Mapping tools for the circular economy

The aim of this research is to structure and analyze existing tools for implementing circular economy principles. The study is based on a bibliometric analysis to provide a detailed mapping of the instruments developed over the last ten years, and to identify their characteristics, effectiveness and complementarities. The main objective is to establish an inventory of available tools, while highlighting gaps in the literature and areas requiring the development of appropriate tools. This research will first seek to identify the tools for implementing the circular economy and analyze their role, purpose and scope, whether strategic, tactical or operational in nature. Particular attention will be paid to their effectiveness in terms of circularity, by identifying the instruments most commonly used and recognized in the scientific literature. The study will also examine the relationships between these tools, in particular their complementarity and their integration into broader approaches to transitions towards the circular economy. Finally, a gap analysis will identify groups of tools that are under-represented or absent from the literature, with a view to identifying prospects for the improvement and development of new instruments better suited to organizational and institutional realities.

Thus, this study seeks to answer the following question: What tools have been developed over the last ten years to support the effective implementation of the circular economy, what are their characteristics and what are the gaps in the existing ecosystem?