Get in contact with some of our Champions
Local to Brighton & Hove
SOENECS - Social, Environmental & Economic Solutions (SOENECS) Ltd
An independent research and innovation practice set up in June 2014, to support public and private sectors deliver circular economy.
Tech-Takeback - A not-for-profit company on a mission to change the way the UK thinks about electrical waste. Preparing electrical for reuse by local charities and community groups.
Plastic Free Pledge - A campaigning organisation - Putting an end to single use plastic and straws, and currently running campaign called DeStraw
Superlooper - An online clothing library service creating a waste-free-wardrobe of gorgeous pre-loved baby clothes available to rent for as long as you need as well as a home for your outgrown baby clothes to be recycled, loved & looped again.
Ruby Moon - A social enterprise and retail outlet for Sustainable & Ethical Swimwear and Activewear. Cleaning the oceans and empowering women worldwide.
Beau Bottle tops - Recycling and re-using bottle tops to make jewellery.
Too Good to Go - Phone app. for buying nearly out of date or surplus produce at reduced prices. 140,835 businesses (at the time of writing this) have signed up and are actively helping to fight food waste.
Brighton and Hove City Council - B&HCC are one of the partners of EU Interreg BLUEPRINT to a Circular Economy - to remove the creation of waste and move towards a circular economy. This link takes you to a list of the many great projects that B&HCC are involved with, plus others across the city.
Wider Geography
Upcircle - High performance skincare for you and the planet. With Dragons Den funding Upcircle (OPTIAT)started its journey by reusing spent coffee grains to produce beauty products and now reuses a variety of natural ingredients and natural, sustainable, plastic-free packaging.
Fairphone - a modular approach: as parts wear out or break I can replace them myself, such as the battery, screen, cameras, wifi, speakers; some of the materials used are sourced from conflict-free zones and Fairtrade gold. And you can rent it – you don’t have to buy it. Ownership remains with the manufacturer.
Cambond - Working together for less pollution and plastics and a happier healthier planet. Working closely with the wood panel industry to develop bio based innovative environmentally friendly glue manufacturing circular processes to meet the nation’s ‘go greener’ needs.
SOENECS - Social, Environmental & Economic Solutions (SOENECS) Ltd
An independent research and innovation practice set up in June 2014, to support public and private sectors deliver circular economy.
Tech-Takeback - A not-for-profit company on a mission to change the way the UK thinks about electrical waste. Preparing electrical for reuse by local charities and community groups.
Plastic Free Pledge - A campaigning organisation - Putting an end to single use plastic and straws, and currently running campaign called DeStraw
Superlooper - An online clothing library service creating a waste-free-wardrobe of gorgeous pre-loved baby clothes available to rent for as long as you need as well as a home for your outgrown baby clothes to be recycled, loved & looped again.
Ruby Moon - A social enterprise and retail outlet for Sustainable & Ethical Swimwear and Activewear. Cleaning the oceans and empowering women worldwide.
Beau Bottle tops - Recycling and re-using bottle tops to make jewellery.
Too Good to Go - Phone app. for buying nearly out of date or surplus produce at reduced prices. 140,835 businesses (at the time of writing this) have signed up and are actively helping to fight food waste.
Brighton and Hove City Council - B&HCC are one of the partners of EU Interreg BLUEPRINT to a Circular Economy - to remove the creation of waste and move towards a circular economy. This link takes you to a list of the many great projects that B&HCC are involved with, plus others across the city.
Wider Geography
Upcircle - High performance skincare for you and the planet. With Dragons Den funding Upcircle (OPTIAT)started its journey by reusing spent coffee grains to produce beauty products and now reuses a variety of natural ingredients and natural, sustainable, plastic-free packaging.
Fairphone - a modular approach: as parts wear out or break I can replace them myself, such as the battery, screen, cameras, wifi, speakers; some of the materials used are sourced from conflict-free zones and Fairtrade gold. And you can rent it – you don’t have to buy it. Ownership remains with the manufacturer.
Cambond - Working together for less pollution and plastics and a happier healthier planet. Working closely with the wood panel industry to develop bio based innovative environmentally friendly glue manufacturing circular processes to meet the nation’s ‘go greener’ needs.
Helpful Links
- WRI (2020), Coronavirus Recovery | Build Back Better, https://www.wri.org/coronavirus-recovery
- OECD (2020) Building Back Better: A Sustainable, Resilient Recovery after COVID-19. June 2020.
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html
- https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/research/smaller-businesses-and-the-transition-to-net-zero/
- https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/completing-the-picture
- The Blueprint project (https://projectblueprint.eu/
- OECD (2020) Building Back Better: A Sustainable, Resilient Recovery after COVID-19. June 2020.
- https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html
- https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/research/smaller-businesses-and-the-transition-to-net-zero/
- https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/completing-the-picture
- The Blueprint project (https://projectblueprint.eu/