Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse, and the recycling of waste, circular business models can reduce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

91% of Danish chemistry and plastic producing companies have strategic targets for reducing waste and increasing recyclability

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1 out of 5 Danes participate in activities related to the sharing economy

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In 2021, the Danish government presented an Action Plan for Circular Economy constituting a na-tional design for the prevention and management of waste towards 2032

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Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Blog post by Julie Hjort, Programme Director of Sustainable and Circular transition at Danish Design Centre. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Circular Economy – learnings from Denmark and the US

Blog post by Tone Søndergaard, Director of Danish Cleantech Hub, New York, and responsible for partnerships, sustainable business expansion programs, and climate change initiatives. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Hexa-Cover in groundbreaking waste-plastic project in Spain

1 December 2022

Reusing waste plastic

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Circular construction

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New research shows the potential of circular building, with Danish solutions leading the way

29 November 2022

Recycling is good for the climate, but how much CO2 do we save by using recycled materials instead of newly produced ones? New research made by the Danish Technological Institute clarifies the potential of building circular, with Danish solutions acting as a source of inspiration.

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Smart infrastructure

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Reducing the climate footprint of cement production

16 November 2022

Cement is a vital ingredient in the foundation of modern civilisation and provides an essential element for the construction of our infrastructure. However, conventional cement production accounts for seven percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, which makes significant reductions of emissions a numbe

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Circular value chains

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The path towards Net Zero

4 November 2022

How do companies adapt to a sustainable future? In the climate report for 2021 the climate panel of unites Nations – IPPC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) describes for the first time ever the climate change as being indisputably a result of human behavior. Furthermore, climate

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Four ways Danish climate cooperation drives green transition across Africa

2 November 2022

By partnering with global counterparts collectively emitting 70% of the world’s emissions, Denmark seeks to amplify its impact on the global green transition. Learn how the Danish global energy cooperation with Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia helps identify local pathways to clean energy transition.

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Energy efficiency

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Superior simulations used to determine the best marine logistics strategies

28 October 2022

Superior simulations used to determine the best marine logistics strategies for operations and maintenance in an Equinor offshore wind project Ranked by Forbes Magazine as the world’s eleventh most significant oil and gas company by revenue, Norwegian multinational company Equinor turned to Shorelin

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Meet Danish circular business models professionals

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Air pollution

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CLIIN Robotics

CLIIN Robotics provides versatile robots for the benefit of natural and work environments across industries

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Recycling of waste to material

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Odense Port

Odense Port is one of the world’s leading manufacturing ports within offshore wind. We have facilitated the production and load out of main components for 1.400+ offshore wind turbines.

Financial Institution

District energy

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Investment Fund for Developing Countries - IFU

IFU is the Danish Development Finance Institution providing risk capital for private sector investments in developing countries and emerging markets. Investments are made on commercial terms in the fo

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Buildings

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Transition ApS

Transition supports the transition to a sustainable society.

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Air pollution

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Danida Green Business Partnerships

Danida Green Business Partnerships (DGBP) is a development programme established under Danida. The programme brings together commercial and non-commercial partners in innovative partnerships. The obje

Research Institution

Carbon capture, storage and utilisation

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SDU Climate Cluster

SDU Climate Cluster is an interdisciplinary cluster at the University of Southern Denmark focusing on climate related research.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Viegand Maagøe

We co-create the green transition. The transition relies on a combination of technologies, financing, people, and communications. This is why we are experts in advising about these topics.

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JELLYFISH Agency

JELLYFISH Agency are specialists in Circular economy, Deposit systems and Innovation. We advise on circular solutions, and create sustainable and efficient business development through creative and in

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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.

Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.