At least 35 corporations are backing the Global Circularity Protocol (GCP), including Apple, BASF, Chevron, Shell and VF Corporation. Also onboard are Japan's Ministry of the Environment and Ghana, which bears an oversize share of the world's electronics and textile waste. Waste sorting giant TOMRA, of Norway, is among the protocol's "business champions" making extra efforts to develop the protocol. IKEA and Philips are contributing to the standard's development as well.