The corpus

What's in the Janine corpus

A selection of circular economy resources, chosen and described by Circulab, that your AI can search and cite.

What is in the Janine corpus?

The Janine corpus is a selection of more than 2,600 circular economy resources curated by Circulab since 2012: reports from international institutions and professional bodies, academic publications, field reports, documented circular business models and Circulab content. It is synced every week. Most sources are in French and English.

Types of sources

Reports and publications

Professional reports and academic publications, including reports from international institutions such as the OECD, the UN Environment Programme and the European Commission.

Field reports

Experience reports on circular projects: context, solution, results, success factors, difficulties.

Inspiring examples

Documented circular business models: value proposition, material flows, revenue model.

Entrepreneur interviews

Episodes of Circulab's podcast with people who run circular projects.

Circulab content

Articles, the Adaptable(s) newsletter and Circulab training material.

Themes

  • Circular business models and strategy
  • Reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing
  • Eco-design and product life extension
  • Resources, waste and recycling
  • Regulation, such as the French anti-waste law (AGEC) and packaging rules
  • Business resilience
  • Sector cases: packaging, construction, food, textiles, electronics and more

What each result contains

  • Title
  • Organisation
  • Year
  • Link to the source
  • Summary and keywords

How it is curated

Selection

Circulab chooses sources for their reliability and their use in real projects.

Qualification

Each resource gets a record: title, organisation, year, theme, document type, keywords and summary.

Publication

Only resources with the “Published” status can be searched through Janine.

Freshness

The corpus is synced every week: newly published resources become searchable after the next sync.

Language

Most sources are in French and English.

You can ask your questions in English: the search works across languages, and your AI answers in the language you use.

What it is not

Not an exhaustive library of everything published on the circular economy: a selection, and we own that choice.

Key figures

Since 2012

Corpus curated by Circulab

2,600+

Published resources you can search

1,600+

Inspiring examples: documented circular business models

600+

Professional reports and academic publications

Figures counted in the corpus index on 12 October 2026. The corpus is synced every week.

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