Accelerates towards a competitive transformation
About us

Circular Economy Lab is an innovation initiative that arises from the partnership between Cariplo Factory and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center its purpose is to contribute to the evolution of the Italian economic system and spread new models of value creation in the collective interest, accelerating the transition towards circular economy models.

The Circular Economy Lab was created in 2018 by the will of Fondazione Cariplo and Intesa Sanpaolo.
Advisory

It’s called Lab, but it must also be thought of as a Hub. The Circular Economy Lab is an engine of innovation projects aimed at:

  • creating value
  • disseminating and promoting
  • experimenting
  • positioning

The Circular Economy Lab is a physical place but, at the same time, is a capillary network present throughout the national territory capable of reaching any reality.
Projects
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02 December 2022
Call4Circular: behind the scenes of the collaboration between Gruppo Iren and Circular Economy Lab

“Call4Circular | Circular products and materials", promoted by Gruppo Iren in the context of the Iren Startup Award in collaboration with Circular Economy Lab - a project by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Cariplo Factory - is the initiative whose objective is to develop circular open innovation projects in the context of the Group's business activities, in line with the company's decarbonization and energy transition objectives.
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14 November 2022
Call 4 Energy | The Mobility Evolution: more than 200 startups were involved in the first phase

Over two-thirds of the startups and SMEs involved in the first phase of Aquila Energie’s Call 4 Energy | The Mobility Evolution come from abroad. Only twenty will continue in the cognitive and assessment calls.
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