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Circular Economy & Digitalisation - 8.05.2020

Laurène Descamps, Circular Economy Transition / Impact Hub Zürich

What Is Circular Economy

A Circular economy is a powerful method consisting of principles and activities that aims to retain the value of resources, materials, components and products for as long as possible in the economy. This is done by narrowing – slowing – closing – and regenerating material and energy loops. It is a systemic approach which serves the purpose to reduce the consumption of natural resources and to contribute to sustainable development.

• Circular Economy in a nutshell by CET

CE BUILDING BLOCKS

PRINCIPLES BUSINESS MODELS ACTIVITIES MINDSET

Implementing partners Funding partner Part of the

Circular Economy Transition

Tomorrow’s economy is circular.

Implementing partners Funding partner Initiative

Implementing partners Funding partner Part of the

Circular Economy Transition

Tomorrow’s economy is circular.

Implementing partners Funding partner Initiative

• CE Ecosystem

Building

• CE Incubator
• Circular Business

Lab

• CE Policy

recommendation

Digitalisation as a Circular Economy Transition enabler

→ Information, Transparency, Coordination, Innovation, Incentive

Information about…

• Availability of resources, materials & products
• Composition and resource components
• Quantities and costs

→ Ai, Big Data, automatization, Industry 4.0

Transparency on…

• Quality of the ressources
• Wear of products and materials
• Associated Co2 emissions and ecological

footprint (over the whole life cycle)

• Reusability and “take back systems”

→ Sensoring, Automatization, Cyber physical systems, artificial intelligence, QR codes

iCEEP

Coordination…

• Through Collaborative platforms:
• between industries (secondary raw materials

markets, logistical optimisation)

• between businesses and consumers (second hand

markets, Food waste apps)

• between users (carsharing, Airbnb, etc)

→ Platform solutions, social medias, sensoring, data analytics, instant information, etc

Leasing jeans, leasing phones, share energy(EXNATON), etc.

Innovation and new business models…

• Product-as-a-service systems (eg. “pay per use”)
• Open source platforms (repair,build)
• Personalized offers for more customer satisfaction
• Data collection to improve products and user

interactions → Sensoring, Artificial intelligence, platform solutions

Incentives for a Circular economy...

• Reward systems for material & product reuse
• Cost saving & business opportunities
• Improved/longer relationship with customers through

additional services (repair, take back, bonus systems, etc)

• Improved perception for secondary materials and

products → Virtual currency, bitcoins, platform solutions,

QR codes, sensoring, social media, etc

Challenges of digitalization

• Data ownership
• Data sharing
• Trust
• Lack of institutional support and incentives
• Collaboration along value chain, new mindset
• SMEs often behind (in regards to digitalisation)

but representing majority of businesses in Switzerland

• Right competencies

How sustainable can a digital world really be?

Exponential growth in network traffics, energy consumption, data storage and device production

Adapted from Hugues Ferreboeuf, Towards digital sobriety Business-as-usual

Today

Arte TV, le dessous des cartes Data center, Siemens

Digital Sobriety and Low Tech as a solution

• Raise user awareness about actual digital
• verconsumption
• Question digital needs & advantages
• Systematically link digitalisation with

sustainability (ioT, etc)

• Regulate the use of addictive design techniques

used by dominant digital player (GAFAM, BATX)

• Show the potential of Low tech approaches to

businesses as well as authorities and governments

Next opportunity to engage

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Challenge on startup levels

• Digitalisation enables exact tracking
• f energy generation by households
• Enables possibility to share local

energy with neighbours and thus limiting transport costs

• Regulation challenge: no actual

incentive allowed for sharing local renewable energy

Circular Economy Transition Activities

CE Ecosystem

building

150+ Circular Economy Events around different topics, industries, formats throughout Switzerland Networking and pitching

• pportunities

for startups and SMEs Stakeholder events to share experiences & CE knowledge Learn about Circular Economy framework and pionier projects!

Ecosystem building events

Circular economy Business Lab

Core group - 5 Months of transformational journey towards circular economy business models Workshops - Deep dive into circular economy building blocks Clusters - focus groups on specific sectors and themes Tailored consulting - let’s develop circular economy together!

Circular economy Incubator

3 Months Program Accelerating circular ideas and proof of concepts through a combination of different support elements. 25+ Ventures swiss-wide Implementing circular solutions with the support of mentors and experts out

• f the Swiss innovation ecosystem.

1 Cohort per city Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich

2020 Cohort

AND MANY MORE...

iCEEP

CE Policy

recommendations

Allowing Circular Economy partners to: Participate in the elaboration of policy recommendations directly linked with their business activities and the Swiss context Influence the regulatory environment in Switzerland and access key decision makers

FOUNDING PARTNER NATIONAL PARTNERS INITIATED AND LED BY

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS AND MANY MORE...

Partner organisations