TIARCENTER - Independent Think Tank and Advisory Firm

SHARING ECONOMY
IN RUSSIA

▶ RESEARCH

Models | Industries | Trends Details

RUSSIA AND THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY

▶ EVENTS

Round table in the Moscow State University Details

WE ARE FOCUSED ON
POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR
CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROMOTION
IN RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

▶ Projects

Analysis| Advisory | Communications Details

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

TIARCENTER is an independent think tank and advisory firm.
We provide strategic advice to corporations and government bodies on the sustainable development principles implementation.
Our mission is to support transformation of traditional linear economy to a circular model.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Energy efficiency

USING ENERGY RESOURCES
WITH MAXIMUM RETURN

Sharing economy

INCREASING MOBILITY
IN MODERN CITIES

Waste management
and the environment

TURNING WASTE INTO
RESOURCES

Our experts are invited by major media outlets to comment on the burning issues in energy efficiency, the digital economy and environmental policy.

TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMIC MODEL

Extraction

Production

Distribution

Consumption

Waste

Production

Distribution

Consumption,
shared
usage

Reuse,
reclamation

Waste
recycling

LINEAR MODEL

CIRCULAR MODEL

SECTORS

Energy and
extraction

Construction

Chemicals

Consumer market

Engineering

Sharing platforms
and marketplaces

OUR SERVICES

Standardized services

POLICY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS

Monitoring and analysing trends in government industry policies

Extended producer responsibility and environmental payments

EPR reporting and fine-tuning your EPR expense

Non-financial reporting

Sustainability reporting (GRI)
Integrated reporting (IR)

Strategic consulting and communications

Strategies

Sustainable development strategies
Stakeholder engagement strategies
Corporate programs for implementing circular economy principles, promotion of energy efficient solutions and sharing economy services
Audit, quality assurance of sustainability and stakeholder engagement strategies

Related projects

RESEARCH

Benchmarking: identification of best practices in implementation of circular economy principles in various sectors
Evaluation of company contributions to
the socio-economic development of
regions
Perception studies: how stakeholders
(residents, the expert community,
state authorities) view a certain company

Related projects

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Dialog between business and the government related to industry policies and regulatory environment
Drafting recommendations for the government with respect to developing energy efficiency, waste management and the digital economy
Stakeholder engagement campaigns

Related projects

PROJECTS

Strategy Development for Stakeholder Engagement
Strategic consulting for a major mining company

RUSSIA AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
On-going study to promote the principles of the closed-loop economy

Russia’s Policy for Increasing Energy Efficiency
Monitoring and analyzing changes to industry policy

Russia’s Collaborative Consumption Economy
Analyzing one of the fastest growing areas in the digital economy

Stakeholder Engagement Audit
Optimizing the corporate structure of a leading oil and gas company

Developing Urban Mobility
Monitoring and analysis of changes to the regulatory environment

Promoting Separate Waste Management
Involving government institutions in developing a sustainable development project

TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES
Advisory support to government bodies on engaging with business and the public at large

NEWS

Platforms once again blamed for service providers’ violations: now on the bus market

24.06.2019

This year, in Bashkorsatn, the local road traffic regulator has uncovered 159 violations committed by bus operators who use Yandex.Buses and Atlas. It is fundamentally wrong to shift carriers’ responsibility to marketplaces, information intermediaries. Each carrier is free to connect to any platform, just like every carrier can publish ads in newspapers. The platforms themselves are not interested in working with offenders, says Anton Gubnitsyn, chair of the RAEC Sharing Economy Cluster. Source: Kommersant

Sustainability leads to advancement of the industry

19.06.2019

The Association of European Businesses’ open event “Environment National Project: Opportunities for Modernization of Russian Industry” was held in Moscow on June 18. The participants were univocal: the environmental trend opens up strong opportunities for the advancement of the industry, along with a great potential for making the growth more sustainable. The event was attended by representatives of the Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry, Technological Development Agency, Sberbank, Tikkurila and other companies and European embassies in Moscow, with Bashir Chalabi being a host. Read more

Sharing Economy Cluster meets with Marco Torregrossa

30.05.2019

RAEC’s Sharing Economy Cluster and Marco Torregrossa, Secretary General of the European Forum of Independent Professionals discussed platform monetization models and platforms’ obligations to self-employed contractors. “It was fascinating to learn about European precedents from Marco, a career employment lawyer, who has interacted a lot with both the public and private sectors,” says TIARCENTER Head of Analytics Konstantin Streltsov, who moderated the discussion. From RAEC’s side, BlaBlaCar, Yandex and others contributed to the discussion.