Circular Economy Consulting
Circular Economy as Business Transformation
Strategy · Business Models · Value Creation · Organisation · Implementation
We support companies in strategically developing circular value creation, assessing its economic viability, and translating it into business models, processes, and organisational structures.
Circular Economy Starts with Business Questions
For companies, the key question is how value creation can be organised in a more resilient, efficient, and economically sustainable way over the long term.
The focus is on concrete business decisions:
- Where do cost and dependency risks arise today?
- Which materials, processes, and business models offer circular potential?
- Which measures make economic sense?
- And how can Circular Economy be embedded in the organisation so that individual initiatives develop into a robust transformation pathway?
We support companies in answering these questions systematically and translating them into actionable decisions.
From Assessment to Implementation
Our consulting approach
combines analysis, prioritisation, and implementation. The starting point is always the company’s specific situation. On this basis, we develop a transformation pathway that links strategic objectives with operational feasibility.
1. Assess
We establish the company’s current position and evaluate existing activities, structures, and potential. Depending on the specific challenge, we examine strategy, business models, material and resource flows, supply chains, organisational structures, and capabilities.
2. Prioritise
Not every measure has the same relevance. We assess potential areas of action according to strategic importance, economic potential, feasibility, and transformation impact. This creates a robust basis for prioritisation.
3. Design
Based on the analysis, we develop suitable solution options. These may include strategic target states, circular business models, new value creation models, process adjustments, and collaborative approaches.
4. Implement
We translate the selected options into concrete measures. This includes roadmaps, pilot initiatives, responsibilities, decision-making structures, and appropriate implementation formats.
5. Scale
Successful approaches are evaluated, refined, and transferred to additional areas of the company. We also consider the organisational and professional capabilities required for long-term integration.
Our consulting areas
Circular Transformation Assessment
A robust transformation starts with a clear assessment of the current position.
We analyse how far Circular Economy is embedded in strategy, business models, value creation, organisational structures, and capabilities. In doing so, we use our own multidimensional, evidence-based assessment model.
The result is a differentiated transformation profile with prioritised areas for action and a clear basis for the next steps.
Circular Strategy & Roadmap
We support companies in developing a clear target vision and translating it into strategic priorities, concrete measures, and realistic timelines. In doing so, we take economic objectives, operational requirements, and ongoing transformation processes into account.
The result is a roadmap that provides direction, supports decision-making, and enables implementation.
Circular Business Models
We analyse existing business models and assess where new circular approaches make economic sense. These may include usage-based models, take-back and reuse systems, extended product lifecycles, or new forms of value creation.
The focus is not on the idea alone, but on its economic viability and practical feasibility.
Circular Operations & Value Chains
We examine material use, procurement, production, use, recovery, and collaboration across the value chain. The objective is to identify losses, dependencies, and inefficient structures and to develop suitable circular solutions.
We consider both internal processes and collaboration with suppliers, customers, and other partners.
Circular Transformation & Capabilities
We support companies in developing responsibilities and structures and in building the capabilities required across leadership and the workforce. We also address participation, internal communication, and practical implementation in day-to-day operations.
This turns Circular Economy from an isolated initiative into an integral part of corporate management and development.
Circular Implementation & Pilots
We support companies in turning prioritised measures into pilot projects, implementation programmes, and robust working structures. This includes selecting suitable areas of application, defining objectives and responsibilities, and supporting tests and initial implementation steps.
The aim is to test circular approaches under real-world conditions, evaluate the results systematically, and build a sound basis for broader implementation.
Where We Create Business Value
Circular Economy becomes relevant when it addresses concrete business challenges. Our consulting therefore focuses on the intersection of strategic need for action, economic potential, and operational change.
Typical starting points include:
- rising material, energy, or procurement costs
- dependencies in supply and value chains
- new regulatory or customer requirements
- the further development of products and business models
- the establishment of circular value creation and recovery models
- the strategic realignment of existing sustainability activities
- the preparation and implementation of concrete transformation programmes
We work both with companies developing their Circular Economy strategy from the ground up and with organisations seeking to structure existing activities, assess their economic relevance, or move them into implementation.
Wie wir arbeiten
Circular Economy usually affects several areas of a company at the same time. We therefore consider strategy, business models, value creation, organisational structures, and capabilities as an integrated system.
We start by establishing a robust fact base. We analyse the current situation, identify relevant areas for action, and assess their strategic and economic significance. On this basis, we develop concrete options together with the company and prioritise the next steps.
Our work follows four principles:
Evidence-based
Decisions should be grounded in transparent and traceable analysis. We combine qualitative assessment with available company data, documents, interviews, and appropriate assessment tools.
Economically oriented
Circular Economy must contribute to value creation. We therefore consider costs, risks, market potential, investment requirements, and feasibility alongside environmental impact.
Implementation-focused
Strategy and implementation are considered together from the outset. Measures are linked to responsibilities, requirements, resources, and realistic implementation steps.
Developed with the organisation
Transformation cannot be sustainably implemented from the outside. We therefore involve the relevant functions and decision-makers and create the conditions for knowledge and implementation capabilities to remain within the company.
Results That Enable Decisions
Transformation Profile
A structured assessment of the current situation, highlighting strengths, gaps, risks, and prioritised areas for action.
Strategic Roadmap
A robust transformation pathway with clear priorities, measures, responsibilities, and timelines.
Business Model Options
Evaluated options for circular business models, value creation logics, and new service offerings.
Value Chain & Operations Design
Concrete approaches for material flows, procurement, production, recovery, supply chains, and collaboration.
Implementation Programme
Pilot initiatives, work packages, decision-making structures, and a clear framework for operational implementation.
Capability Framework
The capabilities, roles, and organisational requirements needed for long-term integration.
Why BVNG?
Systems perspective rather than isolated solutions
We look beyond individual products or processes. Our analyses connect business models, value creation, resources, organisational structures, and capabilities. This makes interdependencies visible that are often overlooked when measures are considered in isolation.
Connecting strategy and capability development
New processes and business models only work if people within the company are able to implement them. BVNG therefore combines transformation consulting with experience in vocational education, capability development, and organisational learning.
Access to research and industrial practice
Our work is embedded in research, education, and business networks. This enables us to connect technological developments, new materials, skills requirements, and practical implementation perspectives.
Experience in cross-sector transformation
Circular Economy often extends beyond company boundaries. Recovery systems, new material loops, and circular business models require collaboration between companies, research institutions, education providers, and other stakeholders. Developing and facilitating such interfaces is part of BVNG’s work.
Independent perspective
We are neither a technology provider nor a software vendor and have no commercial interest in promoting specific solutions. Our recommendations are based on the company’s specific situation and on what is technically, economically, and organisationally appropriate.
From Initial Conversation to the Right Engagement
In an initial conversation, we clarify the current situation, objectives, and specific need for action. From there, we define the most appropriate starting point together. This may be a focused Circular Transformation Assessment, the development of a strategy and roadmap, the evaluation of a specific business model, or support for a broader transformation programme.
Circular Economy does not start with a standard solution, but with the right question.