Is it possible to measure and assess the circularity performance of an organisation? The answer is yes. The new UNI standard, UNI/TS 11820, has been in force since 30 November. It is a technical specification that establishes the ‘Method for measuring the circularity of an organisation’, defining a precise set of indicators.
For years, experts in the field have been working to identify a standard national and international technical regulation on the circular economy. UNI/TS 11820 now specifies the definitions, principles and indicators to be used to assess the circularity of an organisation or a group of organisations.
Giuseppe Rossi, President of UNI (the Italian National Standards Body, a private non-profit association that carries out regulatory activities in Italy in the industrial, commercial and service sectors) gives us a brief explanation of the standard: ‘UNI/TS 1180 has 4 fundamental characteristics: it is entirely cross-cutting and can therefore be applied uniformly, with the flexibility provided for, by any organisation regardless of its activity and size;
