The global management consultancy Kearney and its business builder FFWD will be working closely with the Circular Valley Foundation and its Circular Economy Accelerator GmbH as part of a strategic partnership. The focus is on promoting circular innovations worldwide.
Above all Startups are supported, which focuses on rethinking existing business models and developing new business ideas and technologies for the circular economy. By partnering with Circular Valley and its extended ecosystem of innovation leaders, Kearney is further expanding its commitment in this area.
„Building on Kearney's heritage in transformation and strategic operations, the partnership with Circular Valley enables us to further support our clients“ ambitious sustainability ambitions while driving their business growth."
Dr Marc Lakner, Managing Director of Kearney in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Kearney is already working in more than 170 sustainability projects per year with leading companies from different sectors and regions to tackle their most pressing problems: from the ESG transformation and the achievement of NetZero to sustainable and responsible procurement and the implementation of circular solutions.
„By working together with Circular Valley's public and private sector partners, we want to identify the pioneers who are developing the solutions for the circular economy of tomorrow. We will work with them to validate innovative solutions and then support them in scaling them up quickly. At the same time, we will work even more closely with our industrial customers to rethink their business models, integrate the circular economy into their core and apply the innovative solutions from our Circular Valley partnership. The goal is very clear to us: We want to reverse the negative trends that we are observing worldwideIn other words, eliminate emissions and close open material cycles so that the value of products, materials and resources is retained in the economy for as long as possible, thus minimising the volume of waste.“
Michael Römer, Founder of FFWD - Kearney's Business Builder
While circular economy solutions are widely recognised as key to creating sustainable and resilient businesses, it remains a major challenge across all industries, harmonise strategic and operational ambitions with implementation and tangible results.
„As a globally renowned consulting firm, Kearney is an ideal partner for us as Circular Valley thanks to its profound expertise in the field of sustainability and the circular economy. And with global access to large and medium-sized companies this is a great opportunity for us to work together and actively introduce circular economy and sustainability to a wider group of industry leaders than before. There is no shortage of knowledge on this topic, but There is a lack of collective action and implementation. By bringing together our influential industry partners and innovators, we have the opportunity to accelerate the innovation needed to drive change.“
Andreas Mucke, Managing Director of Circular Economy Accelerator GmbH
The two organisations have been closely linked since Circular Valley was founded in 2020. The collaboration includes the Support for Circular Valley Accelerator start-ups in the development of innovative closed-loop solutions and the initiation of pilot projects, to test and validate ideas with the world's leading companies across all industries. Going forward, the partnership will also aim to develop deep market insights to better understand the challenges companies face on their circularity journey and identify which solutions can help turn ambitions and strategies into tangible results.
Source: Circular Valley
