Sectors & Systems

Bringing governments, businesses and communities together to reshape whole systems and sectors, from food and textiles to healthcare and the built environment.

Welcome to DEAL's Sectors & Systems page

If you work in or across a sector or system (as a business, industry body, policymaker, NGO, researcher or consultant) and want to help transform it through the lens of Doughnut Economics, this page is for you, whether you're new to the ideas or already experimenting.

Here you will find:

  • The Sectors: Let's Get Started guide, with three entry points for using Doughnut Economics in a sector, and a selection of tools to support the work
  • Stories and case studies from initiatives in [food, highways, textiles, sports, fisheries, engineering]
  • Applying Doughnut Economics to the food system: DEAL's first deep dive into a single system, co-created over a year with more than 60 organisations and food experts worldwide, with a sourcebook and four workshop tools you can use in your own work [links]
  • How DEAL convenes and supports sectoral practitioners, how you can join, and what free support is available

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A guide for getting started

DEAL has developed this guide for all those working to bring Doughnut Economics into their sector, from health and tourism to the built environment, energy, construction, fashion and technology. It offers foundational recommendations, along with key boundaries to keep the integrity of Doughnut Economics intact. 

The guide is informed by DEAL’s mapping of more than 60 sectoral initiatives worldwide, and by interviews with practitioners from these initiatives. It draws out the common patterns, challenges and reasons they turn to Doughnut Economics, and showcases practical examples. 

This is a first step, and it will grow as the practice matures. Practitioners are invited to share their lessons learned on DEAL’s Community Platform.

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