Circular Economy Initiatives

Circular Economy Initiatives

MOBI unites public and private stakeholder efforts to collaboratively bolster global circular economy efforts through the creation of standards and Web3 infrastructure for cross-industry interoperability.

MOBI unites public and private stakeholder efforts from around the globe to collaboratively build standards and solution frameworks for improved visibility and circularity in cross-industry value chains worldwide.

Building a Circular Economy

The circular economy is an essential framework for promoting sustainability, consumer safety, and economic efficiency. Unlike the traditional linear economy, which follows a ‘take-make-dispose’ model, the circular economy emphasizes the continuous use of resources through reuse and recycling. This approach is essential for achieving global ESG targets.

MOBI facilitates collaboration among diverse stakeholders to develop standards and technologies that support the circular economy. By fostering interoperability and data sharing across industries, MOBI aims to help create a resilient, sustainable digital ecosystem where resources are optimized, and waste is minimized. Get involved

Environmental impact: By reducing waste and minimizing resource extraction, the circular economy helps lower greenhouse gas emissions and mitigates environmental degradation. This results in a healthier planet and contributes to the fight against climate change.

Consumer health and safety: Products designed for longer life cycles and recyclability are typically free from harmful substances, leading to safer consumer goods and a reduction in pollution-related health issues.

Economic efficiency: Enterprises benefit from more efficient resource use, reducing production costs and creating new revenue streams through the recycling and repurposing of materials. This efficiency translates into substantial cost savings and drives innovation in product design and manufacturing processes.

Meeting ESG targets: As global awareness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues grows, businesses are under increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices. The circular economy framework supports enterprises in achieving their ESG targets, enhancing their reputation and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.

Scaling circular economy efforts across complex networks requires establishing cross-industry interoperability. This means stakeholders must be able to securely coordinate and selectively share data across organizational lines without expensive one-off integrations or abandoning existing systems. Seamless, low-cost data exchange throughout product and service life cycles enables industries to:

  • Optimize resource utilization
  • Reduce waste
  • Eliminate critical information-sharing gaps
  • Enhance recycling and reuse processes

Moreover, the availability of verifiable information about products or services empowers targeted ESG strategies, unlocks new applications rooted in trusted data, and ensures compliance with cross-border regulations.

To achieve this, it’s necessary to establish shared protocols that allow entities to ‘speak the same language’ in transactions. However, shared protocols alone are insufficient. A federated (member-built and -operated) Web3 infrastructure with standardized communication protocols is essential. This allows entities across different systems and platforms to securely coordinate and transact without needing to abandon their existing systems or pay for costly one-off integrations.

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MOBI members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure composed of two independent federated networks: Citopia and the Integrated Trust Network (ITN). Together, Citopia and the ITN form a secure, decentralized marketplace framework, offering standardized communication protocols and plug-and-play tools for secure data and identity exchange and validation between disparate entities. These standardized protocols serve as a common language, enabling entities across complex business networks to securely coordinate, communicate, and selectively exchange data.

Through these efforts, MOBI aims to address the immediate needs of cross-industry interoperability and lay the groundwork for more resilient and sustainable global value chains.

Environmental impact: By reducing waste and minimizing resource extraction, the circular economy helps lower greenhouse gas emissions and mitigates environmental degradation. This results in a healthier planet and contributes to the fight against climate change.

Consumer health and safety: Products designed for longer life cycles and recyclability are typically free from harmful substances, leading to safer consumer goods and a reduction in pollution-related health issues.

Economic efficiency: Enterprises benefit from more efficient resource use, reducing production costs and creating new revenue streams through the recycling and repurposing of materials. This efficiency translates into substantial cost savings and drives innovation in product design and manufacturing processes.

Meeting ESG targets: As global awareness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues grows, businesses are under increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices. The circular economy framework supports enterprises in achieving their ESG targets, enhancing their reputation and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.

