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Abstract
Industrial symbiosis, as a collective approach for using excess resources, is considered a means to realizing a circular economy. Industrial symbiosis can be seen as a way of improving the environmental sustainability of individual companies’ business models, as well as a way of creating collaborative business models that are widely considered an archetype of circular business models in themselves. While there is a variety of tools addressing ideation, identification of potentials, concept development in the business model innovation process for industrial symbiosis, simple tools for estimating environmental impacts beyond rules of thumb are missing. This extended abstract presents the process and results from co-creating a tool called the ”GAIA-model”, based on systems thinking elements and consequential LCA paradigm. The tool was used in 42 business model innovation processes, spanning 16 different industrial symbioses in collaboration with 24 companies. Through exemplifying the use of the tool in two selected cases, this extended abstract illustrates how tools of this type can give users a better understanding of environmental impacts throughout the business model innovation process, where feedback loops, burden shifting, and potential adaptations are considered.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on New Business Models |
Publication date | 24 Jun 2022 |
Publication status | Published - 24 Jun 2022 |
Event | 7th International Conference on New Business Models - Rome, Italy Duration: 23 Jun 2022 → 24 Jun 2022 https://www.accademiaaidea.it/call-for-papers/7th-international-conference-on-new-business-models/ |
Conference
Conference | 7th International Conference on New Business Models |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 23/06/2022 → 24/06/2022 |
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Keywords
- Systems thinking
- Lifecycle assessment
- Industrial Symbiosis
- Business model innovation
- Circular business model
- Sustainable business model innovation
- Practitioner tool
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental impacts
- Sustainability
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- 2 Finished
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PhD project: Industrial Ecosystem Orchestration for Sustainable Business Model Innovation
Schlüter, L., Gjerding, A. N., Kørnøv, L. & Mortensen, L.
01/01/2021 → 29/02/2024
Project: PhD Project
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Sustainable synergies. Facilitated industriel symbiosis for energy- and ressource efficiency
Kørnøv, L., Lyhne, I., Schmidt, J., Løkke, S., Vester, J., Søndergaard, U. H., Schlüter, L., Revsbeck, R., Nors, B., Mortensen, L. & Davila, J. G.
01/01/2018 → 30/06/2020
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Conference organisation or participation
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New Business Model Conference 2022
Leonie Schlüter (Participant)
22 Jun 2022 → 24 Jun 2022Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
Research output
- 1 Journal article
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Sustainable business model innovation: Design guidelines for integrating systems thinking principles in tools for early-stage sustainability assessment
Schlüter, L., Kørnøv, L., Mortensen, L., Løkke, S., Storrs, K. D. P., Lyhne, I. & Nors, B., 10 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 387, 135776.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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