Farming-as-a-Service: Leveraging AI and robotics for circularity | CGR and Small Robot Company

In January 2023, we launched our sixth Circularity Gap Report. The report found that to bring human activity back within the safe limits of the planet, we would need to reduce global material extraction and consumption by one-third. This sounds like a monumental task, but we can achieve it if we embed four circular solutions across key global systems: use less, use longer, use again and make clean.
To illustrate circularity in action, we’ve created this video exploring a case study from our Circularity Gap Report 2023. We spoke with Small Robot Company, an agri-tech company based in the UK. Using robotics and artificial intelligence, they have created a new model for ecologically harmonious, efficient and profitable farming in which circularity is key. This business utilises two strategies from our ‘circular actions’ framework: use longer and make clean. Their Farming-as-a-Service business model encourages durable and repairable design, allowing materials to be used at a higher value for longer. To learn more, check out the full video now!
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About the Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative
In 2017, Circle Economy recognised the urgent need to accurately measure the circular economy. So far, there was no global baseline measurement on the circular state of our world or data available to truly understand how we can effectively move towards circularity or monitor progress. Today, our efforts to measure the circular economy have grown into the Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative. The Initiative delivers an annual global circularity metric that measures the state of the world economy and identifies key levers to transition to global circularity. It also provides insights into the circularity gap of individual countries and sectors. To improve the analysis and recommendations of all Circularity Gap Reports, the Initiative will form a Global Data Alliance focused on using data as a force for good. The Initiative will continue to bring together global, cross-sector stakeholders from academia, businesses, NGOs and governments to input, evaluate and endorse the authoritative annual report.
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