Circular Hepburn - Business Toolkit

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The Circular Hepburn Toolkit for Businesses and Beyond has been developed as part of Council's commitment to a Circular Economy. 

The Toolkit is designed to assist a diverse range of organisation brainstorm actions for going circular. It consists of:

 

Circular Economy Case Studies

To assist businesses and organisations with going circular, we have developed 10 case studies together with Macedon Ranges Shire to highlight circular leadership across our region. These case studies highlight the ways that the 14 strategies in the Circular Hepburn Toolkit are being employed by businesses and organisations, including our councils. They offer an additional tool for those wanting to run internal workshops and brainstorming within their own organisations, or across groups of organisations supporting each other to try new practices. 

Read the case studies(PDF, 13MB).

ASPIRE – circular economy marketplace

Council is offering free access to the ASPIRE Circular Economy platform for all organisations and businesses with 20 employees or less. ASPIRE is essentially an online marketplace that connects businesses wanting to buy, sell or trade unwanted materials and products, demonstrating that one business's trash really can be another's treasure.  

Learn more about ASPIRE.

Circular Economy Resources from around the world

The development Circular Hepburn Toolkit was inspired by a range of excellent resources and communities of practice throughout the world. Here are links to some of our favourites - we thoroughly recommend that you try them out yourselves: 

Circularity Deck (Netherlands) - Sharpen your circular economy thinking. 

Danish Design Centre: Designing Your Circular Transition - One toolkit. 8 tools. Kickstart your circular transition. 

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation International Learning Hub for the Circular Economy.  

Exeter University, PA Consulting & Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Business Model Design Guide. 

We were also inspired by the following excellent home-grown resources: 

The Federal Government's Circular Economy Page. 

The Victorian Government’s Circular Economy Plan, with a focus on waste management.  

Victoria’s Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre, with access to case studies and grant opportunities.  

The Australian Circular Economy Hub, which is full of educational resources, policies, networks and news, including the excellent and informative Circularity in Australian Business Report 2023. 

Connecting the Circular Economy - Stage 1

The delivery of the Circular Hepburn Toolkit for Business & Beyond represents Stage 2 in the Council’s Connecting the Circular Economy project.  

Stage 1 (August 2022 to February 2023) took a practical approach to understanding, mapping and actioning the opportunities presented by the Circular Economy for the Shire.  

Full results from this project are available on the Participate Hepburn project page, where you can download The Hepburn Circular Economy Activation Recommendations Report which identifies areas of strength and areas where there are gaps in supporting the activation of a circular economy in the Shire.  

This engagement project was hosted by and partially funded by Hepburn Energy. Council was a major partner and partial funder. Good Human delivered the engagement process and the project outputs.  

As well as shaping the Circular Hepburn Toolkit, the findings of Stage 1 are also informing the Circular Economy Framework and Roadmap for Hepburn Shire.   

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