Lawton Finance Labs (LFL) is an economic research and development platform focused on building the financial architecture for a circular global economy. Founded by Bill Lawton, it develops market-based mechanisms to improve the environmental and human outcomes at systemic scale.

The world already possesses the capital, technology, and productive capacity required to build a sustainable global economy. What has been missing is a replacement for the current linear economic operating system.

In partnership with the Lima Institute of Brazil, Lawton Finance Labs has developed Circlenomics—a circular global economic operating system designed to meet this need. It combines circular design principles with financial systems to create a regenerative economic framework.

Circlenomics builds on the Lawton Bond Models, used by China's central bank and other institutions as inputs to decision-making over more than 30 years, beginning in 1993—a period of rapid economic expansion that lifted over 800 million people out of poverty. While only one of many contributing factors, these models formed an important part of that broader development framework, providing real-world support for Circlenomics.

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While originally focused primarily on growth, Circlenomics extends the original models to incorporate circularity, sustainability, and aligned incentives across markets, public policy, logistics systems, and technology platforms.

Based on its experience in China, LFL expects Circlenomics to generate sufficient incremental global GDP to offset the cost of the entire green transition.

To demonstrate these principles, LFL supports the development of Circlenomics-driven platforms including BoXX Tree, a carbon-neutral global recycling infrastructure platform, alongside other pilot initiatives within the Circular Century framework.

Lawton Finance Labs is positioned as a catalyst accelerating the transition to a circular global economy.