Your partner
through transitioning
to the Circular Economy
What We Do
Technology alone is not enough to achieve the transition to the Circular Economy. We help you to reduce, remove or avoid GHG emissions while increasing ROI and meeting societal goals. If you are an organisation willing to make better use of assets and resources to reinforce your sustainable competitiveness and attract new clients and key partners, scroll down and see what we do.
Sustainability strategy
We explore strategic options and enable the integration of sustainability factors in your business model. Based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals we create KPIs to monitor performance and track progress. We analyse your ESG context to identify risks and opportunities and develop an ESG Action Plan. If you haven't found your Sustainability Officer yet, just get in touch!
Circular thinking and competence development
With the use of various tools and methods we help you to get a clear understanding about how resources, products, and waste are managed within your company and throughout your supply chain/network. Such insights enable to manage resources in a more sustainable way. Adopting circular thinking and developing competencies for sustainble business transformation creates a new company culture, while encouraging key actors of the supply chain to actively contribute to the formation of sustainable supply chains.
Sustainable business development
We support the development, uptake and marketability of sustainable products, services, processes and solutions. We help startups to prepare proposals and participate in business innovation competitions for fundraising and awards. We create synergies among business, technology and research partners.
Strategic research & innovation
We participate in research projects on a national and international level. We conduct strategic research for EU projects focused on Research & Innovation Actions allowing for the exploration or improvement of new technologies and methods. The aim is to produce valuable insights, replicable findings and to contribute to knowledge dissemination.
Supporting Partner
We support the Hubs4Circularity under the Horizon Europe Programme for the establishment of a European Community of Practice. Our aim is to contribute to the project's vision by giving advice to the consortium and supporting project activities towards the dissemination of circularity opportunities across Europe.
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Urban Camel stands as a metaphor to express how by mimicking natural ecosystems in the way living organisms interact and manage resources, business eco-systems can build resilience and longevity.
We act as a link between technical and business departments and help companies to reduce, remove or avoid GHG emissions while increasing ROI and meeting societal goals. How?
- by exploring strategic options and co-designing your business model in a way that integrates sustainability factors, leads to new forms of creating value, and facilitates socio-technical transitions.
- by supporting your company's sustainable business development. Promoting the uptake and marketability of solutions, products and services that create positive social and environmental impact and foster sustainable competitiveness.
- by enabling you to adopt circular thinking and develop competencies for impactful leadership.
- by conducting strategic research for the exploration or improvement of new technologies and methods within the context of research projects on a national and EU level.
We work across industries, while our area of expertise is in the Water-Food-Energy nexus and the Blue Growth, the long-term strategy to support sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors.
Urban Camel is a member of the International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and the Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce and Industry (HEDA).
We always remain open to new synergies and the expansion of our network of international partners and domain experts. Should you be interested in exploring opportunities for a new venture feel free to drop a line.
Vision
We are on a mission to accelerate the uptake of sustainable solutions, advance the circular performance of businesses, and co-create sustainable business ecosystems.
We want to be your partner through transitioning to the Circular Economy.
Team
Eliza Panagiotidou
Founder & Managing Director
Industrial ecologist and concept developer. Eliza develops strategic pathways for the transition to circular value chains. She creates material to enhance circular thinking and sustainable innovation within organisations but also to increase the market uptake of sustainable solutions.
Natalia Sarmanto
Associate Researcher
Natalia's background is in economics. She is specialised in science and technology of sustainability. She works on the efficient use of natural resources with focus on water governance. Natalia is a nature lover, snowboard and surf fan!
Strategic Partners
Technology developer specialized in the design and development of sustainable energy technologies.
Βusiness Stories
News & Events
Ocean Energy Europe 2023
Urban Camel supported its strategic partner, Eco Wave Dynamis, the only greek company-exhibitor, in the Ocean Energy Europe conference & exhibition, held on October 25-26 in The Netherlands. Ocean Energy Europe conference & exhibition is the meeting point of the entire ocean energy sector. We proudly presented the patented wave energy converter, Wave Daedalus, and the Smart Hybrid Energy System (S.H.E.S). Both of them attracted a lot of attention, which has led to the development of the next prototype editions and the exploration of new opportunities.
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Hakathon Athens
On May 11th Urban Camel, the University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm (HNU Germany) and The University of West Attica (Greece) co-organized a Hakathon event. Students from the above-mentioned universities, as well as from Shenkar College (Israel), participated in the event. They worked in teams and developed within one day solutions for challenges set by companies. The idea was to engage companies with the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. At the end of the day students gave presentations and the jury assessed the teams.
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Startup Festival 2023
The "International Startup League" is a Startup Festival, which took place from May 1 to 6 at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU). It was an honor to be among 77 students and 23 professors and to be part of the jury, which assessed the students' solutions developed within the context of a hackathon. It was a pleasure to join the roundtable "Teaching entrepreneurship" aiming to share teaching formats, best practices and new ideas.
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Green Startup Silver Award
Urban Camel received the Silver Award for Green StartUp: "Urban Camel enabling Eco Wave Dynamis" at the Green Brand Awards 2023 ceremony held on March 21, 2023 in Athens, Greece. Eco Wave Dynamis (EWD) designs and develops sustainable energy technologies for a low-carbon energy mix. We are absolutely delighted that our synergy with EWD has demonstrated its growth potential as an important contributor to the supply of energy from renewable and untapped energy sources and consequently to the acceleration of decarbonisation and eco-efficient business operations. Press Release B2Green, energypress.
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ISPIM Connects Athens Conference
Urban Camel participated in the ISPIM Connects Athens conference held by the International Society for Professional Innovation Management. Our presentation highlighted the need for circular innovation on a business model level. During the session 'case studies from Greece' we interviewed the CEO of Divine Seeds, a company that offers premium products for facial skincare health, and shared with the audience interesting insights in the field of sustainable business growth in Greece. The conference was under the patronage of the Government of the Hellenic Republic.
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Blue Deal Med
Urban Camel participated in the Open Innovation Challenges competition by Blue Deal Mediterranean, Interreg. We presented our proposal to address the challenge of the "integration of renewable energies in the port of Valencia". The proposal was based on a socio-technical approach to facilitate decision-making when it comes to strategic choices on a range of energy technologies and port equipment, and balancing technical and societal (stakeholder) needs and values.
Contact
- Adrianou 16-18 El Centro building, Kifisia.
- 145 61 Athens, Greece
GEMI No 153454903000