Scaling circular economy efforts across complex networks requires establishing cross-industry interoperability. This means stakeholders must be able to securely coordinate and selectively share data across organizational lines without expensive one-off integrations or abandoning existing systems. Seamless, low-cost data exchange throughout product and service life cycles enables industries to:

  • Optimize resource utilization
  • Reduce waste
  • Eliminate critical information-sharing gaps
  • Enhance recycling and reuse processes

Moreover, the availability of verifiable information about products or services empowers targeted ESG strategies, unlocks new applications rooted in trusted data, and ensures compliance with cross-border regulations.

To achieve this, it’s necessary to establish shared protocols that allow entities to ‘speak the same language’ in transactions. However, shared protocols alone are insufficient. A federated (member-built and -operated) Web3 infrastructure with standardized communication protocols is essential. This allows entities across different systems and platforms to securely coordinate and transact without needing to abandon their existing systems or pay for costly one-off integrations.

Learn more

MOBI members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure composed of two independent federated networks: Citopia and the Integrated Trust Network (ITN). Together, Citopia and the ITN form a secure, decentralized marketplace framework, offering standardized communication protocols and plug-and-play tools for secure data and identity exchange and validation between disparate entities. These standardized protocols serve as a common language, enabling entities across complex business networks to securely coordinate, communicate, and selectively exchange data.

Through these efforts, MOBI aims to address the immediate needs of cross-industry interoperability and lay the groundwork for more resilient and sustainable global value chains.

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EU Battery Regulation

The EU Battery Regulation establishes comprehensive rules for the entire lifecycle of batteries, from design and production to recycling. A key element is the introduction of a digital battery passport, which provides detailed information on the battery’s materials, performance, and environmental footprint, enhancing transparency and enabling better lifecycle management. MOBI has analyzed the EU Battery Regulation to create the first Battery Birth Certificate standard for static battery data, with another standard for dynamic battery data in progress.

CARB Requirements

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requirements set stringent emissions and environmental standards for vehicles and industrial equipment to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. These regulations include mandates for zero-emission vehicles and detailed reporting mechanisms, ensuring accountability and driving the transition toward cleaner, more sustainable technologies. MOBI has analyzed the CARB Requirements to create the first Battery Birth Certificate standard for static battery data, with another standard for dynamic battery data in progress.

U.S. Treasury Section 30D Guidance

The U.S. Treasury Section 30D guidance outlines the criteria for electric vehicle (EV) tax credits, focusing on domestic manufacturing and sourcing of critical minerals to qualify for incentives. This guidance aims to promote EV adoption while strengthening the US supply chain and supporting the transition to a greener economy. Without supply chain transparency, it’s extremely difficult to verify whether an EV was manufactured domestically. MOBI members are working on a Minimum Viable Product for the Global Battery Passport to address these challenges and more.

Circular Economy Initiatives at MOBI

Circular Economy Initiatives at MOBI

MOBI and its members are actively engaged in several initiatives designed to accelerate the global circular economy. Learn more below!

MOBI and its members are actively engaged in several initiatives designed to accelerate the global circular economy. Learn more below!

As the world increasingly turns to batteries for sustainable energy solutions, global battery value chains are making continuous improvements to enhance operational efficiency, circularity, and cross-border compliance.

Forward-looking global policies like the US Treasury’s Section 30D Guidance on EV Tax Credits and the EU Battery Regulation mandate digital recordkeeping to track battery life cycles, underscoring the need for a global battery passport — a digital credential containing key information about the battery’s composition, state of health, history, and more.

Creating a scalable GBP will require cross-industry interoperability, such that entities across the value chain can securely coordinate and selectively share relevant data without the need to pay for costly one-off integrations or abandon their existing systems.

The MOBI Battery Initiative brings together public and private organizations worldwide to co-develop foundational standards, identify challenges, and evaluate potential SSDI-based solutions to enhance cross-industry interoperability in the global battery value chain.

