Circular Supply Chain Design

Sustainability is no longer just a compliance exercise. It is a driver of long-term value, efficiency and resilience. Moving from linear to circular supply chains creates real opportunities to reduce waste, lower costs and future-proof your business.

At Waterfront, we work with businesses to design and implement circular operating models that are commercially viable and operationally sound. We also work across your supply chain to support decarbonisation by improving material flows, extending product life and reducing dependency on virgin inputs. From strategy to execution, we build models that recover, reuse and regenerate without compromising performance, profitability or compliance.

Design, embed, and scale circular strategies that deliver sustainability, enable innovation, and create long-term business advantage.

What do we offer?

Our circular supply chain design work helps organisations rethink value creation from the ground up. We focus on practical, commercially viable models that reduce waste, cut emissions and support long-term business performance.

We support:

  • Circular operating model and value chain design

  • Identification of opportunities to rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, and recycle

  • Supplier engagement and ecosystem partnerships

  • Impact modelling, regulatory alignment, and reporting

  • Development of carbon reduction plans and climate-related disclosures

  • Integration of circularity metrics into ESG and procurement reporting frameworks

Typical activities include:

  • Material flow and waste analysis across the supply chain

  • Lifecycle cost modelling and opportunity mapping for circular interventions

  • Cross-sector benchmarking and innovation scans

  • Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) development in line with UK PPN 06/21 and similar requirements

  • Strategic roadmap development and pilot design

  • Targeted supplier and stakeholder programmes

  • Development of clear and relevant communication strategies

  • Integration of circular principles into Scope 3 reporting and net zero pathways

  • Development of clear, relevant, and stakeholder-specific communication strategies

How is our approach different?

We combine circular economy expertise with operational depth to turn strategy into delivery.

  • Our approach is grounded in supply chain realities, not high-level theory.

  • We tailor every solution to your commercial goals, carbon targets, and compliance landscape, from UK government CRPs to Scope 3 disclosures.

  • We help you pilot, learn and scale with confidence, ensuring progress is practical, measurable and sustainable.

Our “Circularity Sprint” Programme

A focused bespoke engagement to identify quick wins, align stakeholders, and kickstart your transition to a circular operating model—with practical tools and a clear action plan, enabling you and your stakeholders to deliver.

  • Accelerated sustainability outcomes through commercially grounded, circular strategies

  • Improved stakeholder trust via transparent reporting, CRP readiness, and compliance-aligned practices

  • Clear, data-driven action plans that feed into ESG disclosures and net zero roadmaps

  • New value streams unlocked through waste reduction, reuse, repurposing, and circular innovation

  • Stronger internal alignment by bringing procurement, sustainability, operations, and finance onto the same page

  • Future-proofed operating models designed to meet evolving regulatory, investor, and customer expectations