Eliza Panagiotidou

Circular Transition Strategist | Industrial Ecologist | Founder | Ecosystem Hero of the Year Award

Urban Camel

Athens, Greece

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Reach out if you are looking for a trusted and knowledgeable partner to turn sustainability and circularity opportunities into tangible business value.

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Urban Camel

Urban Camel

Company

Athens, Greece

Urban Camel is a boutique research and innovation agency for sustainable growth and the transition to the circular economy. Its mission is to scale the adoption of sustainable production and consumption patterns and improve the circular performance of organisations. In 2023, Urban Camel won the Silver Award for Green StartUp at the Green Brand Awards 2023, while in March 2025 it was named Sustainability Research & Innovation Agency of the Year at the Coroporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025. Urban Camel is a member of EIT Climate-KIC, Europe's leading climate innovation agency and community, and Catalyst Now, a global movement to drive sustainable change. Business services include: Research and innovation to enable companies identify, design and implement circular buisness models and strategies that create sustainable value (regardless of industry). Training and upskilling to create and share knowledge and valuable insights for wider adoption of circular approaches. Assessment and suggestions to improve circularity performance and climate change targets
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About me

As an industrial ecologist with a business background, I combine an understanding of technical systems with environmental and business insight. I started my career in the wire steel industry and moved to the offshore sector while completing me masters degree. Over the last decade I have specialized in driving sustainable development and circular transition across sectors. I help companies optimize resource use and create commercial value by embedding circularity into their operations.

To this end I founded Urban Camel, a boutique strategy and innovation agency that specializing in sustainable development and the circular economy. Urban Camel operates at the intersection of regulation, industry and system transition. It assists organizations to turn regulatory requirements and market presssure from clients, investors and other stakeholders to business opportunities and sustainable business value.

I am a registered advisor for small businesses at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and an independent proposal evaluator for EIT Manufacturing and the European Commission. I am also a member of the Sustainability and ESG Committee of the Hellenic-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2024, I was honored with the Ecosystem Hero of the Year title at the South Europe Startup Awards. Urban Camel received the Green StartUp award at the 2023 Green Brand Awards, as well as the Sustainability Research & Innovation Agency award at the 2025 Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards.

I am open to both B2B collaborations and EU Projects around circular innovation, sustainable growth, green transition cross-sector including upskilling and capacity building. Feel free to reach out to explore potential synergies.

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Skills

  • circular economy
  • Sustainable Innovation
  • Business Models
  • Project planning
  • strategic research
  • Relationships Building
  • Blue Growth
  • Water-Food-Energy
  • Cross-sector collaboration

Interests

  • Remanufacturing
  • Circular Skills/Upskilling
  • Blue Growth
  • Industrial Symbiosis and sustainable ecosystems
  • Critical Raw Materials
  • Sustainable cities and construction
  • Circular business models and strategy
  • circular innovation
  • sustainable production and consumption