KanataQ is an online marketplace connecting businesses with sustainability and ESG solution providers - consultants, data and software - enabling discovery, comparison and contact to accelerate organisational sustainability transitions.

Circularity Relevance

Tangential
KanataQ is a marketplace for sustainability & ESG solutions (consultants, data, software). While not explicitly a circular-economy-only platform, it enables access to services and tools that support circular strategies. Source: KanataQ

Circular Role

SupportEnabler
KanataQ directly hosts listings and connects solution providers with buyers - rather than directly enabler circulity Source: KanataQ, About

Circular Type

Marketplace
Services
Intangible
B2B
KanataQ is explicitly described as a marketplace for sustainability & ESG solutions (consultants, data, software). Primary value objects are services and intangible products (data/software); matchmaking is primarily between businesses and solution providers (B2B). Source: KanataQ

R Strategy

Unknown Strategy
No explicit evidence on the site that KanataQ directly enables specific R-strategies (e.g. reuse, repair). It is a discovery marketplace for a range of sustainability solutions, so specific R categorisation cannot be determined from public materials.

Circular Business Model

Unknown
(Duplicate field removed - primary circular business model is unknown; platform is a marketplace.)

Organisational Type

ForProfit
Registered private company (UK Companies House / Endole) and LinkedIn company profile indicate a privately held, for-profit business. [Source: Companies House / Endole / LinkedIn] (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/)

Sector

All / Any
Website describes KanataQ as a marketplace for sustainability and ESG solutions across sectors - not limited to a single industry. Source: KanataQ, About

Geographical Reach

International
United Kingdom
KanataQ positions itself as accelerating the 'global transition' and lists providers and buyers internationally; HQ is in the UK, but the platform targets multiple countries. Evidence is suggestive rather than explicit about fully global operations. Source: KanataQ, About

Hardware Component

None
Platform lists consultants, data and software; there is no evidence that KanataQ supplies or depends on specialised physical hardware to deliver its service. Source: KanataQ

Tech Map Relevance

KanataQ is an online marketplace connecting businesses with sustainability and ESG solutions (consultants, data, software). This supports circular economy objectives by enabling discovery and procurement of circularity-related services and tools. Source: KanataQ

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Added: 23 Oct 2025
Updated: 03 Dec 2025