Strategic Sustainability & Systems Consultancy

Circular Futures provides expert-led training, research, design and consulting services in sustainability, systems and climate initiatives for businesses and governments.

Workshops & Facilitation

Upskill with impactful Learning and Development programs facilitated in-house or off-site, tailored to kickstart or advance your team’s sustainability and ESG journey.

Research & Reports

Explore, define, and catalyze your objectives and opportunities through research into innovation and behavioral change opportunities that accelerate your sustainability plan.

Communications & Change

We design cultural and behaviour change programs based on systems thinking and expert understanding of behavioral economics.


Respond effectively to

Evolving Regulatory Requirements

From packaging waste and eco-design regulations in the European Union to food waste mandates in Australia, we collaborate with government agencies and private companies to support the development of best-practice solutions that respond to the evolving regulatory landscape.

Strategic Sustainability & ESG

From double materiality assessments to waste audits and transformation plans, we have you covered for all your strategic sustainability and ESG needs.

Research & Design

Ensure you’re at the cutting edge of your sustainability and climate action with our advanced research services in behavioural, systems and innovation opportunities. We are experts at translating complex concepts and data into visually appealing, highly effective communication tools.

Circular Economy Development & Training

The circular economy is about transforming your products, services and business systems to extend the life of products, regenerate nature and eliminate waste. We help you explore and ensure you’re advancing circularity for business-positive outcomes.

ISO 59000 Standards

The ISO 59000 Circular Economy standards are instrumental for circular transformation.

Learn how to implement and develop CE strategies for business, activate measurement and accountability processes for validating and reporting on CE initiatives in tangible and standardised ways.

Science-Based Sustainability

As leaders in the contemporary approaches to circular design and sustainability, we leverage science-backed approaches to ensure legitimate circularity outcomes.

Including Life Cycle Assessment, policy compliance, systems thinking and impact assessments, we provide a broad spectrum of content in accessible and multiple formats.

Systems Thinking

As experts in systems thinking and mapping, we incorporate a full-systems approach into all our projects.

We also provide advanced training on how to apply systems thinking to any sustainability scenario.

Compliance & Regulations

From the new EcoDesign Regulations and Digital Product Passports in the EU to anti-greenwashing laws, global legislation is emerging to support the rapid transition to a circular and sustainable economy.

We stay up to speed on the latest developments and provide expert guidance that helps ensure compliance.

Circular & Sustainable Design

Equip your Design, Engineering, Marketing and Business Development teams with the skills they need to activate the circular economy by design.

Adopt the best international practices, explore the innovation opportunities for your industry, integrate the latest science and be ready to take on new markets.

Circular Decision-Making

With multiple pathways and circular business models available, there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

Build confidence and capacity by exploring and identifying the best-fit solutions for your business context that eliminate waste, make things last longer and support nature’s restoration and regeneration.


What we do

Featured Projects

For over 20 years, our team, led by UNEP Champion of the Earth Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, has been at the forefront of science and innovation for sustainability. We have collaborated with the United Nations, worked with many Fortune 500 companies and partnered with government agencies to provide guidance on circular economy activation, design and policy, catalyzing global growth in circular design.

Circular Toolkit

Researched and designed an ISO-connected diagnostic toolkit for a government agency to help businesses assess their circularity rate.

Executive Workshops

Designed and facilitated global executive offsite workshops focused on innovative solutions to their sustainability agendas and compliance.

Training Programs

Designed and curated a hybrid online training program for an international engineering firm to develop their in-house circular design capacity.


Our services range from curated executive training programs to innovative ESG responses, advanced research into circular business opportunities and systems mapping change initiatives for government agencies. Find out how we can support your journey to sustainability today.