How can new EU regulations become drivers of innovation rather than compliance exercises?
During the Circular Week 2026  (26–31 October 2026), we are bringing together companies, young talents and repair communities to co-create solutions for Right to Repair and Ecodesign. Now is the time to actively shape transformation.

From regulation to innovation

With the Right to Repair Directive and the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), the EU is sending a clear message: products must become more durable, repairable and resource-efficient. Spare parts must be available. Repair information must be accessible. Product design decisions must become more transparent.

For companies in retail and manufacturing, this means adapting to new requirements for product design and supply chains, complying with increased transparency obligations, and responding to growing expectations from customers and business partners.

But beyond compliance, there is a real opportunity: companies that integrate repairability, modularity and circularity early on will strengthen resilience, sustainability, customer loyalty and long-term competitiveness.

This is where our Challenge comes in.

The Challenge: Your question, our community

As part of Circular Week 2026, a European high-level format, we invite companies to submit concrete challenges related to Right to Repair and Ecodesign:

How can business models become more repair-friendly?

How can products be designed for modularity and longevity?

How can customers be more actively involved in repair processes?

What new service or platform solutions are needed?

And how do we interest customers in repair or refurbished offerings?

Solutions from the wisdom of the crowd

The co-do lab translates your question into an open innovation challenge and shares it with a strong network of:

Apprentices, Trainees, University students, Fab Labs, Repair cafés, Circular innovators, etc.

They will develop practical and concrete concept solutions. The best ideas and the winning solutions will be showcased during Circular Week at Gut Einern – the home of co-do lab – and awarded prize money.

This creates a real co-creation space between business, civil society and young talents – generating value for all participants.

A highlight: The repair world record attempt

Another highlight of Circular Week 2026:
Our colleague Stephan Schaller is organising, together with the FAB Region Bergisches Städtedreieck and partner companies, a repair world record attempt.

The goal: to complete more repairs in one place on one single day than ever before – during a large public festival in Wuppertal and with partner satellites across NRW.

This is more than a symbolic action. It is a strong statement: repair is no longer a niche topic. It is a key pillar of economic and societal transformation. Making it a social event and easily accessible may support in offering attractive alternatives to convenient online shopping of new items.

Why you should join

By participating, companies gain fresh perspectives on upcoming regulatory requirements and receive concrete, practice-oriented solution ideas. They also benefit from increased visibility within a European high-level format, the opportunity to position themselves as frontrunners in the circular transformation, and access to young talent as well as potential new partnerships.

Become part of the Challenge

Circular Week 2026 is the stage.
Your challenge is the starting point.
Our community develops the solutions.

Would you like to submit a challenge or learn more about the Circular Week 2026?

Let’s not just talk about transformation. Let’s co-do it.

We are a start-up and do-tank for sustainable transformation.
We co-do transformation for a better tomorrow – for businesses, for cities, for society.