C&S
Circular Innovation Wave
ABOUT C&S
We don't simply observe the waves of circular transformation, We are the wave: building momentum, gathering strength, and reshaping everything in our path towards implementation.
C&S serves as an circular transition broker that bridges Europe's knowledge creators with industrial implementers, particularly reaching the continent's most remote and economically disadvantaged regions. The organization transforms linear knowledge transfer into a circular system by connecting universities, research institutions, investors, and startups with SMEs and manufacturers across all European territories—from central areas to peripheral regions facing geographic challenges. Through this comprehensive ecosystem approach, C&S addresses the fundamental disconnect between knowledge creators and potential implementers by building sustainable partnerships that facilitate technical knowledge transfer, investment opportunities, and long-term collaborative networks for scaling circular economy innovations.
EXPLORE OUR SOLUTIONS
Our Past Projects
Here is a sneak preview of what we have achieved until now
H2020 SimuSafe: Making Transport Safer Through VR
SimuSafe was a €9 million European project that used virtual reality and AI to prevent traffic accidents by studying human behavior in safe simulated environments. Since 90% of crashes result from human error, researchers from 16 teams across Europe and the US created realistic driving simulators to test dangerous scenarios impossible to study in real life. The simulators monitored drivers' heart rates, brain activity, and eye movements to understand why people make risky decisions, leading to better safety technology and road designs.
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Evaluating Place Based Innovation Proposals
For the past 13 years, C&S has conducted an annual evaluation of innovative place-based SME proposals for the Bolzano Autonomous Province (South Tyrol), serving as a systematic assessment process that reviews small and medium enterprise innovation proposals with strong territorial connections and place-based development potential.
Contact for DetailsOUR PILLARS OF ACTION
Our three-pillar approach creates self-reinforcing cycles where success in one area amplifies opportunities in others. When SMEs gain access to circular economy support, they become innovation catalysts within their value chains. When value chains embrace circularity, they create new opportunities for EU-funded collaborative projects. When EU projects succeed, they generate resources and knowledge that empower additional SMEs and transform more value chains.
Support to SMEs
We empower small and medium enterprises with circular economy tools, digital solutions, and collaborative networks that transform sustainability challenges into competitive advantages. Through tailored governance frameworks and resource optimization strategies, SMEs gain access to expertise, markets, and funding that enable them to become innovation catalysts within their ecosystems.
Contact for DetailsCircular Value Chains
We facilitate the transformation from linear "take-make-waste" models to regenerative systems where materials maintain their highest value through continuous circulation. By connecting diverse stakeholders—from startups and investors to manufacturers and research institutions—we create closed-loop networks that generate new revenue streams while reducing environmental impact.
Contact for DetailsEU Projects
C&S has been established in 2011, after a long experience as partners, coordinators, evaluators and technical and financial managers in national and international projects, including the EC funded projects from FP5 to Horizon 2020. We leverage European Union funding mechanisms and policy frameworks to scale circular innovations across regions. Through strategic consortium building and multi-stakeholder collaboration, we connect knowledge creators with industrial implementers, ensuring that groundbreaking research reaches even the most remote and economically disadvantaged areas for real-world application and commercialization.
Contact for DetailsIn Step with the European Commission's Vision
Building Europe's Industrial Future
The idea is to put competitiveness at the heart of every euro we invest. In every initiative we propose, in full respect of our European model. We are staying on our objective: creating a European model that is low-carbon, social and respectful of our values.
Organizational Leadership
Meet the experts leading our underwater archaeological initiatives.
Gabrielle Rios
Director
With extensive experience in sustainability and project management, Gabrielle leads C&S strategic initiatives and international partnerships. Her innovative approach combining technology with anthropological expertise has established new standards in the field.
Leonie Buchele
Program Manager for the Blue Economy
Leonie's Arctic measurement techniques developed at UNIS Svalbard revolutionized cold-water sensor calibration. Her industrial automation background ensures robust system designs meeting ATEX certification standards for explosive environments.
Luca Polidori
EU Program Manager Circular Economy
Luca Polidori is a circular economy expert with a background in statistics and mathematics, over 10 years of experience in EU projects, and two years supporting front running circular SMEs at Holland Circular Hotspot and the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. As Circularity Coordinator for the CLOSER and EVEN CLOSER projects, he drives major European initiatives in sustainable value chains. Luca is also a board member of Stand Up for Europe and an avid sailor.
Join Our Network
C&S actively builds partnerships with researchers, technology providers, industrial partners and investors. Contact us to explore collaboration opportunities.
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Partner with C&S to unlock circular solutions, empower your business, and bring transformative ideas to every corner of Europe.
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Location
Hofkensstraat 3, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium | Contrada Castellaro SNC, Lipari, Italy
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Company Data
C&S Europe Consulting bvba
Enterprise number: BE0841.025.632
PIC Number: 935219972
Project Status
Currently open to new projects