Get to grips with the circular economycircular economyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. with these toolkits, featuring applicable methods and workshop resources to support your organisation’s circular economy journey.
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Building a circular economy for critical minerals in EV batteries
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Following the launch of the Foundation’s new report — Leading the charge: Turning risk into reward with a circular economy for EV batteries and critical minerals, join us for two webinars where we will be joined by guest speakers to explore the current state of play, and discuss the biggest opportunities to scale the clean energy transition and rethink our reliance on virgin critical minerals within EV batteries.
Past webinar recordings
Gain a strategic advantage with our curated webinar recordings. Featuring exclusive insights from leading businesses, policymakers, and expert opinion from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
Role-specific circular actions
Whether you're an industrial designer, fashion designer, marketer, or supply chain professional, these guides are tailored to your needs. They provide the strategic insights and practical steps necessary to successfully implement circular economy initiatives within your business, helping you transition from concept to measurable action.
Growth potential
We've conducted an in-depth analysis of the circular economy's growth potential across ten critical sectors, including packaging, logistics, electronics, and construction. Download our essential guides today for a comprehensive snapshot of key trends, possibilities, and strategic insights relevant to your business.
Circular design guide
Our circular design guide is a collection of methods, case studies, and resources to help you really bring the circular economy to life. Created in collaboration with IDEO, the design-led approach that underpins this guide allows you to explore new ways to create sustainable, resilient, long-lasting value in the circular economy — giving you the creative confidence to redesign the world around you.
Circular business models design guide
This practical guide has been developed as an Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network collaborative project by design, sustainability, and circular economy experts at PA Consulting and Exeter Business School. It includes all the required practical steps, tools, templates, and examples to identify circular opportunities and design business models that create, deliver, and capture value in ways that also benefit society and the environment.
Upstream innovation ideation workshop
If you want to explore solutions to plastic packaging in a workshop with your team, then these resources are for you. Featuring a slide deck, Miro board, and facilitator’s notes, once you access this resource you’ll be ready to work on solutions with your team in no time.
Circular public procurement framework for cities
This guide helps practitioners in city governments adopt a more circular approach to public procurement. Public procurement processes differ from one city to another, so this guide is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, it provides an overarching framework that should be adapted to the local context and the realities of each city. Each step includes questions to consider, examples of how other city governments have implemented circular procurement, and resources.
