The Circular Economy in the Workplace
Circular economy (CE) is becoming less of an “environmental project” and more of a concrete business strategy. Rising resource and waste management costs, regulatory pressure, and the expectations of customers and investors are causing the “take—make—use—dispose” model to lose its economic justification. In practice, companies can recover value from areas where it currently goes largely untapped: excess inventory, depreciated equipment, returns, hard-to-sell products, and assets circulating between branches.
At INNOKREA, we view the circular economy primarily through the lens of processes that can be implemented and measured. One of the simplest starting points is recommerce—that is, reintroducing products and assets into circulation rather than sending them directly to recycling or disposal. In line with the “reuse before recycle” principle, it’s worth first checking whether a given piece of equipment, furniture, product, or inventory can be reused, resold, or transferred within the organization.
What benefits will the company gain?
This approach can simultaneously achieve several business objectives: free up capital tied up in excess inventory, reduce storage and disposal costs, extend the life cycle of assets, and create an additional sales channel. Importantly, it does not require an immediate transformation of the entire company. It can serve as a “quick win” that helps build the capabilities, data, and commitment needed for a broader ESG program.
This is exactly where Silentclicks.com comes in—a platform developed by INNOKREA for organizing corporate sales and recommerce processes. It can support the sale of depreciated equipment, surplus inventory, and end-of-line products, as well as private sales targeted at employees, customers, or business partners. The platform streamlines the process, making it more intuitive, secure, transparent, and repeatable. Silentclicks.com is currently offered by INNOKREA as a tool for organizing corporate online sales.
An easy implementation of the Silentclicks.com platform is a great start
Recommerce cannot replace a comprehensive ESG strategy, but it can serve as a very practical starting point. It’s a good idea to begin implementation with simple steps:
- First, identify the resources that can be put back into circulation: depreciated equipment, excess inventory, end-of-line products, or returns.
- Second, establish a structured channel for their redistribution or sale, for example, using the Silentclicks.com platform.
- Third, measure results and improve the process by analyzing recovered value, reduced waste, and data that can inform broader ESG initiatives.
In this way, a single recommerce element can serve as a starting point for a more comprehensive enterprise asset management strategy.
If your company has surplus IT equipment, furniture, display units, end-of-line products, or other fully functional assets, it’s worth starting with a simple pilot program. Try Silentclicks.com and see how recommerce can help you recover value from what’s already in your organization. This is a good starting point that leads to a more circular business model and, beyond mere declarations, also delivers measurable business results.
