Circular indicator set

To accelerate the transition towards a circular economy, we need to use data and data-driven insights in the best way possible to support top-level decision making. In our Circularity Metric Indicator Set, we consider 100% of inputs into the economy: circular inputs, non-circular flows and non-renewable inputs, and inputs that add to stocks. This allows us to further refine our approach to closing the Circularity Gap in a particular context and answer more detailed and interesting questions: how much biomass is a nation extracting domestically, and is it sustainable? How dependent is it on imports to satisfy the basic societal needs of the population? How much material is being added to the nation’s stock like buildings and roads every year? These categories are based on the work of Haas et al. (2020).