The Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU is working in partnership with a number of industrial companies in Norway, as well as universities and networks abroad. Below is an overview of these partners and networks.

Formal partners:

We have formal agreements with selected industrial companies. Most of the companies have been working with us since 1996 when we first launched the industrial ecology initiatives at NTNU. Our current partners with a written formal agreement are:

• Norsk Hydro
• ABB
• Siemens
• Kværner
• Norske Skog
• Statoil

We also have non-written agreements with governmental agencies:

• Ministry of the Environment
  
• Pollution Control Authority (EPA)

Partners in the P2005 project:

The following industrial companies are our "core project partners" in the P2005 research project:

• Tomra Systems ASA
• HÅG ASA
• Polymoon AS

In addition to these three core project partners in P2005 we also cooperate with a number of other industrial companies in the case projects within P2005. A full list of those companies is included under the P2005 web site pages.

Universities and research institutes:

We have close relationships with the following universities and research institutes:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technology, Business & Technology Programme
• Yale University - Industrial Environmental Management Programme
• Georgia Tech - Centre for Sustainable Technology
• Delft Univ. of Technology - Industrial Design Programme; Systems Engineering & Policy Analysis
• Ecole des Mines de Paris - ISIGE