Towards a circular Economy…

Current Linear System

Stress factors

System challenge

Urgency

• Raw materials mining • Value chain production & consumption • Waste generation

• Declined availability raw materials • Decreased margins and value creation • Ecological disasters

• Preserve stable and prosperous society • Prevent ecological degradation • Economic challenge

• Unprecedented growth world population • Average global life standard is doubled • Approaching ecological tipping points

System change

Selling services in stead of products

Circular Economy

20%

about

products

80%

about

process/

organisation

Visible Chemical purchasing costs: 1€

Hidden Management costs: 3€

Purchasing Transportation

Warehousing Production

Maintenance EHS

Data management

Ecological costs, social costs, …

New Buisness models

Look for your

partners in the

industrial eco-

system

Development and

production: locally

where possible,

global where

needed

Design circularly

Innovate

collectively

From products to

services

Tailor made

business cases

Exchange of

multiple values:

social, ecological,

economical,

informational

Circular Economy: Success factors