The group  Sustainable Improvement develops models and tools that help companies to contribute to sustainable development , promoting the progressive integration of circularity throughout the business model with triple impact objectives: economic, environmental and social. These models and tools are developed at both strategic and operational levels (the latter following a Lean Philosophy based on data, Lean-Six Sigma).

We are currently working on:

 development of methodologies for the implementation of industrial symbiosis to facilitate the adoption of circular economy principles.

 Tools and techniques for the implementation of the Circular Economy in SMEs.

 Strategies for the deployment and evaluation of sustainable and circular production.

 Telemetry and diagnosis of water consumption in production processes.

 Data science projects in the field of industrial process improvement.

We actively collaborate with other universities (Harvard University, MIT, IESE Business School, Bentley University, Mid Sweden University, University of Mondragón, University of the Basque Country, University of Deusto, International University of Catalonia, Pontificia Javierana University, University of Montevideo, Panamerican University, University of La Sabana. And also different public bodies with which we have working agreements (Diputación de Gipuzkoa, Mancomunidad de San Markos, NaturKlima, ...) and we are at contact directly with the organisations: Food Cluster Basque Country and La Rioja, Aclima, Ihobe, Corporate Excellence-Center for Reputation Leadership....

Members of the group