SERVICES / CIREKON
Connecting challenges. Driving change.
From the first data point to system-wide change. Our services connect the circular economy, ESG and decarbonisation with business growth – from CBAM reports and carbon footprints to sustainable business strategy – for companies, EU exporters, cities and institutions.
Three principles behind every CirEkon service
Whether we are preparing a CBAM report, a sustainable business strategy or a training course, every project is guided by the same principles.
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Reconciling impacts
Nature · society · business
We don’t choose between profit and responsibility. We look at your system through the eyes of management, employees, the community and nature – and find solutions that work for all of them, because only those last.
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Resource optimisation
Resources · waste · water · energy
Raw materials, energy and water you throw away – you have paid for twice. With your team we track where resources are lost and where they can create more value. The result is measurable savings.
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Systemic effect
Positive impact on society
One good measure is a starting point, not the goal. We connect change with people, partners and suppliers so it becomes part of how you work – and spreads beyond your company.
Six areas of CirEkon support. Your next sustainable step.
Analysis and reporting, including CBAM compliance
Reliable data as the basis for decisions you can justify. We deliver CBAM reporting and compliance, LCA studies and EPDs, corporate and product carbon footprints (GHG), circularity assessments and ESG reporting under CSRD/ESRS, VSME and GRI.
For: EU exporters, manufacturers, ESG and HSE teams.
The CirEkon CBAM System covers everything an EU exporter needs for CBAM compliance: a report within 24 hours, CBAM cost assessment and projections, verification readiness and pre-verification, plus training and mentoring for your team.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPD) to ISO standards.
A customer is asking for data on my product’s environmental impact.
Solution: Assessment of your product’s environmental impact across its whole life cycle, to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
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A customer wants an EPD for the European market. What do I need?
Solution: Preparation of an EPD for your product to ISO 14025.
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Which product has a lower environmental impact – mine or another?
Solution: A comparative LCA of product environmental impacts.
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How much will planned activities reduce our environmental impact?
Solution: Assessment of the change in environmental impact of planned activities or a project.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission calculations to ISO 14064, ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol.
A customer wants my company’s carbon footprint.
Solution: Organisational GHG footprint to ISO 14064-1 or the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (Scope 1, 2 and 3).
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How does my product affect climate change?
Solution: Product carbon footprint to ISO 14067 or the GHG Protocol Product Standard.
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How much will my project reduce CO₂ emissions?
Solution: Assessment of project GHG effects to ISO 14064-2 or the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting.
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How will a new machine or production system change our emissions?
Solution: Assessment of the GHG effects of a new production system to ISO 14064-2.
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We have been asked for independent verification of our emissions report.
Solution: A proposed verification process and pre-verification of your GHG report.
We measure how circular your products and operations are and where the biggest resource savings lie.
Where can I save raw materials, energy and water?
Solution: Material flow analysis, hotspot analysis of the production system and a proposal for industrial symbiosis.
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How much recycled content does my product contain, and how much can be reused?
Solution: Product circularity assessment to ISO 59020 or the Global Circularity Protocol.
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How can we show how circular our business is?
Solution: Business circularity assessment to ISO 59020 or the Global Circularity Protocol.
Sustainability reports that meet the requirements of customers, banks and regulators.
A customer or regulator requires CSRD compliance. Where do we start?
Solution: A non-financial report tailored to your organisation’s needs and scope – under ESRS (CSRD) or the VSME standard.
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How sustainable is our organisation? What are our ESG risks?
Solution: An integrated ESG report for the organisation or its units, a quick scan of material topics and an ESG risk assessment with priorities for action.
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A bank or investor is asking for ESG data.
Solution: An ESG report under GRI or the VSME questionnaire, with a data collection system for regular reporting.
Circular and decarbonisation solutions
From opportunities in your system to practical changes in products, processes and business. We start from resource use and CO₂ emissions and look for the points where innovation, lower resource use, lower emissions and higher profit move in the same direction.
For: owners, technical directors, product development and production.
What you get: a systemic solution design, a business and economic feasibility assessment and a precise action plan.
How can my product use less material and last longer?
Solution: Circular (eco) design: product redesign for lower material use, repairability, reuse and recycling, backed by a techno-economic analysis.
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Customers and EU regulations demand more durable, repairable products.
Solution: Assessment of your product against ecodesign requirements (ESPR) and a change plan with costs and timelines.
What you get: a business model description, a feasibility assessment and stakeholder interdependencies.
How can I earn from servicing, reuse or leasing?
Solution: Development of a circular business model – product-as-a-service, servicing, reverse logistics – with a business and economic assessment and an action plan.
What you get: a technical solution, potential partners and an implementation plan.
