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1 May 2025 – 31 Aug 2029

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Carlos León

Chief Innovation Officer

SUSTAINN

Sarriguren, Spain

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Rethinking Innovation for a Circular Economy | Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Sustainn

My organisation

SUSTAINN

SUSTAINN

Consulting

Pamplona, Spain

Sustainn is a consulting, research and dissemination company promoting the application of Circular Economy and sustainability concepts for: • Guiding organizations towards a #circulareconomy and a real sustainable future • Helping entrepreneurs for the development of competitive, innovative and sustainable circular business models. • Supporting universities, training centres and schools to disseminate and training about Circular Economy and Sustainability concepts, trends and innovative business models. • Advising Public Administrations and business associations about the development of methodologies and tools for a sustainable transition towards a circular economy model. Our vision is to lead people and organizations to jointly build a sustainable, fair, and transparent society.
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About me

During 15 years, I worked at the Technology Department of one of the top 5 wind turbine manufacturers in different positions related to product design and development, technology development projects management, multicultural teams management, and technical auditing.

In 2014 I foresaw that the circular economy wave was coming and I co-founded Sustainn, one of the first circular economy consultancies in Spain, working since then on guiding organizations towards a circular economy model and a sustainable future through innovation and methodologies and practical tools.

In this time, I have been a Circular Economy & Cradle to Cradle teacher and mentor, giving training to hundreds of people and writing numerous posts & articles about circular economy. Finally, I have just co-written the first circular economy guide for SMEs for AENOR.

I am currently focused on:

• Innovation projects about the development of methodologies and tools to implement circular economy principles
• Design products and services for sustainability and circular economy. Zero-Waste Systems Engineering. Circular Design
• Measuring circular economy and sustainability through Life cycle sustainability-circularity assessments of products and services (LCSA, LCC, LCA, SLCA)

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Skills

  • Design
  • project management
  • technology development
  • LCSA
  • Business Strategy
  • Product Development

Interests

  • Circular Design
  • Measuring Circular Economy
  • life cycle assessment
  • innovation

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Areas of activity

Circular business modelsIndustrial symbiosisElectric and electronic EnergyConstructionSteel and metals

Region

ES-NAVARRA

THEMATIC GROUPS INTEREST

TG-Boosting Circular Business ModelsTG-Circular Electric and ElectronicsTG-Circular textile productionTG-Circular water in the industryTG-By-products from steel productionTG-Biobased materials in ConstructionTG- Circular PackagingTG-Circular metals and mineralsTG-By-products in Circular Food SystemsTG- Product as a Service (PaaS)TG-Secondary raw materialsTG-Design out of wasteTG-Industrial symbiosisTG-Circular Wool products