To accelerate the transition towards a Circular Economy (CE), global supply chains and inter-firm relationships play a crucial role. Within this work we present the draft outline of a Decision Support Tool (DST) which is intended to enable users to explore a range of phenomena related to the just transition to a CE. The tool is intended to be a learning tool, encouraging the user to consider and explore new avenues of thinking, and we do not see it as a prescriptive tool. 

The tool consists of four main components: a supply chain explorer, a just transition map overlay, a just transition directory, and a supply chain visibility questionnaire based on validated constructs from the literature.  Here, the user is prompted to specify a sector and geographical location for the tool to generate a ‘typical supply chain’ based upon underlying multiregional input-output data, ‘a just transition overlay’ highlights on this map geographical elements and signposts relating to aspects of gender, labour, and environmental justice. Finally, a walkthrough ‘questionnaire’ provides a series of prompts which encourage the user to consider important aspects relating to a specific supply chain they may be interested in.