Circulab Toolbox

Practical tools to get you started

Three canvases co-developed by circular economy experts. Used in more than 40 countries, translated into 11 languages, downloaded more than 80,000 times.

Circulab Toolbox - All the canvases
+80k

downloads worldwide

3

complementary canvases

11

languages available

Circular Canvas

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Circular Canvas

Design a circular business model

The Circular Canvas is the final design tool in the Circulab method. It lets you rethink value propositions, resource flows, and revenue models through the lens of circularity, to design leaner, more resilient organizations.

  • Renovate an existing business model
  • Design a new circular product or service
  • Present a circular vision to your stakeholders

Available in: 11 languages

Partner Map

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Partner Map

Map your stakeholders

Inspired by natural ecosystems, the Partner Map structures the mapping of your stakeholder network. It lets you visualize relationships, exchange flows, and cooperation opportunities to create more value together than apart.

  • Prepare collective intelligence workshops
  • Identify a project's strategic allies
  • Build a cooperative ecosystem

🌐 Universal tool, no text

Value Chain Canvas

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Value Chain Canvas

Analyze your value chain

The Value Chain Canvas lets you map all the flows, materials, energy, water, human capital, and data, of a product or service. It reveals structural vulnerabilities, resource dependencies, and circular economy opportunities that a linear approach tends to hide.

  • Identify risks linked to resource scarcity
  • Prepare a circularity audit
  • Lay the groundwork for a transition plan

🌐 Universal tool, no text

An inspiring game

Biomimicards, the game inspired by living systems

Explore nature's strategies to imagine circular, regenerative solutions, in workshops or as a team.

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More resources await you

By creating your account, you'll also get access to these additional resources.

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Introductory video

Understand business resilience

An introductory video to understand why circularity strengthens organizations' resilience in the face of uncertainty.

Videos + exercises · all levels

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Introductory training

Activate the circular economy

A video paced with exercises to move from circular economy principles to action within your organization.

Videos + exercises · all levels

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Tools

The canvases

Download the Value Chain Canvas, the Partner Map, and the Circular Canvas, and launch your first circular design workshops.

3 canvases · HD PDF

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AI Coach

Janine, your AI coach for using the tools

Need help starting a workshop or filling out a canvas? Janine, the circular economy AI coach, is here to help: questions about the tools, concepts, and personalized recommendations. Sourced answers, grounded in 15 years of expertise and more than 1,600 real-world cases.

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