Front Runner Coalition

In the run-up to the launch of the Global Circularity Protocol for Business at COP30 in November 2025, we are establishing a Front Runner Coalition of early supporters of the GCP to spotlight organizations committed to circularity and the momentum they bring to the transition. Check out the letter and contact gcp@wbcsd.org if your organization wants to become a GCP frontrunner

GCP Business Champions and Business Advisory Committee Companies

  • Royal Philips – Roy Jakobs, President & CEO
  • Panasonic Holdings Corporation – Yuki Kusumi, CEO
  • TOMRA –Tove Andersen, CEO
  • Vale SA – Raphael Bittar, CTO
  • Ingka Group –Karen Pflug, CSO
  • Toyota Motor Corporation – Yumi Otsuka, Global Head of Sustainability

 

Companies joining the GCP Technical Working Group

  • SGS – Géraldine Picaud, CEO
  • CISCO Systems Inc – Mary de Wysocki, CSO
  • La Poste Groupe – Stéphanie Dupuy-Lyon, CSO
  • Henkel – Ulrike Sapiro, CSO
  • Hitachi Energy – Alicia Argüello, Global Head of Sustainability
  • Circularise – Jordi De Vos, Co-CEO
  • Trane Technologies – Mauro J. Atallah, Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer
  • Daikin Industries, Ltd. – Katsuyuki Sawai, Senior Executive Officer
  • Syensqo – Titta Rosvall-Puplett, CSO
  • Foretica – Germán Granda, CEO
  • Systemiq – Ben Dixon, Partner
  • Holcim – Carmen Díaz Canabal, Chief People and Sustainability Officer
  • SAP SE. –Sophia Mendelsohn, Chief Sustainability and Commercial Officer

 

Other Key Partners part of the GCP development:

  • Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Government of the Netherlands – Dr. Afke van Rijn, Director-General for the Environment and International Affairs
  • Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo – Dr. Naoko Ishii, Presidential Envoy for Global Commons
  • The African Development Bank – Davinah Milenge-Uwella, Chief Program Coordinator
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Jerome Stucki, Unit Chief, Circular Resource Efficiency
  • Instituto Clima e Sociedade – Dr. Maria Netto, Executive Director
  • CEBDS (Brazil) – Marina Grossi, CEO
  • WWF Germany – Heike Vesper, Chief Executive, Policy & Transformation
  • International Resource Panel (IRP) – Dr. Janez Potočnik, Co-chair IRP
  • Institute for Circular Economy Development, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city – Dr. Nguyễn Hồng Quân, Director Vice-chairman of the Council Board, Director.
  • WEIGO – Sonia Maria Dias, Waste Specialist
  • African Circular Economy Network – Katharina Gihring, Chief Operating Officer
  • Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute – Nienke Steen, Global Director for Apparel, Textiles and Footwear
  • University College of London – Dr Teresa Domenech, Associate Professor in Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy, Institute for Sustainable Resources

 

Other supporters:

  • Ahlstrom – Helen Mets, President & CEO
  • Circle Design Inc – Kiyokazu Nasu, CEO
  • ERM -Tom Reichert, CEO
  • Responsible Business Forum (RBF) Poland– Irena Pichola, President
  • CER Sustainable Business Network – Ana Struna Bregar, CEO
  • Business for Sustainable Development (BSD) Philippines – Raoul S. Pérez, Executive Director
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Croatia– Dr. Mirjana Matešić, Director
  • Climeworks – Christoph Gebald, co-CEO
  • CEMDES – Jimmy Andrade, Executive Director
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Pakistan – Amjad Parvez Janjua, CEO
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Sri Lanka – Dr.Chandra Embuldeniya, President
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development Colombia (CECODES) – Sergio Rengifo Caicedo, Executive Director
  • Yale University – Dr. Julie Beth Zimmerman, Vice Provost for Planetary Solutions
  • KONE – Hanna Uusitalo, Head of Circularity Development Head of Circularity Development
  • Sustainability Makers – Marisa Parmigiani, President
  • APRIL Group – Bey Soo Khiang, Chairman
  • JSW Group – Prabodha Acharya, Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Anew Climate, Josh Strauss, President, Environmental Products
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Portugal – Filipa Pantaleão, Secretary-General
  • DERES – Maria Croci, Director
  • Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Malaysia – Celine Ng, Program Manager
  • Swire Pacific Ltd. – Martin Murray, Finance Director
  • Alpay Mermer – A. Melike Alpay Özmen, Chair of our Board of Directors
  • CEZ Group – Michaela Chaloupkova, Member of the Board and Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Sonae – Claudia Azevedo, CEO
  • Mexichem Ecuador S.A – Fernando Arias Mendoza, Country Director
  • GE Verona – Roger Martella, Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Circle Design Inc. – Kiyokazu Nasu, Founder and CEO
  • Akçansa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – Erhan Çalışkan, Head of Sustainability.
  • Carrier – Hakan Yilmaz, Carrier Energy President, CTO & CSO
  • The Shift – Magali Frankl, Director
  • Habitech – Francesco Gasperi, Chief Executive Officer