Charting a new course: Circular and zero-emission shipbuilding

Main Challenges

Emission Reduction

Implementing technologies to minimize harmful emissions throughout a ship’s lifecycle.

Material Circularity

Assessing and improving the environmental footprint of shipyard processes by reusing and recycling of materials in vessel construction, repair, and decommissioning.

Environmental Reporting

Establishing standards for transparent and comprehensive environmental impact assessments, to be used by anyone in the industry .

Partners

The EU-backed consortium brings together 15 partners, often competitors, to jointly create, experiment with, monitor and implement circular methods and materials: 15 shipyards, research institutes, suppliers, NGO’s and other organisations from 6 European countries.

Our Approach

CirclesOfLife develops the Shipyard Environmental Performance Index (SEPI) and the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Ship Passport, empowering stakeholders across the full supply chain to monitor, assess, and enhance their environmental footprint.