// about cbp
About Circular Business Platform
We are interested in building a solid foundation for the circular business owners in Lagos. We do this by offering access to data, business opportunities, network and resources that help support the growth of sustainable circular businesses in Lagos. See some of our programmes below.
How we help circular business owners
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Snap Surveys
Snap Surveys are designed to support organizations who engagement on responsible waste disposal by developing case studies on community engagement initiatives and producing research-based "how-to-guides" which draw from the learnings of these engagements
Take a Snap Survey
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True Leaders Training Series
This is a capacity development programme designed to support waste recycling organizations that have interests in improving the coordination activities of businesses, estates managers to improve recycling rates and waste disposal processes. It involves an experiential learning session with follow up e-activities & workshops.
Be a part of the programme
The Business Growth and Investor Forum focuses on delivering circular business and incubation services. With the goal of providing the highest possible quality of programming to businesses, the Forum works with local and regional partners to build share learnings and create networking and funding opportunities for circular businesses. The key projects of the forum are:
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The LOOPLab Incubation Program, which matches and supports large businesses with CE entrepreneurs. Circular Economy Entrepreneurship in Africa Workshop Series, which focuses on identifying ways to improve business services to African CE start-ups.
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Circular Economy Entrepreneurship in Africa Workshop Series, which focuses on identifying ways to improve business services to African CE start-ups.
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The Circular Economy investment mapping study, which identifies the financing needs of circular businesses operating in Nigeria and the corresponding capacity and interest of available capital.
Our Projects
White Space Projects
White Space Projects are designed to explore potential circular business opportunities and to identify collaborators and resources to mobilize these opportunities. White Space Projects are about imagining what is possible, recognizing what is feasible and pulling out all the stops to make it happen.
Some themes that will be explored under the White Space Projects are: Circular Fashion, Circular Building Materials and Construction, Circular Sanitation, Glass Bottles for Upscale Restaurants, Alternative Packaging, Circular Business Model Development.
Policy Implementation Assessment
Lagos State Government is an advocate of the Circular Economy and is driving a number of initiatives at the policy and programme level to incentivize waste. One important policy is e-waste management regulation.
The goal of this project is to monitor whether and how policy is implemented, to provide recommendations that will support compliance and to identify and facilitate opportunities to work with other stakeholders to meet regulatory goals.