A:gain

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A:gain

Circular building products at scale

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The challenge

The conventional construction industry heavily relies on virgin materials, generating vast amounts of waste and carbon emissions. Many useful materials end up incinerated or landfilled, despite being perfectly reusable. The built environment is resource‑intensive, and there is a lack of scalable, climate‑conscious alternatives to traditional building materials.

The solution

A:gain transforms waste streams such as industrial by‑products, demolition waste, and post‑consumer materials into certified, circular building materials and interior products. Their portfolio includes upcycled flooring, facades, acoustic panels, partition walls and more — all designed for professional construction projects.

By sourcing from waste and secondary materials rather than virgin resources, A:gain reduces raw material consumption, waste, and CO₂ emissions, while offering products that meet the technical and aesthetic standards of the industry.

Isabella has built experience in sustainability consulting at The Footprint Firm, working across areas such as ESG strategy development, initiative definitions, KPI setting and roadmap development, GHG inventory calculations and decarbonisation, ESG DD processes, double materiality assessments, and CSRD reporting readiness.

Isabella is very passionate about raising sustainability awareness and creating lasting social impacts. She comes from an international background and has studied in Denmark, India, the USA and Italy, mastering Danish, Spanish, English and Italian fluently. During her master studies, Isabella engaged in 180 Degrees Consulting, the largest and leading social impact student consultancy worldwide where she held a position of consulting director being in charge of client acquisition and guiding consultants on projects.

Isabella holds a Master of Science in Innovation & Global Sustainable Development from Lund University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Siena. She wrote her Master’s thesis on innovation and climate change adaptation practices in the Costa Rican coffee context, where she spent 4 months conducting research and fieldwork.