The Circulars Accelerator // Apply Before 30th November 2020

The Circulars Accelerator // Apply Before 30th November 2020

Is your organization embracing the circular economy to transform business as usual? Here is a chance for you to apply for the The Circulars Accelerator, an evolution of the highly successful Circulars Awards Program. 

The Circulars aims to catalyze circular innovation and could support your organisation towards broader adoption of your circular solution at speed and scale. It is an initiative of Accenture, in partnership with Ecolab, and collaboration with the World Economic Forum and their innovation platform, UpLink.

The program is supported by an esteemed panel of global experts and an extensive network of public and private sector organizations. The Circulars Accelerator is a six-month program which connects innovators and entrepreneurs with industry leaders and circular experts for tailored mentorship. 

The Circulars Accelerator offers the opportunity to work directly with a high-profile group of global experts, receiving bespoke support on your journey to scale and forming transformational connections with key industry and financial leaders.

The program also unlocks opportunities for accelerator participants to work directly with cross-industry leaders to scale their circular solutions.

The Circulars Accelerator Entry Categories:

• Innovating Products & Production recognizes innovators focused on circular product design, material and ingredient innovation, or production solutions that minimize and ultimately eliminate waste (e.g. by utilizing circular inputs or designing for circular product flows).
• Transforming Consumption recognizes innovators who offer new models for more circular consumption such as product-as-a-service, product-use extension (e.g. repairs, secondary marketplaces), and sharing platforms.
• Recovering Value recognizes innovators who are enabling recovery of embedded value (e.g. energy, materials, minerals) from waste or end-of-use products, and/or are enabling reuse.

Apply here before Monday 30th November 2020. A shortlist of applicants will be invited to pitch for their place in Cohort ‘21 in early 2021.

About The Circulars 

The Circulars Accelerator is an action-oriented initiative that is ready to support entrepreneurs, build circular solutions and move the world closer to a more circular economy.

The Circulars enjoyed 5 successful years as the world’s premier circular economy awards program, highlighting 1,500+ cases of circular excellence across 65+ geographies. It created a steady drumbeat of support for transformative action on the international circular agenda.

There has never been a more important time to accelerate the move to a circular economy. The Circulars Accelerator will play a pivotal role in catalyzing circular innovation across the globe.

The Circular Accelerator programme believes that adopting a more circular economy will be crucial to how our world rebuilds better in response to the current pandemic and a range of complex (but solvable) global climate challenges. 

By embracing the circular agenda, we can create a healthier, more equitable, thriving ecosystem that circulates value for all through the economy and society.