{"id":974,"date":"2026-04-20T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:06:55","slug":"kings-college-london-launches-new-circular-economy-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/kings-college-london-launches-new-circular-economy-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"King\u2019s College London launches new circular economy tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new tool, aimed at organisations and individuals, helps identify how businesses can reuse materials, rather than discard them.<\/h4>\n

The tool uses prompts based on natural systems, such as how ecosystems maintain balance, form relationships and adapt to change, to help teams rethink how materials, products and processes can be reused, rather than discarded.<\/p>\n

In practice, this can mean identifying new ways to work with suppliers and local partners or finding opportunities to turn existing waste streams into inputs for new processes.<\/p>\n

Developed by Dr Emma Fromberg at the Centre for Sustainable Business, the tool, \u2018Nature’s Playbook: Ecological Design Thinking for a Circular Economy\u2019, has recently been tested in a pilot workshop with participants from retail, consulting, manufacturing and the public sector.<\/p>\n

The project builds on four years of doctoral research exploring how ecological thinking can support more systemic approaches to business innovation.<\/p>\n

Dr Emma Fromberg, Centre for Sustainable Business at King\u2019s Business School, commented: \u201cWhat people mostly found is that it helped them to think differently about existing circularity challenges and draw inspiration from natural systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to that, also to turn that shift in perspective into practical ideas they could take back into their organisations and start applying straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tool has been selected for support through King\u2019s SPARK Innovation Fund, which backs research with strong potential for real-world impact.<\/p>\n

The funding will support further development of the tool, including international expansion and translation into Mandarin.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the tool, Ross Phillips, Sustainable Transport Manager, Cross River Partnership, said: \u201cThe Ecological Design Thinking workshop encouraged us to think differently and more experimentally about complex challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt broadened our perspective and helped us think more holistically about the systems we work within. I left with new approaches that I\u2019m already applying in my work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 The new tool, aimed at organisations and individuals, helps identify how businesses can reuse materials, rather than discard them. The tool uses prompts based on natural systems, such as how ecosystems maintain balance, form relationships and adapt to change, to help teams rethink how materials, products and processes can…<\/p>\n

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