I’m paying to dispose of material that could be a raw material.
Solution: By-product valorisation and industrial symbiosis: we find uses and partners for your waste and by-product streams.
What you get: optimisation measures ranked by savings and payback period.
Where in production am I losing raw materials, energy and water?
Solution: Material and energy flow analysis and optimisation measures with calculated savings and investments.
What you get: a decarbonisation plan with an investment sequence and clear numbers.
How can I cut emissions and stay competitive?
Solution: A decarbonisation plan with cost per tonne of CO₂ (MAC curve), investment sequence and potential funding sources.
Training and education
We build knowledge and skills that turn understanding into independent action. Choose the format that suits your team – mentoring, standard courses, tailored training, workshops or online learning – and keep circular economy, CBAM, ESG and climate expertise in-house.
For: company teams, public administration, associations and international programmes.
A CirEkon mentor works side by side with your team on a real project – CBAM, an ESG report or a circular redesign. You learn by working on your own data, not someone else’s examples.
Why mentoring?
You get a completed project and a team that can run it on its own next time. Short lessons, practical assignments and regular check-ins – at a pace that doesn’t disrupt your business.
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CBAM mentoring – three months
€500 per month for one team member (€250 for each additional member): two short lessons a week and practical assignments that build on each other, on your own CBAM process.
Proven courses with clear outcomes – for teams that want to master the key topics of circular economy, climate and ESG quickly and confidently. Delivered in person, at your company or online.
Practical circular economy
What you learn: Circular economy principles, business opportunities and tools to identify savings in raw materials, energy and waste – with examples from industry in Serbia and the EU.
Who it’s for: management, technical teams and anyone introducing the circular economy into their business.
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Business models for circularity
What you learn: Product-as-a-service, servicing and repair, reuse and reverse logistics – and how to assess their profitability.
Who it’s for: owners and managers in development, sales and strategy.
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GHG emissions calculation
What you learn: Emission calculations under the GHG Protocol, ISO 14064 and ISO 14067: Scope 1, 2 and 3, data collection, emission factors and reporting.
Who it’s for: ESG, HSE, energy and technical teams.
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Full CBAM compliance
What you learn: Training (three days, €1,998 for five team members): introduction to CBAM, emission calculations and the report for your model, pricing, supplier communication and a verification simulation – with a practical assignment and feedback.
Who it’s for: EU exporters and teams responsible for CBAM reporting.
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Circular product design
What you learn: Circular (eco) design principles, the requirements of the EU Ecodesign Regulation (ESPR) and tools for product assessment and redesign.
Who it’s for: product development, engineers and designers.
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ESG materiality
What you learn: How to carry out a double materiality assessment – impact and financial – engage stakeholders and set priority ESG topics.
Who it’s for: ESG teams, management and finance.
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Introduction to ESG reporting (GRI, VSME, ESRS)
What you learn: The differences between GRI, VSME, ESRS and other standards, what customers and banks expect, and how to organise data for your first sustainability report.
Who it’s for: companies preparing their first ESG report or answering customers’ ESG questionnaires.
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Circular Online Academy
Online courses in circular economy and sustainable business – learn at your own pace, individually or as a team.
We design the programme around your industry, team roles and the challenge you are tackling right now – from the boardroom to the shop floor.
Why tailored?
Every minute of training is about your business: your processes, your data, your questions. People see straight away how to apply what they learn – tomorrow.
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Topics
ESG, CBAM, LCA, carbon footprint, circular design and green regulation – individually or combined.
Interactive workshops where your team – and, where useful, partners and suppliers – work together on one specific challenge.
When are they the right choice?
When you need to align people around a goal quickly: a materiality assessment with stakeholders, ideas for circular product redesign or an emission reduction plan.
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What you get
In half a day or a day – shared decisions, priorities and a concrete plan for next steps, not just meeting notes.
Learn when it suits you: online courses in circular economy and sustainable business, ideal as an introduction before training or mentoring.
Circular Online Academy
Courses with practical industry examples, for individuals and teams – at your own pace, from anywhere.
Strategic sustainable transformation
Through ESG and sustainable business strategies, sustainability becomes part of how your organisation plans, decides and grows. We look at risks, material topics, the business model, the operating environment and your ambition, and turn them into a roadmap with clear priorities.
For: company boards, ESG managers and suppliers to multinationals.
What you get: a roadmap or a complete sustainable business strategy your team can use.
How can sustainability become part of our business strategy?
Solution: A sustainable business strategy or roadmap with integrated project plans, priorities, responsibilities and progress indicators.
The starting point for every ESG decision.
What are our ESG risks and material topics?
Solution: A quick scan of material topics, a double materiality and ESG risk assessment, and priorities for action.
