Your partner
through transitioning
to the Circular Economy

Technology alone cannot achieve the transition to the Circular Economy. We help organisations reduce, remove or avoid GHG emissions while increasing ROI and meeting societal goals. If you are an organisation seeking to improve the use of your assets and resources to enhance your sustainable competitiveness and attract new clients and key partners, please scroll down to see what we offer.  

 

Sustainability strategy

Our team explores strategic options and enables the integration of sustainability factors into your business model. We create key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals to monitor performance and track progress. We analyze your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) context to identify risks and opportunities and develop an ESG Action Plan. If you have not yet found a Sustainability Officer, just get in touch!

 

Circular thinking and competence development

We use various tools and methods to help you understand how resources, products, and waste are managed within your company and throughout your supply chain. These insights enable you to manage resources more sustainably. Adopting circular thinking and developing competencies for sustainable business transformation can create a new company culture. This, in turn, encourages key actors in 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. Our services include helping startups prepare proposals and participate in business innovation competitions for fundraising and awards. We aim to create synergies among business, technology, and research partners.

 

Research & innovation projects

We participate in national and international research projects, including strategic research for EU projects focused on Research & Innovation Actions. Our work packages cover circularity, impact assessment, and social sciences and humanities (SSH), enabling the exploration and improvement of new technologies and methods. The aim is to produce valuable insights and replicable findings with regards to social, environmental and economic activities, as well as to contribute to knowledge dissemination around circularity performance.

Supporting Partner

Supporting Partner

We are supporting Hubs4Circularity as part of the Horizon Europe Programme to establish a European Community of Practice. Our goal is to provide advice to the consortium and support project activities to promote circularity opportunities throughout Europe.

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Urban Camel is a niche strategy and innovation agency that specializes in transitioning to the Circular Economy. The name Urban Camel is a metaphor that represents how businesses can build resilience and longevity by mimicking natural ecosystems in the way living organisms interact and manage resources.

We act as a liaison between technical and business departments, translating research outcomes into specific and impactful implementations. We assist companies in reducing, eliminating, or preventing greenhouse gas emissions while increasing ROI and achieving societal objectives. How?

  • We help you innovate your business model by co-designing it to incorporate sustainability factors. This results in new ways of creating value and facilitating socio-technical transitions.
  • We support your company's sustainable business development by promoting the adoption and marketability of solutions, products, and services that generate positive social and environmental impact, and foster sustainable competitiveness. 
  • We enable you to adopt circular thinking and develop competencies for impactful leadership. 
  • We conduct strategic research to explore and improve new technologies and methods within the context of national and EU-level research projects.

We have experience in various industries, but our expertise lies in the Water-Food-Energy nexus and Blue Growth. Blue Growth is a long-term strategy implemented by the European Commission to promote sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors and utilize the untapped potential of Europe's oceans as drivers for the European green economy.

Urban Camel is a member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Climate-KIC, the International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and the Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce and Industry (HEDA).

We are always open to new synergies and expanding our network of international partners and domain experts. If you are interested in exploring opportunities for a new venture, please feel free to get in touch.




We are on a mission to speed up the adoption of sustainable solutions, enhance the circular performance of businesses, and co-create sustainable business ecosystems.


We aim to be your partner in transitioning to the Circular Economy.



Eliza Panagiotidou

Founder & Managing Director

Eliza is an industrial ecologist and concept developer who specializes in developing strategic pathways for the transition to circular value chains. She can help you identify new opportunities to improve your business's circularity performance and enhance your potential by promoting ideas, prototypes, and synergies, as well as integrating circular thinking into your team.

Natalia Sarmanto

Associate Researcher

Natalia has a background in economics and specialises in the science and technology of sustainability. Her work focuses on the efficient use of natural resources, with a particular emphasis on water governance. Natalia is also a nature lover and a fan of snowboarding and surfing!

Strategic Partners

Technology developer specialized in designing and developing renewable energy technologies.

Ocean Energy Europe 2023

Ocean Energy Europe 2023

Urban Camel supported its strategic partner, Eco Wave Dynamis, the only Greek company exhibiting at the Ocean Energy Europe conference & exhibition held on October 25-26 in the Netherlands. The conference is a meeting point for the entire ocean energy sector. We presented our patented wave energy converter, Wave Daedalus, and the Smart Hybrid Energy System (S.H.E.S). Both prototypes received considerable attention, resulting in the creation of subsequent editions and the exploration of new opportunities.

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Hakathon Athens

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 hackathon event. Students from the aforementioned universities, as well as from Shenkar College (Israel), participated in teams and developed solutions for challenges set by companies within one day. The goal was to engage companies with the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. At the end of the day, the students presented their work and the jury assessed the teams.

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Startup Festival 2023

Startup Festival 2023

The 'International Startup League' was a Startup Festival that took place from May 1 to 6 at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU). It was an honour to be among 77 students and 23 professors and to serve as a jury member to assess the students' solutions developed during the hackathon. Additionally, Eliza Panagiotidou had the pleasure of participating in the roundtable discussion on 'Teaching Entrepreneurship', where teaching formats, best practices, and new ideas were shared.

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Green Startup Silver Award

Green Startup Silver Award

Urban Camel received the Silver Award for Green StartUp at the Green Brand Awards 2023 ceremony held on March 21, 2023, in Athens, Greece. The award was given for their work on 'Urban Camel enabling Eco Wave Dynamis'. Eco Wave Dynamis (EWD) designs and develops sustainable energy technologies for a low-carbon energy mix. We are delighted that our partnership with EWD has the potential to significantly contribute to the supply of renewable and untapped energy sources. This will accelerate decarbonisation and promote eco-efficient business operations. This information was released in a press release by B2Green and energypress.

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ISPIM Connects Athens Conference

ISPIM Connects Athens Conference

Urban Camel participated in the ISPIM Connects Athens conference organized by the International Society for Professional Innovation Management. Our presentation highlighted the significance of circular innovation at the business model level. During the 'Case Studies from Greece' session, we interviewed the CEO of Divine Seeds, a company that offers high-quality facial skincare products, and shared valuable insights with the audience about sustainable business growth in Greece. The conference was held under the patronage of the Government of the Hellenic Republic.

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Blue Deal Med

Blue Deal Med

Urban Camel participated in the Open Innovation Challenges competition organized by Blue Deal Mediterranean, Interreg. We submitted a proposal to address the challenge of integrating renewable energies into the port of Valencia. Our proposal was based on a socio-technical approach to facilitate decision-making regarding strategic choices on a range of energy technologies and port equipment, while balancing technical and societal needs and values.

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