Members of MOBI’s Circular Economy and the Global Battery Passport (CE-GBP) Working Group are leveraging Citopia and the ITN in a three-year initiative to build out a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the Web3 GBP, with Stage 1 reaching successful completion in Q2 2024. The goal of the MVP is to demonstrate an SSDI-based framework in which entities throughout the global battery value chain can seamlessly validate a battery’s identity and credentials, which contain information about its composition, history, performance, state of health, and more. This system would close critical information sharing gaps to:

  • enhance recycling and reuse processes,
  • boost regulatory compliance,
  • and unlock countless new applications rooted in trusted battery data.

Truly effective circular economy efforts hinge on assured transparency and traceability across complex supply chains. This requires a shared, standards-based, tamper-evident framework for verifying claims and identities.

The availability of verifiable data about a product’s history, composition, emissions, etc. can empower targeted ESG strategies and informed decision-making about recycling and reuse while ensuring compliance with cross-border regulations.

MOBI and its members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure comprised of two federated networks – Citopia and the ITN. This infrastructure provides the cross-industry interoperability needed to enable seamless coordination across organizational lines while allowing stakeholders to retain their existing systems and eliminating the need for costly one-off integrations facilitated by centralized providers.

Members of MOBI’s Supply Chain Working Group (now incorporated into the CE-GBP Working Group) have released two standards and successfully completed pilots demonstrating the application of Citopia and ITN services for supply chain track-and-trace.

Modern vehicles are equipped with an array of sensors capable of producing vast amounts of data. The ability to generate verifiable proofs of a vehicle’s location, condition, distance traveled, usage, etc. without capturing the actual telematics data presents stakeholders across the mobility ecosystem with the potential to unlock new, compliant applications for circularity, including:

  • trusted emissions tracking,
  • usage-based mobility and insurance,
  • road usage charging (RUC),
  • congestion management,
  • and more!

MOBI and its members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure comprised of two federated networks – Citopia and the ITN. This infrastructure provides the cross-industry interoperability needed to enable seamless coordination across organizational lines while allowing stakeholders to retain their existing systems and eliminating the need for costly one-off integrations facilitated by centralized providers. In addition to creating the first Vehicle Identity (VID) standards, MOBI members have completed several pilot projects demonstrating the application of Citopia and ITN services for vehicle track-and-trace in an array of use cases.

Citopia MaaS streamlines the travel experience by providing a privacy-preserving Web3 decentralized marketplace for users to search, book, and pay for multimodal trips. It enables users to personalize their travel preferences and select from a range of route choices, eliminating the need for juggling multiple logins, user cards, apps, and payment methods. Citopia MaaS also facilitates secure collaboration across different industries, providing transit agencies and businesses with a fresh opportunity to enhance their services, increase revenue, access valuable trend data, provide incentives, and address service gaps in real-time.

Since 2018, MOBI and its members have collaborated to identify challenges and evaluate potential solutions in the MaaS/multimodal ecosystem. Citopia MaaS was collaboratively developed within MOBI to serve as a decentralized, standard-based marketplace of applications for connected mobility, designed to:

  • enhance data privacy and autonomy in MaaS transactions,
  • give users greater access to flexible mobility services,
  • enable providers to unlock new pay-as-you-go services rooted in trusted data,
  • and more.

The Citopia MaaS pilot was completed in 2023 under the supervision of the Transit IDEA Program. The Transit IDEA Program is a part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), which is sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Read the Transit IDEA Report

As the world increasingly turns to batteries for sustainable energy solutions, global battery value chains are making continuous improvements to enhance operational efficiency, circularity, and cross-border compliance.

Forward-looking global policies like the US Treasury’s Section 30D Guidance on EV Tax Credits and the EU Battery Regulation mandate digital recordkeeping to track battery life cycles, underscoring the need for a global battery passport — a digital credential containing key information about the battery’s composition, state of health, history, and more.

Creating a scalable GBP will require cross-industry interoperability, such that entities across the value chain can securely coordinate and selectively share relevant data without the need to pay for costly one-off integrations or abandon their existing systems.

The MOBI Battery Initiative brings together public and private organizations worldwide to co-develop foundational standards, identify challenges, and evaluate potential SSDI-based solutions to enhance cross-industry interoperability in the global battery value chain.

