Themes
  • Circularity indicators
  • Measurement
  • Organizations

Description

This two-stage project aims to design and test a conceptual framework for assessing circularity within organizations. Having developed this framework, now enriched by the indicators proposed in the ISO 59020 standard published in 2024, the team embarked on a phase of experimentation through case studies in organizational environments. An initial collaboration has been initiated with COOP Carbone and one of the SMEs in its network, serving as a testing ground to validate the relevance and applicability of the framework. Other partnerships could be established to broaden the scope of application. The aim is to verify the robustness of the framework in concrete contexts, and to contribute to equipping organizations with circularity tools.

Affiliated research axes

Axis 1: Change and Transition Management

1.1 – Establish a reference framework for the circular economy

Axis 2: Planning Optimization

2.1 – Support the development and use of tools to analyze and monitor the circular economy

Axis 3: Resource and Product Maximization

3.2 – Develop a conceptual framework of tools that may be mobilized to identify better circularization scenarios for products, components and resources at the end of their life cycles

Member(s)

  • Marc Journeault

    Ph.D., CPA, MBA Full Professor, co-chair of Axis 2 - Planning optimization
  • Mathias Glaus

    Eng., Ph.D. Professor, co-chair of Axis 3 - Maximizing resources and products

Collaborators

Abby Marino

Research professional at Université Laval

Raphaël Dias Brandao

Doctoral student at ÉTS

Deliverables and spin-offs

  • Étude de cas pour la mesure de la circularité d'une organisation

    Conference at the Acfas 2025 congress
The RRECQ is supported by the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Fonds de recherche - Québec