Theme2: Development of digital solutions for circular economy

Circular Economy(CE) requires efforts across product life cycles. Therefore, data sharing among stakeholders and its utilization are essential. The data sharing are almost realized by such as Catena-X in Europe and Ouranos Ecosystem in Japan. In this study, we focus on the data utilization, and develop digital solutions. We will develop digital solutions which enable stakeholders willingly work on CE to realize the society which balance environmental load reduction and economic growth. We envisioned the expected activities of stakeholders in CE society and hypothesized required solutions: (i) evaluation of contribution to CE, (ii) optimization of circulation methods. We are developing these solutions utilizing digital and operational technologies in Hitachi and environmental technologies in AIST.