Members of MOBI’s Circular Economy and the Global Battery Passport (CE-GBP) Working Group are leveraging Citopia and the ITN in a three-year initiative to build out a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the Web3 GBP, with Stage 1 reaching successful completion in Q2 2024. The goal of the MVP is to demonstrate an SSDI-based framework in which entities throughout the global battery value chain can seamlessly validate a battery’s identity and credentials, which contain information about its composition, history, performance, state of health, and more. This system would close critical information sharing gaps to:

  • enhance recycling and reuse processes,
  • boost regulatory compliance,
  • and unlock countless new applications rooted in trusted battery data.

Truly effective circular economy efforts hinge on assured transparency and traceability across complex supply chains. This requires a shared, standards-based, tamper-evident framework for verifying claims and identities.

The availability of verifiable data about a product’s history, composition, emissions, etc. can empower targeted ESG strategies and informed decision-making about recycling and reuse while ensuring compliance with cross-border regulations.

MOBI and its members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure comprised of two federated networks – Citopia and the ITN. This infrastructure provides the cross-industry interoperability needed to enable seamless coordination across organizational lines while allowing stakeholders to retain their existing systems and eliminating the need for costly one-off integrations facilitated by centralized providers.

Members of MOBI’s Supply Chain Working Group (now incorporated into the CE-GBP Working Group) have released two standards and successfully completed pilots demonstrating the application of Citopia and ITN services for supply chain track-and-trace.

Modern vehicles are equipped with an array of sensors capable of producing vast amounts of data. The ability to generate verifiable proofs of a vehicle’s location, condition, distance traveled, usage, etc. without capturing the actual telematics data presents stakeholders across the mobility ecosystem with the potential to unlock new, compliant applications for circularity, including:

  • trusted emissions tracking,
  • usage-based mobility and insurance,
  • road usage charging (RUC),
  • congestion management,
  • and more!

MOBI and its members are collaboratively building the first enterprise Web3 infrastructure comprised of two federated networks – Citopia and the ITN. This infrastructure provides the cross-industry interoperability needed to enable seamless coordination across organizational lines while allowing stakeholders to retain their existing systems and eliminating the need for costly one-off integrations facilitated by centralized providers. MOBI members have completed several pilot projects demonstrating the application of Citopia and ITN services for vehicle track-and-trace in an array of use cases.

Citopia MaaS streamlines the travel experience by providing a privacy-preserving Web3 decentralized marketplace for users to search, book, and pay for multimodal trips. It enables users to personalize their travel preferences and select from a range of route choices, eliminating the need for juggling multiple logins, user cards, apps, and payment methods. Citopia MaaS also facilitates secure collaboration across different industries, providing transit agencies and businesses with a fresh opportunity to enhance their services, increase revenue, access valuable trend data, provide incentives, and address service gaps in real-time.

Since 2018, MOBI and its members have collaborated to identify challenges and evaluate potential solutions in the MaaS/multimodal ecosystem. Citopia MaaS was collaboratively developed within MOBI to serve as a decentralized, standard-based marketplace of applications for connected mobility, designed to:

  • enhance data privacy and autonomy in MaaS transactions,
  • give users greater access to flexible mobility services,
  • enable providers to unlock new pay-as-you-go services rooted in trusted data,
  • and more.

The Citopia MaaS pilot was completed in 2023 under the supervision of the Transit IDEA Program. The Transit IDEA Program is a part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), which is sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

Building a Web3
Global Battery Passport

Members of MOBI’s Circular Economy and the Global Battery Passport (CE-GBP) Working Group are collaborating on a three-year initiative to co-develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for a cross-industry interoperable, decentralized Global Battery Passport (GBP) designed with current and future regulatory compliance in mind.

Members of MOBI’s Circular Economy and the Global Battery Passport (CE-GBP) Working Group are collaborating on a three-year initiative to co-develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for a cross-industry interoperable, decentralized Global Battery Passport (GBP) designed with current and future regulatory compliance in mind.