Circular Business Models, Sustainable Products, Packaging, and Waste

Transforming production & consumption with real-world expertise to deliver a resilient circular economy, and a healthy, sustainable future for all.
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The impact of production on our planetary boundaries is driving a need for innovation and transformation at an unprecedented scale, creating both opportunities and obligations for organisations across the globe.

Organisations that prioritise sustainability not only contribute to a more resilient future; they also position themselves as market leaders and open themselves up to new value creation. The nexus of circular business models, sustainable products and packaging, and waste reduction is a transformative force, driving positive environmental change while fostering innovation and resilience within organisations.

At Anthesis, we guide organisations through this transformative journey, supporting them as they address their compliance needs and prioritise sustainability as a driver for business growth. We specialise in supporting organisations to meet their regulatory obligations and developing evidence-backed strategies and roadmaps that boost resilience.

Working with Industry Leaders

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Guide to Life Cycle Assessments

The growth of LCA coincides with a surge of legislation across the globe, designed to improve compliance, efficiency and management of products. Download our LCA guide to explore LCA as an invaluable tool for companies looking to achieve their sustainability goals.

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ESPR Guide

The proposal for the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) has landed, meaning brands all over the world must grapple with the need to understand and then implement a raft of new requirements. Download our guide to learn more about the regulation and prepare your organisation.

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CBAM Whitepaper

CBAM aims to ensure products imported into the EU are subject to the same carbon price as products produced within the EU, to prevent carbon leakage and drive industrial decarbonisation and carbon pricing policy globally. This whitepaper will guide you through the background and implementation of CBAM and what your organisation needs to do to prepare.

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Anthesis has helped us realise our transformative vision of being the sustainability multiplier in the Life Sciences by enabling innovation in products and creating business models to drive impact and commercial success.

Jeffrey Whitford Vice President – Millipore Sigma

Anthesis conducted a bioenergy risk assessment that enabled us to gain a comprehensive understanding of the risks involved in our bioenergy supply chain. They provided us with an insightful analysis and valuable guidance on managing potential risks and we feel well-equipped to take this work forward.

Catherine Zimmerman, Vice President, Global Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability, Ingredion

Collaborating with Anthesis has been essential in ensuring compliance with current regulations and preparing for future regulatory changes. Their expertise and meticulous approach enable us not only to adapt effectively to legal requirements but also to stay ahead of them, ensuring our products remain compliant and strengthening our capacity to meet new challenges.

Data analytics will provide a solid foundation for setting goals and measuring progress towards chemical hazard reduction. The Fund will then build upon these to create a docket of programs and projects to activate systems change across supply chains, and catalyse a collaborative, multi-stakeholder movement for safer chemistry.

Bill Walsh, Director, Safer Chemistry Impact Fund
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Anthesis’ experience with EU REACH and their understanding of the complexities of EU REACH consortia management has allowed us to make significant improvements in our operations.

It’s been a fantastic project to be part of, and a real pleasure to work with you. Safe to say we would not be in the position we are today without Anthesis.

Danny Hobson, Head of Product and Supplier Sustainability
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We were very pleased with our experience working with Anthesis throughout the diligence process. From start to finish, Anthesis provided critical market expertise and exceptional work product that equipped us with the market knowledge, tools and support for the transaction.

Tyler Kopp – Principal, ECP
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We’re always trying to make our facility as efficient as possible and eliminate waste. We have continuous targets for our team that we try to beat week after week. We were tracking waste before this work with Anthesis, but it wasn’t as detailed. This work allowed us to rethink our priorities and refocus our energy.

James Oliphant – Operations Lead, Righteous Gelato
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Anthesis was an invaluable partner in data gathering, analysis, and facilitating discussions among various stakeholders. The study showed their in-depth understanding of the requirements for an efficient plastics recycling system.

Umesh Madhavan – Research Director, The Circulate Initiative
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Tesco Exchange provides the platform for our suppliers to match their excess stock or waste with other suppliers’ resource demands, ultimately saving cost and reducing waste in our supply chain. Building upon the success of the Livestock Marketplace on the Tesco Supplier Network with our trusted partner Anthesis, Tesco Exchange connects suppliers and unlocks opportunities for us to work towards our shared targets of net zero by 2050, and halving global food waste by 2025.