An EcoVadis rating is increasingly a condition for contracts with multinational customers.
A customer wants our EcoVadis rating. How do we prepare?
Solution: Preparation of policies, evidence and answers for the EcoVadis questionnaire, plus a plan to improve your score at the next assessment.
From strategy to delivery.
We have a strategy – how do we deliver it?
Solution: We define development projects and technical solutions and connect you with key partners: funders, institutions, contractors and suppliers.
Circular and low-carbon cities and regions
We help cities, municipalities and regions measure emissions and resource flows, plan the transition to a low-carbon and circular economy, and prepare projects for EU and international funding – from energy efficiency in public buildings to circular waste and resource management.
For: cities, municipalities and regions, public utilities and regional development agencies.
Without baseline data there is no plan – and no funding.
How much does our city or region emit, and from which sectors?
Solution: A baseline emission inventory by sector – buildings, transport, public lighting, waste, industry – using the methodology applied in EU initiatives.
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How much material and waste flows through our city?
Solution: Material and waste flow analysis at city or regional level, as the basis for a circular strategy.
A plan your city or region can implement and monitor.
We need a plan for the Covenant of Mayors or a local strategy.
Solution: A Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) with measures, costs, timelines and monitoring indicators.
The circular economy as a development opportunity for the local economy.
How can our city reduce waste and use resources better?
Solution: A circular strategy and action plan: priority material flows, green public procurement and projects for public utilities.
We connect companies in a region so they can cut costs and emissions together.
How can we connect local companies around waste and by-products?
Solution: Mapping of waste and by-product flows in the region, identifying synergies and support in setting up partnerships.
We prepare projects that funders recognise.
We have a measure but don’t know how to fund it.
Solution: Preparation of energy efficiency, decarbonisation and circular economy projects for EU funds, international programmes and public-private partnerships.
Green regulation and public policy
We interpret EU green legislation – the Green Deal, CSRD, CBAM, ESPR and PPWR – and its impact on your business, and support institutions in drafting circular economy strategies, laws and public policies.
For: company boards, business associations, ministries, local governments and donor programmes.
A clear overview before an obligation becomes a problem.
What do the new EU regulations mean for us?
Solution: An overview of obligations under the Green Deal, CSRD, CBAM, ESPR and PPWR for your product and market, with deadlines.
The impact of new rules, in numbers.
How much will the new rules cost us?
Solution: Assessment of regulatory impact on your product, costs and supply chain, with an adaptation plan.
Evidence-based public policy documents.
We are preparing a circular economy strategy or regulation.
Solution: Expert support in drafting circular economy and decarbonisation strategies, laws and action plans.
An experienced partner for the region.
We need an expert partner for a project.
Solution: Expert support for EU and international organisation projects in circular economy, ESG and climate.
What our clients say
The Academy of Circular Economy programme has enabled me to improve my knowledge and skills in this area, to meet people who inspire me to keep working in this field, and to redirect knowledge and available capacities in Serbia to encourage local authorities to connect the economy and the environment through the circular economy!
Jana PavlovićAcademy of Circular Economy - SKGO, Serbia
All praise for the exceptionally well-organised Academy of Circular Economy. An excellent, professional introduction to what we all need to turn to in the future.
Milica StevanovićAcademy of Circular Economy - Lidl
CirEkon is a true pioneer of the circular economy in Serbia. Working with Milan and CirEkon has shown me new perspectives on protecting natural resources and the need for new business models.
Danko KalkanProCredit Bank
Frequently asked questions
Usually with a circularity assessment or a carbon footprint calculation – they show where the biggest savings are and what the next step is. For EU exporters the first step is often CBAM.
CBAM is the EU mechanism that puts a price on emissions embedded in imported goods (steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, electricity). If you export these to the EU, your customer will ask you for emissions data. More: CirEkon CBAM System.
If you sell to EU companies – usually, yes. They ask their suppliers for ESG data, often through EcoVadis or the VSME questionnaire.
Yes. We prepare emission inventories, climate action plans (SECAP), circular city strategies and support for public policy development.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Where does your change begin?
Let’s talk about the challenge you want to solve and the opportunities you want to open up. Tell us which service or area you are interested in – we will get back to you with a proposed next step.
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About CirEkon
We don’t recycle or collect waste. We design products, processes and business models so that there is less waste and cost, and more value.
CirEkon is a Belgrade-based consultancy specialising in the circular economy, ESG and decarbonisation. We work with manufacturers, EU exporters, large organisations, cities and the public sector. Every recommendation comes with the numbers – what it costs, what it saves and when it pays back – and is aligned with EU regulatory and customer requirements (CBAM, CSRD, EcoVadis).
