A multi-year partnership of food-service industry leaders founded by Starbucks and McDonald’s, the NextGen Consortium addresses single-use food packaging waste globally. NextGen Cup is the first Consortium initiative and aims to advance recoverable solutions for the fiber, hot and cold, to-go cup system.

Through the China Program at Closed Loop Partners, we’re building bridges between Chinese companies and trade associations and U.S. investment opportunities and investors in the circular economy space.

Intelligent Product Initiative

​The Center for the Circular Economy is partnering with EON Group on a ​global industry-wide initiative. Connect Fashion will design a framework for how intelligent digital assets and the connectivity of the internet of things will power transparency, sustainability and circularity across fashion, apparel and retail. Through the initiative, brands will unlock new business opportunities and sustainability solutions essential in today’s connected world, as well as shape and codify the framework and industry-wide standard for the future.  Connect Fashion launches in fall 2018, i​n partnership with leading global brands. Research and technology partners include Microsoft, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, SWEREA, and stakeholders across digital connectivity, transparency, sustainability and circular economy in fashion, apparel and retail.