GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK. ABOUT US
World-first smart tech + human-centred design = measurable impact. Together, we’ll cut emissions, protect the planet, and create jobs.
Global Circular Network offers smart tech, human-centered design and circular collaboration.
Founded by Alison Jose in collaboration with RFiD THREADS® and CyntraLabs with Sanjeev Varshney and Shailendra Khurana.
ALISON JOSE (pronounced Joe-s)
Alison is a circular economy leader as Founder and CEO of Global Circular Network (GCN) Digital Product Passport EPR Platform and STSC Sustainable Textile Supply Chain. Alison is a CIRPASS-2 Expert Working Group Partner created by the European Commission to roll out Digital Product Passports, a participant in UN/UNECE developing the United Nations Transparency Protocol (UNTP), a partner in the Nordic Circular Hotspot and a Member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Community
Alison shares her circular economy expertise from the 'beginning' of textile supply chains as a wholesaler, manufacturer and developer of sustainable textiles working with mills in India, Indonesia, China and Germany for ten years. In 2020 Alison developed CircStretch, a new bio-stretch textile to reduce the plastic in performance stretch garments using specialty yarns by Lenzing Group and Asahi Kasei with the worlds first Cradle to Cradle Gold Standard elastane.
In 2019 Alison turned her focus to the circular economy, creating Australia's first Circular Textile Waste Service after receiving a NSW EPA government grant. GCN's smart tech circular platform connects B2B inter-industries via RFiD THREADS®; the world's first washable bulk scanning digital RFID in a single thread, designed to stay with the product to link and deliver full, collaborative circular solutions from fibre to feedstock at scale.
Formerly known as Circlolink, in 2023 was included on the European Commission's CIRPASS list of DPP solutions, and re-branded as Global Circular Network.
CYNTRALABS
Sunjeev Varshney based in New York. Sunjeev was the former Director Global SAF with Ralph Lauren for seven years. Designing and Implementing SAS solutions for Ralph Lauren's Global Initiatives with cutting edge technologies. Architect-ed technical innovative solutions.
Shailendra Khurana is CyntraLabs CTO based in Noida, India. CyntraLabs partners include Google, Salesforce and SAP Labs.
