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Eliza Panagiotidou

Industrial Circular Transition Strategist | Founder

Urban Camel

Athens, Greece

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I empower organisations to identify and build the strategies and solutions needed to create and deliver sustainable value with environmental and social benefit

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Urban Camel

Urban Camel

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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

I am an industrial ecologist with a business background, working as a circular economy strategist.

I am the founder and managing director of Urban Camel, a boutique agency that specializes in strategic research and innovation for sustainable development and the circular economy. Urban Camel offers a suite of professional services, including research, training, and consultancy, to assist organizations in developing their capacity and enhancing their sustainability and circularity readiness. In addition, I collaborate with LDK Consultants, a prominent consulting and engineering firm, where I oversee sustainable solutions.

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. I am particularly interested in building a consortium for the project calls:

-> HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-39: Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries".

->HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-07: Accelerating the circular transformation of the EU automotive industry.

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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

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