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Urban Camel is more than just a cool name.
Urban Camel is a boutique agency specialising in strategic research and innovation for sustainable development and the transition to the circular economy. The name itself serves as a metaphor, encapsulating the company’s philosophy of mimicking nature’s resource management strategies to develop resilience in urban and business environments.
Founded by Eliza Panagiotidou, an Industrial Ecologist and purpose-driven changemaker, Urban Camel is built on the belief that businesses thrive when operating within ecosystems that prioritise sustainability, long-term value creation, and a synergistic mindset.
Urban Camel has a multifaceted approach to sustainability, combining skills development, circular innovation, and actionable insights to improve circularity readiness and create meaningful impact. Collaboration is emphasized throughout Urban Camel’s services. Its network of partners and domain experts works across industries.
It reflects our vision. It is a metaphor for mimicking the way natural ecosystems manage resources and interact, and applying their principles to our operations in the urban environment to improve resource efficiency and build resilience.
We are a boutique agency specialising in strategic research and innovation for sustainable development and circular growth. Our expertise lies in industrial ecology, the ‘science of sustainability’, while our approach is rooted in systems thinking. We study the problem space and solution space and use circular tools to explore new circular solutions or systems that are more effective and robust. We also offer training in circular thinking and certification in the circular economy.
Our established network of domain experts works across industries. Our areas of expertise include the water-energy-food nexus and blue growth sectors.
Honoring our commitment to sustainable development
Urban Camel was selected as one of the TOP 8 Ecosystem Heroes 2023 globally, and was awarded as the winner of the Ecosystem Hero in Southern Europe at the South Europe StartUp Awards. Launched in 2019 as part of the Global StartUp Awards Network, the largest independent startup ecosystem competition, the South Europe StartUp Awards (SESA) is a startup competition covering all Southern European countries, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.
Urban Camel won the Silver Award for Green Start-Up at the Green Brand Awards, a competition that recognizes excellence and innovation in sustainable technologies and practices, highlighting products, services and development processes with a low carbon footprint that promote the green economy.
Urban Camel has won the Silver Award for Green Startup at the 2023 Green Brand Awards for its collaboration with a deep tech startup in the renewable energy sector. This competition recognizes excellence and innovation in sustainable technologies and practices, highlighting products, services and development processes with a low carbon footprint that promote the green economy.
Eliza Panagiotidou was selected as one of the top eight Ecosystem Heroes of the Year globally in the Global Startup Awards, and won the Ecosystem Hero of the Year award in Southern Europe at the 2024 South Europe Startup Awards. She has been recognized for driving innovation and change globally.
In 2025, Urban Camel was honored with the “Sustainability Research & Innovation Agency of the Year” award at the Innovation & Excellence Awards from Corporate LiveWire. The competition acknowledges professionals who have proven to consistently deliver excellent products and services within their respective markets.
Honoring our commitment to sustainable development
Urban Camel has won the Silver Award for Green Startup at the 2023 Green Brand Awards for its collaboration with a deep tech startup in the renewable energy sector. This competition recognizes excellence and innovation in sustainable technologies and practices, highlighting products, services and development processes with a low carbon footprint that promote the green economy.
Eliza Panagiotidou was selected as one of the top eight Ecosystem Heroes of the Year globally in the Global Startup Awards, and won the Ecosystem Hero of the Year award in Southern Europe at the 2024 South Europe Startup Awards. She has been recognized for driving innovation and change globally.
In 2025, Urban Camel was honored with the “Sustainability Research & Innovation Agency of the Year” award at the Innovation & Excellence Awards from Corporate LiveWire. The competition acknowledges professionals who have proven to consistently deliver excellent products and services within their respective markets.
Urban Camel was selected as one of the TOP 8 Ecosystem Heroes 2023 globally, and was awarded as the winner of the Ecosystem Hero in Southern Europe at the South Europe StartUp Awards. Launched in 2019 as part of the Global StartUp Awards Network, the largest independent startup ecosystem competition, the South Europe StartUp Awards (SESA) is a startup competition covering all Southern European countries, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.
Urban Camel won the Silver Award for Green Start-Up at the Green Brand Awards, a competition that recognizes excellence and innovation in sustainable technologies and practices, highlighting products, services and development processes with a low carbon footprint that promote the green economy.
Creating sustainable ecosystems together
Recognising that a shift towards circularity requires systemic change, Urban Camel’s vision is to catalyse systemic change towards circular innovation, and to co-develop sustainable business ecosystems governed by the creation and recirculation of long-term value.
Urban Camel is on a mission to enable SME’s and organisations improve their circularity readiness and benefit from adopting sustainable solutions.
We aspire to enable the co-creation of sustainable business ecosystems, wherein eco-conscious and purpose-driven organizations are committed to create collective and long-lasting value.
We are on a mission to inspire and speed up the adoption of sustainable solutions and enhance the circular performance of businesses and organisations.
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