Frame
1. Frame your objectives
This stage supports your organization in framing the objectives of the GCP assessment, setting up cross-functional teams and securing the necessary buy-in from internal stakeholders. It also presents the different levels of assessment that you can use in the GCP, inviting your organization to select the most appropriate scope.
1.1 Define your use case
The GCP helps you define your organization’s vision for circularity by proposing three strategic use cases. Each use case represents a customized pathway through the Protocol. For example:
Stakeholder communication and external reporting
Internal steering
Resource risk mitigation
Figure 2: Overview of use case categories and use cases (non-exhaustive)
1.2 Determine your stakeholder audience
Identify the stakeholders impacted by your organization's activities and their specific interests in circularity data. Clarifying these groups and their interests ensures the assessment addresses the right priorities and delivers meaningful insights
Investors, decision-makers, customers, regulators, policymakers and other stakeholders requiring transparent and comparable circular performance data
Product managers, portfolio managers and internal decision-makers in organizations
Sustainability, supply chain and procurement managers, and risk management professionals
1.3 Define the assessment level
Select the appropriate assessment level at which you will conduct the circular performance assessment, ensuring that your organization’s assessment produces consistent, meaningful and comparable results. You can choose from:
Material/resource level:
Choose a specific material/material group for the assessment.
Product, service and activity level:
Chose one product, service or activity for the assessment.
Organization or business unit level:
Choose all operations in an organization or across units of a certain number of business.
1.4 Consider your progressive user journey
Determine your organization’s current stage in adopting the GCP to guide a progressive implementation while maintaining consistency and comparability in circular performance measurement.
Level 1 – Initiation:
For organizations beginning to measure circular performance.
Focus on material flows under direct control and define relevant impacts, risks, and opportunities.
Level 2 – Expansion:
For organizations that have established a foundation and seek to broaden scope.
Apply a more complete set of metrics and engage stakeholders in identifying priority impacts, risks, and opportunities.
Level 3 – Consolidation:
For organizations with access to value chain data.
Integrate indirect material flows and conduct impact assessments across broader system boundaries.
Organizations may operate at different levels across products or materials. Select the appropriate level for you based on data availability, expertise, and capacity.