Objective

  1. Define a taxonomy of impact assessment indicators associated with the implementation of circularity measures.
  2. Develop a data structure adapted to the different contexts and scales at which circularity measurements are implemented
  3. 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

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

Resources

Getting involved in C3

Do you wish to participate in C3 activities? Is the indicators and Databases for circular economy related to your interests and research work?

 

The RRECQ is supported by the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Fonds de recherche - Québec