What kind of business is created when a company moves to provide services instead of selling products?
How does it look when waste is turned into new materials? When all company operations are guided by strict responsibility principles and the company is dedicated to deliver sustainable value to its customers and even further to the society?
Design has a versatile role to play in advancing responsible solutions and the circular economy. At the fifth Design Forum Talk <3 Circular Economy event, we heard what kind of circular economy based business models have already been implemented. The most interesting international and domestic companies from both the circular economy and design field were in the line up.
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Program
13.00 Welcome
Anne Raudaskoski, Head of Consulting, Co-Founder / Ethica
Ia Adlercreutz, Chairperson of the Board / Design Forum Finland
Help your customers meet their sustainability targets
Marika Ollaranta, Head of Program: Bio & Circular / Business Finland
Traditional business is dead. So is design.
Antti Ruuska, Chief Sustainability Officer / Ylva
Tangible and intangible circular design: The case of YANGI
Kinge Gardien, Circular Economy Strategist / Grow
It’s time for the textile industry to lose its virginity: Case Infinited Fiber Company
Kirsi Terho, Key Account Director / Infinited Fiber Company
Why circularity starts in design
Danique Gunning, Co-Owner / MUD Jeans
Low carbon design and climate positive value propositions
Michiel Cornelissen, Founder, strategic director / Kode21
Final words
Anne Raudaskoski, Head of Consulting & Co-Founder / Ethica
Ia Adlercreutz, Chairperson of the Board / Design Forum Finland
15.45 The event ends
Moderator Anne Raudaskoski, Ethica Ltd.
Design Forum Talk <3 Circular Economy was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Finland. The event was part of the largest design festival in the Nordics, Helsinki Design Week, arranged 9–19 September 2021.
