TPS C3 – Circular Economy Indicators and Databases
Objective
- Define a taxonomy of impact assessment indicators associated with the implementation of circularity measures.
- Develop a data structure adapted to the different contexts and scales at which circularity measurements are implemented
- Develop case studies to test and disseminate learning
Examples of Research Questions and Issues
- How can we categorize indicators to monitor and measure circularity and its effects/impacts?
- What are the data definition attributes and parameters?
- How can we standardize data to ensure comparability and compatibility between resources?
- How can we develop a searchable data-sharing platform that ensures the availability of information?
- How can we ensure the long-term future of the platform (data maintenance and updating)?
C3 Activities
Projects Led by C3
Knowledge base on circular economy indicators
The circular economy indicator knowledge base is a tool for grouping circular economy (CE) indicators in a coherent and flexible way. Based on an ontological approach, it takes into account the multiple visions associated with indicators and existing taxonomies. It offers a user-defined, attribute-based structure. This makes the platform flexible. The platform can be used to set up a CE observatory in Quebec. In this way, it would become a tool for disseminating CE in Quebec.
Measuring an organization’s circularity
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.
Critical analysis of ISO_59020
This project aims to operationalize the ISO 59020 standard on circularity indicators, recently published as part of the new ISO 59000 circular economy standards. The aim is to demystify this standard by illustrating its application in an industrial context.
Measuring a region’s circularity
This research project aims to develop an approach for measuring circularity on a territorial scale.
It proposes a methodological framework based on three complementary components: regionalization of national indicators, co-construction of a participatory taxonomy and development of scenarios to aid decision-making. The aim is to provide local players with flexible, standardized tools adapted to their own realities, in order to better manage and evaluate their efforts to implement circularity.
Other projects related to circular economy indicators and databases
Projects funded through RRECQ calls for projects
- Open data analysis for a circular business model for entrepreneurs (Project led by Cécile Fonrouge) > Discover
- Modelling the environmental impacts of the life cycle of an emerging economic model: the product-service system (Project led by Ben Amor) > Discover
- The activist entrepreneur: profiles and inventories of circular demands and actions (Project led by Cécile Fonrouge) > Discover
- Recycling plastic accessories produced by 3D printing used in the context of radiation oncology ( Project led by Lucas Hof) > Discover
- Office furniture recovery in Québec: constraints and prospects for improvement from a circular perspective (Project led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
- Development of a metal-infused recyclable raw material for low-cost 3D printing in the context of circular manufacturing (Project led by Lucas Hof) > Discover
- Analysis and optimization of networking and energy co-product recovery opportunities in Bécancour’s industrial park and port (Project led by Jean-Marc Frayret) > Discover
- Towards a geospatial digital twin for the circular economy: recovering organic materials (Project led by Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi) > Discover
- Increase awarness on circular economy through cases studies : how to constitute a community of practices on techno-pedagogical tools? (Project led by Cécile Fonrouge) > Discover
- Sustainable design of closed-loop supply chains using Industry 4.0 technologies: A data-driven optimization approach towards the circular economy (Project led by Armin Jabbarzadeh) > Discover
- Development of an advanced data analytics tool to optimize the performance of a connected, circular and sustainable supply chain (Project led by Tasseda Boukherroub) > Discover
- Circular Economy at the Heart of Office Furniture Conception: Towards Furniture Reuse Within the Industry (Project led by Houssein Awada) > Discover
- Advanced planning of circular economy strategies in the construction sector by optimizing operations and logistics in deconstruction projects (Project led by Tasseda Boukherroub) > Discover
- Closed-loop supply chains network design for circular economy in winter road maintenance (Project led by Jean-François Audy) > Discover
- Modular and Reusable Metastructures with Interlocked Interfaces for Circular Sustainable Construction (Project led by Hamid Akbarzadeh) > Discover
- Optimization of Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Data for the Quebec Furniture Sector in Ecoinvent (Project led by Adeline Seneclauze) > Discover
- Avenues to Advance the Circular Economy in Winter Road Maintenance in Québec (Project led by Amina Lamghari)
- Reuse of Post-Consumer Asphalt Shingles with Fiberglass in Pavement Materials (Projet porté par Jean-Claude Carret) > Discover
Other member projects
- Development of a sustainability index in Canada (Led by Marc Journeault) > Discover
- Analysis of textile material flows in France (Led by Mathias Glaus) > Discover
Steering Committee
TPS C3, which deals with indicators and databases in the circular economy, is led by a team of eight researchers. The steering committee is responsible for proposing TPS orientations, and represents a diversity of circular economy research on the organizational theme.
