For Sustainability & ESG Teams

CSRD asks for product-level traceability. Your take-back programme gives you a weight figure.

That gap is where compliance risk lives. Utilitarian captures brand, model, and category at the point of consumer take-back. Timestamped. Store-located. Export-ready.

The data gap

From weight figure to product-level record

Each take-back interaction generates a structured record with every field your reporting team needs. Exportable on demand. Auditable from day one.

What you have today

– Total kilograms collected
– Number of items (estimated)
– Recycler weight report

What CSRD & EPR require

✓ Brand, model, product category
✓ Date and location of take-back
✓ Verified circular outcome
✓ Auditable chain of custody

The budget argument

When take-back pays for itself, ESG stops competing for budget

The sustainability team's persistent problem: programmes that create operational cost without commercial return lose budget battles every cycle. Utilitarian's take-back programme generates measurable marketing return, which means the commercial case is made before the ESG case even needs to be. The programme earns its budget from marketing ROI. Your reporting data comes along for free.

What retailers report
"The combination of simplicity, customer engagement, and data-driven transparency is what makes this approach stand out. This is exactly the direction our industry needs."
Ron Bruinenberg
Retail & Expansion, EK Netherlands

Questions sustainability teams ask

We already submit a sustainability report — what changes?
Your current reporting gets a product-level data source where previously you had aggregate weight. Utilitarian's data slots into your circular economy disclosures with specific product category and outcome data.
We already have a recycling partner. Do we need to switch?
No. Utilitarian works alongside your existing recycling partner. We add the consumer-facing data capture layer. Your recycler continues to handle the physical processing.
How do we verify the circular outcome?
The platform records the recycling partner handling each consignment. Outcome data flows from the recycler's confirmation into your dashboard, giving you an auditable chain from consumer to circular outcome.

See what your take-back data could look like

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