A unique Circular Design programme took 50 Finnish companies through a 1-year development path.
Client
Ministry of the Environment
Year
2022-2023
Team
Anne Raudaskoski
Ville Grönlund
A unique Circular Design programme started in Finland in autumn 2022 guided 50 Finnish companies through a 1-year circular development path. Ethica designed the programme and led the execution together with Design Forum Finland.
From the international perspective, the programme is the first and only national training programme deep-diving into circular design principles and focusing on generating concrete product/service concepts to secure companies’ competitive advantage in the biggest market transition of our time.
In addition, this programme prepared companies for the forthcoming Ecodesign Directive requiring product durability, reliability, reusability, upgradability, repairability, ease of maintenance/refurbishment/recycling in addition to being energy and resource efficient.
Participating companies included e.g., Stora Enso, UPM, ABB, Kiilto, Genelec, Luhta, Stockmann and Marimekko among others. Read more about companies and their development work during the programme here.
The programme consists of two tracks. The strategic track is designed for the executives / board members / owners and investors. The R&D track, with its practical contents, is designed for people in charge of or taking part in product and service development.
As part of the programme, a podcast series with industry-leading case examples was created to support the learning, and it can be found on Spotify.
“Circular Design is part of the national strategic Circular economy programme and one of the government’s climate actions.”
– Taina Nikula, Senior Environmental Adviser Ministry of Environment