Hicham El Yousfi
Ph.D., Professor at Université Mohamed V (Morocco)
Marc Journeault
Ph.D., CPA, MBA, Professor at Université Laval
Mathias Glaus
ing., Ph.D., Professor at ÉTS
Cécile Fonrouge
Ph.D., Professor at UQTR and co-responsible for axis 3
Lucas Hof
Ph.D., Professor at ÉTS
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi
Ph.D., Professor at Université Laval
Juste Rajaonson
Ph.D., Professor at UQAM
Mobilized Experts
In addition to the steering committee members, the experts from C3 are also included. Regularly mobilized to provide their perspectives and expertise, they contribute to broadening the representation of organizational diversity and pushing forward reflections on the theme of organizational circularity.
List of TPS members
- Adeline Seneclauze, Project Manager at INOVEM
- Ali Karevan, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Ana Carolina Eugênio de Oliveira, Lecturer at Université de Sherbrooke
- Andrew Anderson, Professor at ÉTS
- Bocar Samba Ba, Professor at Université Laval
- Brice Martial Kamdem, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Camilo Mejía Moncayo, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Charlotte Dautremont, Post-doctoral researcher at ÉTS
- Claire Gillet-Monjarret, Professor at Université de Montpellier
- Daniel Poisson, Senior researcher at CTT Écofaune Boréale
- Deanna Han, Doctoral student at Maastricht University
- Eleonore Nouel, Project manager at CERIEC
- Elisabeth Viry, Researcher at CTTEI
- Emna Helal, Institutional researcher atÉTS
- Enora Barrau, Post-doctoral researcher at Ecole de Mines de Saint-Etienne (France)
- Esra Alp Coskun, Co-founder ofCircularity Matrix
- Félix Garcés, Consultant at MEIE
- François Saunier, Executive Vice President of the CIRAIG
- Felipe Soto, BBA consultants
- Hajer Bannour, Researcher atGroupe CTT
- Hani Zbib, Professor at UQAM
- He Wang, Consultant and researcher at Environnement Mauricie
- Hicham El Yousfi, Professor et Université Mohamed V de Rabat (Maroc)
- Hortense Montoux, Project Manager at CERIEC
- Ibrahima Bocoum, Professor at Université Laval
- Jessy Anglehart-Nunes, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Josephine Sciortino, Canadian Science Publishing
- Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Associate professor at McGill
- Kevin Masinda Mahema, Doctoral student at Polytechnique Montréal
- Khalla Niang, Doctoral student at UQAM
- Killian Onida, Post-doctoral researcher at ÉTS
- Lamia Kehal, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Leyla Lardja, Innovation and researcher Manager at CCTT Vestechpro
- Linker Tomala Suarez, Student at ESPOL (France)
- Maria Albornoz, Étudiante à la maitrise à l’UQTR
- Mathilde Vincent, Chargée de Projets au CTTÉI
- Maxime Saint-Denis, Chargée de projets au CTTÉI
- Mélissa Zbacnik-D’Antonio, Project Manager at CTTEI
- Mohammed Aider, Professor at Université Laval
- Omur E. Dagdeviren, Professor at ETS
- Rachida Bouhid, Doctoral student at UQAM
- Raphaël Dias Brandao, Doctoral student at ÉTS
- Sogand Shahmohammadi, Doctoral student at Université de Sherbrooke
- Ursula Eicker, Professor at Concordia
Resources
Databases and indicators
- Indicators of well-being in Quebec
- Eurostat – Indicateurs en économie circulaire
- Global Material Flows Database
- Ressource watch
- Institut de la statistique du Québec – Economie circulaire
- Statistics Canada – Environmental indicators
- Circularity indicators
- Collection of sustainable development indicators
- Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) – Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Dashboard for measuring the green economy in Québec
- Canada’s National Index on Agri-Food Performance