Good practice:

Circular itineraries using biomimetic canvas

Given the lack of a specific methodology for modelling circular businesses, the possibility arises of enabling tools and a working method to carry out consulting and advisory work for public administrations, companies and entrepreneurs who wish to move towards the circular economy. The context of the next generation funds has aroused interest in circularity in entities, until now, laymen in the field and that require greater support to correctly interpret the benefits of circularity (financing formulas, marketing, logistics, symbiosis... )
To do this, a very intuitive itinerary has been enabled that guides the business or public management strategy towards circular principles, which can be completed, for greater fluidity, through apps and whose information is analyzed to detect, devise and validate circular opportunities. A process that is based on the biomimetic canvas for the modelling of circular businesses, prioritizing ecodesign, virtualization, servitization and the optimization of resources to achieve high economic, social and environmental profitability; as well as in various creative methodologies (coaching, design thinking, gamification...) to find disruptive solutions with few resources.
All this, complies with the main standards and indicators that allow the certification or external audit of the process.

To develop the circular itinerary, the participation of 3 environmental consultants is required, with a budget of 35,000 euros.

The proposed methodology has allowed the development of circular patents (pipalbox), as well as a training proposal, in which 25 circular entrepreneurs have participated, from Andalucía Emprende, the University of Seville, the Nebrija University and the Algeciras Technological Campus Foundation.

The main difficulty is the lack of knowledge of the concept of circular economy in its broadest sense, remaining in many cases, limited to waste management, which reduces the potential application of circularity to areas such as digitization or gender equality, among others.

So many variables are involved in the transition to the circular economy that it is very helpful to have a well-defined roadmap, where digital, creative, scientific tools and resources… facilitate the work of defining the business or public management strategy. Thanks to the tools implemented, such as the biomimetic canvas, a comprehensive approach to circularity is adopted, offering resources at very low cost to devise, develop and validate circular solutions.