Andrew McGregor – Sustainability Programme Manager, Tesco
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Being part of the ECAP project has increased our understanding of our fibre footprint, and helped us set clear goals and start tracking against them. We have a much clearer picture about what we need to do to convert unsustainable materials into better options.

Åsa Andersson – Sustainability and Quality Manager, Peak Performance.
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This announcement is a huge win for consumer transparency and we’re thrilled that Target is taking this step. It’s a forward-thinking policy like this that will drive industry change, ensuring that the health of our planet and its people are never compromised for profit.

John Replogle – CEO, Seventh Generation
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Anthesis brought an incredible depth of understanding of the complexities of recycling systems to tackle a nuanced subject, highlighting their decades of industry experience and rigorous analytical skills. They were a reliable partner and helped shed light on important details of molecular recycling technologies, enabling us to better assess where these technologies fit in a circular economy.

Kate Daly – Managing Director of the Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners
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With this project, we hope to spotlight viable alternatives to linear stretch wrap and promote continued exploration and development of circular solutions to drive adoption across industries globally. Ultimately, we want uptake of circular models to occur at a scale that will significantly reduce the amount of plastic packaging that ends up in landfills, incinerators, and the environment.

Alessandra Pistoia – Senior Program Manager, Zero Waste and Circularity, Microsoft Corporation
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Anthesis has played an integral role in supporting ReSource: Plastic’s goal of streamlining critical data for addressing the plastic pollution crisis by helping connect the dots on waste for an unprecedented and transparent view into the global plastic system.

Alix Grabowski – Deputy Director Plastic & Material Science at World Wildlife Fund
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Our best in class new tool enables us to make decisions quickly before product designs are locked in so we have confidence we’re going in the right direction. We’re spending much less time measuring and more time driving change.

Jennifer Duran – Global Head of Sustainable Innovation, Reckitt
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The Anthesis team were a real pleasure to work with.  The team had direct experience in the textile market and were quick to accurately evaluate a wide range of topics from supply feedstock through to end-product production and technology; using their own internal network contacts. Due diligence conducted with customers was handled with sensitivity and information collected from customers was helpful to both investors and the company. I would gladly recommend this team.

We valued Anthesis’ expertise and knowledge in chemical management which enabled us to establish appropriate criteria for clean beauty and propel us forward on our H Project Approved responsible buy icon program.

The saying ‘if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it’ is as true as ever when it comes to combating CO2 emissions. It’s FIRA’s aim to make carbon accounting as easy as possible so that others can concentrate on reducing their footprint. No more spreadsheets or struggling to find conversion factors, the Furniture FootprinterTM tool provides a full web-based solution backed up by the experience of Europe’s leading footprint specialists.

Bruce Lovell – Consultant, FIRA
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As much as people want to believe that you can be a sustainable company without completing the conservation assessments in your supply chain, that’s not true. We were measuring losses, but without having done these quantitative assessments, we never would have gone as deep as we did. It changed the way we see and talk about ‘waste’. And thanks to our implementation of the work, sustainability in 2023 is a pillar for our company. It’s a license to operate – it’s not a nice to have, it’s a must have.

Deborah Wolman – VP of Sustainability & Revenue Management Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods
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Anthesis developed a custom tool that enables us to efficiently collect material content and sustainability data from our supply chain and integrate it with our product bill of materials. We now can systematically digest and report on regulatory compliance and sustainability data.

Sarah Scott – Compliance Engineer, Microsoft
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These powerful insights highlight the scale of action needed to make packaging systems more sustainable.  We are continuing to mobilise industry around the three key levers for change, focussing on removal and impact reduction.  Ultimately this has been a real eye-opener for industry and despite the current challenges, strategies are being reviewed.

Amanda Curtis – Sustainability Specialist, IGD
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Supporting our mission of making sustainability happen, Anthesis is proud to work with Amazon on its Climate Pledge Friendly programme, verifying that the external sustainability certifications and standards provide a demonstrable reduction in environmental impact. This programme empowers consumers to make informed choices on their purchasing decisions, with the assurance that products with the Climate Pledge Friendly badge have a genuine claim to be more sustainable.

Chris Stanley – Director, Anthesis Group
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