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Circular Economy Manager (Advanced)
For anyone interested in gaining advanced knowledge on Circular Economy
745 EUR + VAT (if applicable)
Gain a deeper understanding of the Circular Economy that goes beyond the basics. A Circular Economy Manager (Advanced) certification takes you one step further in your journey to become a leader in the circular economy transition. Guide your teams and projects in the right direction by gaining an advanced understanding of Circular Economy principles in unique contexts and practical scenarios. Leverage your knowledge to help your team, organization or company navigate the Circular Economy transition with confidence and ease.
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Circular Economy Manager (Advanced)
Certificate Overview
This certificate allows you to gain a deeper understanding of the concept of Circular Economy and go beyond the fundamentals.
This certificate includes the 4 “pillar” courses in the Circular Economy Professional (Foundational) program, as well as 4 complimentary courses that cover additional aspects of the principles, frameworks, theories, and best practices of Circular Economy.
- The importance of strategic design.
- The notion of value cycles.
- Advanced use of Circular Economy principles.
- The importance of partnering and ecosystems in the transition to a more Circular Economy.
Important Details

Downloadable material

100% online courses

Study at your own pace

Special Access to events, research and news

Annual Certificate Maintenance
What You Will Learn
Circular by Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows
This course provides background information to understand how and why product design and manufacturing play a strategic role in the transition to the Circular Economy. Explore examples and case studies demonstrating how firms and designers use circular design strategies to support multiple product life cycles.
Circular Business Models: doing More, with Less, for Longer
This course highlights the primary Circular business models (CBMs) that enable the transition to a more circular economy and how they can increase the performance and sustainability of organizations adopting them.
Driving Circularity: The role of energy policy and legislation
This course offers a common ground to address the challenges we face in climate-related legislation to foster greater sustainability and reduce emissions.
Appropriate energy policies and regulations can play a vital role in accelerating the transition to a circular economy and integrating circularity in the various economic sectors while preserving a positive societal and environmental impact.
Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future
This course will provide insights into how technology can shape and enable the circular economy throughout the supply chain. The industrial revolution offers companies significant opportunities in process efficiency, cost reduction, and productivity improvement and to rethink circular products and new services.
Training for Circularity: Upskilling, reskilling, mobility and job creation
Circular Together: How ecosystems will drive the transition
Circular Supply Chains: Leveraging the power of strategic procurement
Circular and Digital Economies: The dual transition
Who should enroll?
Mid-level employees
Managers
Consultants
Executives
Public sector officials
Designers, Engineers, Architects
What are the Learning Outcomes?
Master the concept of design thinking and Circular Economic Business Model approaches that organizations can integrate to bolster their circularity.
Gain deeper insight into the tools, policies, business models, design principles, best practices, and innovative strategies that are being used today to create a better tomorrow.
Understand what is necessary at the personal, corporate, institutional, and societal levels to evolve into a Circular Economic Business Model.
Important Details
Enrollment Information
- Once you have enrolled, you will be given access to our Learning Management System.
- The certificate scheme is entirely online and self-paced.
- Access to the 8 Circular Economy courses of the certifcations scheme.
- We estimate that someone working or studying full-time can complete the entire program within 30 hours.
- When you reach the end of each course, a 15-minute examination consisting of 10 randomized multiple-choice questions will be used to validate your learning experience.
- Validate all 8 courses by passing the respective exams, and you have successfully completed the certification scheme.
- The course is divided into easily navigated sections.
- Each section is followed by non-graded “knowledge check questions” to help you ensure that you successfully assimilated the content.
- You can go back and view the content as often as you like.
Furthermore, considerable attention is given to the integrity of the program and the individual assessment performed at the examination center. Therefore, on some occasions, we shuffle the order of the courses, or we enable a time delay between the release of the courses to ensure that the credibility of our certified laureate is based on knowledge independently acquired and verified by an individual and objective assessment measured by the successful outcome of the respective examination.
To further enhance the user experience, following the completion of each course, including examinations, a quality assurance process runs in the background to identify any possible issues that may have affected the learning journey or the assessment of the candidate. Once the assessment has been completed, the candidate can proceed with the next course to become a certified Circular Economy laureate.
Certification Benefits
- Take action in the fight against climate change, accelerate the transition to Circular Economy, and play an active role in the change you want to see in the world.
- Take advanced steps towards becoming a leader of change in the Era of green transformation by learning the principles and best practices of Circular Economy
- Expand your profile with the proper education on the circular economy requirements for your current role to secure your job and career growth in this rapidly changing landscape.
- Gain the knowledge and skills organizations need to reach their corporate sustainability goals by learning from experts with credibility and knowledge on the circular economy
- Acquire and promote a common language and understanding of the Circular Economy.
- Add accreditation to your LinkedIn profile and professional CV
- Connect with top global experts on circular economics and like minds by joining a network and community of circularity professionals
- Obtain the certification that allows you to prove your talent for organizations planning or going through their circular business transformation
- Master the skills required to apply and manage circular solutions across various corporations and industries.
- Get practical hands-on knowledge for day-to-day work processes that aligns with the increasing job trend in the domain of Circular Economy.
- Get professional accreditation to become a circular economy expert and be the information resource for your workplace, organization, group or community.
- Understand rising trends in circular economy concepts and theory.
- Gain new knowledge and experiences to improve your own course material as a teacher/instructor
- Upskill your team or department to help your organization in its Circular Economy transition.
Faculty and Industry Experts (Course Author testimonial)

Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future

Dr. Alessio Franconi – Author
Circular By Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows
Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future
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Case studies / Best practices

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What Our Certified Professionals Say

“The Certified Circular Economy Specialist certificate offered by CEA is a "must" for all professionals who wish to explore this field. It provides not only the basic theory but also tonnes of industry examples that can easily fill up your knowledge gap.”
Ka Hing Hui
Production Manager, Viva Healthcare Packaging (HK) Ltd.

“Getting certified at the Circular Economy Alliance will give you an advantage in your field of business, a boost in your ability to think creatively and, most importantly: the ability to think holistically.”
Raphael Schranz
Circular Economy Consultant

“The journey was thought-provoking and insightful. With a career in the renewable energy market, the fundamentals of the Circular Economy support our cause for a cleaner, greener energy transition.”
William Van Wyk
Country Manager - South Africa, FIMER