Circular Economy

Driving Sustainable Value Through Circular Innovation

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Projects Tracked

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Projected Investments

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Entities Involved

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Countries Covered

In an evolving business landscape, circular economy strategies are essential for long-term resilience, sustainability, and profitability. We help organizations shift from traditional linear models to circular frameworks that reduce waste, maximize resource efficiency, and create regenerative systems.
We partner with companies across industries to design, implement, and scale circular solutions that drive environmental and economic value.

Circular Economy Advisory Services

Circular Economy Strategy


We work with organizations to craft end-to-end circular economy strategies aligned with their sustainability goals, operational maturity, and sector dynamics. Our approach identifies high-impact levers across the value chain to transition from linear to circular models.

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Circular Economy Strategy

Key focus areas include assessing opportunities for product-as-a-service models and longer product lifecycles, developing reverse logistics and recovery systems, building reuse and refurbishment partnerships, and integrating circular principles into sourcing and procurement.

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Waste Management


We conduct a comprehensive assessment of your current waste management practices across the product lifecycle from design and sourcing to operations, logistics, and end-of-life processes.

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Waste Management

Aranca identifies inefficiencies and waste hotspots, benchmarks against global best practices, and identifies opportunities for waste reduction, landfill diversion, resource optimization, closed-loop systems, and sustainable sourcing and disposal.

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Circular Procurement and Supplier Engagement

Procurement is central to advancing circularity goals. We help organizations realign their sourcing strategies to prioritize sustainable materials, local suppliers, and vendors committed to circular practices.

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Circular Procurement and Supplier Engagement

Our services cover supplier benchmarking on circularity commitments, embedding circularity metrics into RFPs and sourcing frameworks, advising on Scope 3 impact reduction through procurement, and peer practices to incentivize circular supply chains.

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Case Studies


These case studies explore real-world scenarios where strategic decision-making, innovation, and adaptive problem-solving played a pivotal role.

Circular Economy Strategy

Circular Strategy Roadmap for a Home Appliances Brand

A leading Asian home appliance company striving for Business Transformation for Sustainability partnered with Aranca to transition from a linear to a Circular Business Model. We conducted market and policy research, and co-developed a roadmap for product recovery, repair partnerships, and regenerative sourcing—laying a foundation for long-term value creation and waste reduction strategy alignment.

Circular Strategy Roadmap for a Fashion Retailer

A fast-growing Middle Eastern fashion brand explored Circular Economy Consulting opportunities with Aranca, designing a strategic plan to reduce textile waste and implement circular sourcing and take-back programs. This roadmap served both as a Waste Management solution and a strategic tool for enhanced customer engagement and compliance with textile waste regulations.

Circular Strategy Roadmapping for a Waste Management Company

A regional waste management company sought to transform its operations by adopting circular economy principles. Aranca partnered with the client to develop a tailored Circular Strategy Roadmap focused on shifting from traditional waste handling to becoming a circular solutions provider emphasizing resource recovery and sustainable growth. The roadmap identified opportunities for waste prevention, enhanced material recovery, and new business models like waste-to-resource conversion and industrial symbiosis. It also evaluated partnerships for reverse logistics and regenerative procurement, integrated sector-specific innovations and regulatory insights, and set milestones to improve efficiency and expand circular services over five years. This approach positioned the company as a regional circular economy leader, strengthening internal processes and long-term resilience.

Circular Economy Strategy

Circularity Baseline Assessment for a Global Consumer Electronics Manufacturer

A global consumer electronics leader partnered with Aranca for a Circular Economy Consulting engagement aimed at assessing circularity across its product lifecycle. This Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Circularity analysis identified over 15 high-impact opportunities, enabling a 22% reduction in material waste and an 18% improvement in resource efficiency. These insights supported the development of a strategic Circular Business Model and enhanced ESG consulting deliverables.

Circularity Baseline Assessment for an Automotive Manufacturer

A global automotive OEM committed to sustainable manufacturing partnered with Aranca to evaluate its current circularity across vehicle design, sourcing, production, and end-of-life processes. Leveraging our Environmental Consulting capabilities, we used a customized framework to assess areas such as recycled material use, part reuse, and production waste, helping the client meet Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consulting standards and benchmark circular performance against industry norms.

Circular Procurement Strategy for a Global Packaging Company

To reduce Scope 3 emissions and implement Circular Procurement practices, a global packaging company engaged Aranca for Sustainability and ESG Consulting. We introduced circular KPIs, emphasizing recycled content, local sourcing, and supplier circularity commitments driving resilience and cost-efficiency in the supply chain.

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Circular Innovation Trends for an Automotive Tier-1 Supplier

A leading auto component manufacturer exploring circularity to strengthen OEM partnerships engaged Aranca to understand sector trends and benchmark its practices against top global suppliers. Aranca analyzed developments in remanufacturing, product-as-a-service models like battery leasing, use of recycled materials, and reverse logistics. We benchmarked competitors’ circular strategies and examined OEM-led circular platforms. This trend mapping provided the client with clear direction to align with OEM expectations and identify new revenue opportunities in circular mobility.

Supplier Engagement for Circular Sourcing in a Retail Chain

A large Middle Eastern retail chain focused on private-label consumer goods partnered with Aranca to engage suppliers in adopting circular practices and align procurement with its sustainability goals. Aranca conducted a supplier readiness assessment, developed a circular procurement policy, and facilitated training workshops for key vendors. Circularity-focused clauses were introduced in sourcing agreements, and improvement plans were co-developed with underperforming suppliers. This approach enhanced supply chain visibility and fostered long-term alignment between vendors and the client’s sustainability vision.

Regulatory and Market Landscape Mapping

Regulatory Mapping for a Global Consumer Electronics Brand

As part of our Environmental and Circular Economy Consulting offerings, Aranca helped a multinational electronics brand map circular economy regulation in Europe and South Asia. The project focused on EPR, e-waste, and take-back mandates, providing a regulatory framework to guide Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) decisions and avoid compliance risks.

Market & Policy Landscape for a Sustainable Packaging Startup

An early-stage startup developing compostable packaging solutions engaged Aranca to identify high-potential markets and understand regulatory drivers for adopting compostable and recyclable materials. Aranca analyzed policy trends across Europe, North America, and the Middle East, focusing on plastic bans, packaging waste directives, and EPR schemes. The resulting market-entry strategy outlined compliance requirements, incentives, and potential partnerships. This policy-driven approach enabled the client to target high-opportunity regions and align product features with emerging global standards.



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