Recent projects
“James Goddin was of great help and support to the Metal Packaging Europe association to understand the concept of circularity applied to packaging via the MCI – Material Circularity Indicator.”
— Romeo Pavanello, Sustainability Manager, Metal Packaging Europe
Metal packaging, Europe
Helped Europe’s metal packaging association apply the Material Circularity Indicator to packaging, with a tailored workshop and webinar for members and a review of the association’s MCI calculations.
Independent review for openLCA
Reviewed GreenDelta’s openLCA Circularity Package v3.1 for its alignment with ISO 59020:2024 and the Material Circularity Indicator, supporting circularity calculations within life cycle models (2026). See the announcement.
Circular procurement for councils
Developed a Circular Procurement Toolkit for Hunter Joint Organisation’s member councils: a step-by-step procurement pathway, checklists, supplier forms and model contract clauses, guidance on procuring low-carbon concrete, and a custom Material Circularity Indicator tool (2025–26). Download the toolkit here.
Circular procurement in property
Developed the Better Buildings Partnership’s circular procurement best practice guideline, helping Australian property owners, managers and tenants embed circularity into procurement (2024–25). Read the guide here.
National evidence for New Zealand
Led a study for MBIE mapping New Zealand’s material flows, identifying circular interventions that could cut emissions by up to 1.9 Mt CO2e a year alongside job and supply-chain resilience benefits. Read the report here.
Material risk in aerospace
Developed tools with Rolls-Royce for early-stage assessment of material supply risk in aerospace design, then coordinated PLEIADES, a €2.5M Clean Sky 2 project with Rolls-Royce and Sphera bringing eco-design and life cycle tools into component design. Watch the summary video.
openLCA, Hunter JO, Better Buildings Partnership and MBIE projects delivered at thinkstep-anz.