by assessing their entire operations, not just material flows alone. The service, Circulytics, takes a deep dive on a swath of metrics, then assigns a score with recommendations to companies based on their circular performance.

寻求加快循环经济作为一个数万亿美元的机会，解决一些世手机app买球靠谱吗界上最大的挑战，EMF认为有必要为企业提供在该方向上整体的见解。

Our ambition for Circulytics is to help any business, in any industry, anywhere in the world, recognize and unlock the potential of the circular economy.

"Many businesses are starting to embrace this opportunity, but for the transition to happen at scale and speed they need accurate data and clear analysis," Andrew Morlet, CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, said in a statement. "Our ambition for Circulytics is to help any business, in any industry, anywhere in the world, recognize and unlock the potential of the circular economy."

各种应用已经存在，帮助企业与圆形的努力，但他们似乎把重点放在废物和材料的管理，或者在生命周期assessements框架（LCA）。

例如，Prodigentia从葡萄牙调用它Circul8云软件,用于20 countries on 4 continents, the industry leader in helping companies track waste along the supply chain.Circular IQ从荷兰拥有30个客户，包括ABN-AMRO和世界企业永续发展委员会，描述的帮助企业实现“100％的透明度，零种有毒物质和资源的最佳利用”跨供应链一个梦想。该GaBi toolfrom Sphera (formerly ThinkStep) does LCA modeling that involves a Material Circularity Indicator (MCI), built by EMF and Granta Design.

Circulytics divides its work into two big categories: aspects for transforming an entire company; and the inputs and outputs of materials and energy across operations. The former "enabling" category is the one least addressed by existing third-party circularity applications, although it is addressed by legions of sustainability consultants. It looks at strategy and planning; people and skills; systems, processes and infrastructure; innovation and external engagement. The score results from weighing all of those factors together.

Circulytics不是一个完全自动化的智能手机应用程序或一块桌面软件，在实时的作品。相反，它结合了在线数据采集与后端对人的了解。使用填写的深入，基于网络的问卷调查需要深入了解业务运营和意图的工具开始公司。EMF可能需要长达一个月与公司共享一个记分卡和评论拉丹报告之前检查数据和结果。

该基金会认识到，目前可能很难甚至不可能量化圆形策略的投资回报率，更何况尝试设计出的废物，保持材料和产品在使用中，同时产生收入的结果。它同样vexxing了解哪些改进和如何未雨绸缪。

"[Circulytics] will provide comprehensive tracking of company progress against key measures and deliver unprecedented clarity about circular economy performance, opening up new opportunities to generate brand value with key stakeholders," EMF says.

A wide array of companies were involved in early testing, including Ingka/IKEA and Unilever. "Moving to a circular economy requires businesses to rethink everything they do. As we are making this transition, Circulytics will help us to pinpoint where we have more to do," Unilever CEO Alan Jope said in a statement.

Additional participants in testing include several companies in energy (Enel, Connected Energy and Hera Group), a couple in chemicals (BASF, Solvay) and two in the pallet business (Brambles, CHEP Europe). Companies rethinking packaging and other single-use materials include DS Smith, Sulapac and Lucart. Also engaged in Circulytics' development were Essity (health and hygiene), Granta Design (materials IT), Novo Nordisk (pharmaceuticals), Royal BAM Group (construction services), Tarkett (flooring), Teleplan (electronics reverse logistics) and The Renewal Workshop (apparel).

Prior to the launch, 100 companies pre-registered to access the tool. Participating companies are allowed to publicize their Circulytics score (from A to E — see graph above) with the logo for a year after it's generated, or longer if they continue to use the tool.

For EMF, there's an opportunity to help its goal of evangelizing circularity among the business and investor communities, presenting success-story case studies of consenting companies.