To make circular economy real
the circular economy coach in your corner.
Janine draws on 15 years of expertise, thousands of real cases and practitioner insights to help you prepare faster, deploy better and walk into any room with the right answers.
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what sets janine apart
Built by practitioners, not just geeks
a method, not just data
Janine structures her answers around powerful tools and a structured method — not around content volume.
she cites her sources. always.
Every answer shows where the information comes from — real client case, academic article, podcast episode. You know what you're using.
she follows up. she doesn't just answer.
Janine asks questions to understand your context before suggesting. That's the difference between a generic answer and a directly usable deliverable.
a strong circular economy vision
Janine defends a systemic, sober approach — reuse, supply resilience, local anchoring. Not recycling as the only answer.
What you do with Janine
Where Janine excels, and where it remains a starting point.
build and facilitate
The use cases where Janine performs best
- Map the weak points in your value chain before they become crises
- Build a sequenced 3–5 year circular action plan grounded in your value chain
- Frame your circular pivot, identify the right levers, make the case to decision-makers.
- Prepare a multi-stakeholder session or get a first take on a complex collaboration challenge.
- Answer your client's CSRD questionnaire with sourced, context-aware responses.
- Work through the ISO 59040-based PCDS assessment with guidance at every step.
- Frame a Circulab workshop — déroulé, tools, deliverables — tailored to your client's context.
explore and document
A useful complement, to combine with other sources. On regulatory watch or exhaustive benchmarks, Janine is a starting point — not an exhaustive source.
- Find comparable circular cases in your sector — with numbers, not vague references.
- Scout CSRD, ESPR, Battery Regulation updates — with citable sources.
what you do with janine
Where Janine excels, and where she can help you.
build and facilitate
- → Map the weak points of your value chain before they become crises.
- → Build a sequenced circular action plan over 3-5 years, anchored in your value chain.
- → Frame your circular pivot, identify the right levers, defend it in front of your decision-makers.
- → Prepare a multi-stakeholder session or get a first angle on a collaboration challenge.
- → Answer your client's CSRD questionnaire with sourced, contextualised responses.
- → Work through the PCDS questionnaire based on ISO 59040 with guidance at every step.
- → Frame a business model workshop — flow, tools, deliverables — adapted to your client's context.
explore and document
A useful support, to combine with other sources. For regulatory monitoring or comprehensive benchmarks, Janine is a good starting point, not a complete source.
- → Find comparable circular cases in your sector — with figures, not vague references.
- → Track CSRD, ESPR and Regulation updates — with citable sources.
interrogate 15 years of field work.
Circulab's methods, tools and corpus, accessible in natural language. Every answer cites its source.
state your need
In French or English, precise or exploratory. Janine understands the circular economy's professional vocabulary — no need to rephrase for a machine.
janine searches the corpus
Documentary corpus, Circulab methods (Value Chain Canvas, Circular Canvas, Partner Map) and validated field cases. Built from sources, not invented.
sourced. verifiable. citable.
Every answer shows where the information comes from. You can dig deeper, cite it in your deliverable, defend it in a meeting.
deploy janine
across your organisation.
Team licenses, private document base, custom integration. Dedicated onboarding included.
- Multiple licenses, volume pricing
- Private document base ingested into Janine
- Integration with your internal AI
- Admin dashboard and team usage tracking
- Dedicated onboarding and training
You have questions.
Here are the answers.
ChatGPT is a generalist tool. Janine is trained on Circulab's sources and methodologies: 1,600 business models, 400 academic papers, the methodological tools (Value Chain Canvas, Circular Canvas, Partner Map) and 15 years of field cases. Answers are sourced and grounded in actual circular economy deployment practice.
The corpus has been built since 2010 by the Circulab team: field cases, academic papers, podcasts, and the methodological tools that have proven their value — Value Chain Canvas, Circular Canvas, Partner Map, Fresque de l'Économie Circulaire. Continuously updated by practitioners from 12 countries across 4 continents.
Yes. Your questions and exchanges are never used to train the model or shared with third parties. The infrastructure is hosted in Switzerland (Infomaniak), under Swiss law and GDPR compliance.
Continuously. New resources are ingested weekly via our automated pipeline. The corpus grows every week.
The Initiation plan has a 3-month commitment, then cancellable at any time. The annual Advanced plan has no automatic renewal.
Yes, the Enterprise plan covers teams with multiple licenses, an admin dashboard and unified billing. Contact us for a quote.
No. Janine handles the research, benchmarks, and regulatory monitoring — so you can focus on deployment and decision-making. It is the methodological tool that accelerates circular economy projects, not the one that replaces the practitioner who runs them.
get referenced in janine.
Your field practice in the corpus consulted by circular economy experts, consultants, and industry practitioners. Field data no one else has: zero cost, qualified audience.
You submit a case. A real, documented circular practice with measurable results.
The Circulab editorial committee reviews it. Quality check, source verification, consistency with the existing corpus.
Your case is indexed, signed, linked to your site. Cited automatically whenever Janine answers on your topic.
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- Visibility with the consultants, industrials, and institutions using Janine daily
- Signed case study with a live link to your site, cited automatically on your topic
- Exclusive field data: no other corpus has it
- Editorial validation by Circulab: a recognised quality mark in the sector
- Open to SMEs, independent consultants, startups, and agencies