Product-service systems and digital product passports — a WCEF2024 Accelerator Session
Date and time: 17th of April, 13:00–14:15 CEST (Brussels time)
Place: Hybrid — online and at the Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels
Organised by: Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE) and Sitra
Join us as we explore Product-Service Systems (PSS) as a means to pave the way for circular business and sustainable consumption in the Nordics. Additionally, a Digital Product Passport (DPP) will be required for all products available on the EU market in the coming years. Learn how Finnish forerunner companies have piloted DPPs as a new way of bringing together data on product sustainability, raw materials, materials and safety.
This session is part of a full-day event at Nordic Stage, see the programme here.
Agenda
Opening remarks
Moderator: Cathrine Barth, Head of Circular Economy, Natural State and Managing Partner of Nordic Circular Hotspot
Introduction to sustainable product policy and Nordic cooperation
Birthe Ivars, Environment Counsellor, Mission of Norway to the EU (and on-leave from the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment)
Product-Service Systems (PSS): paving way for circular business and sustainable consumption
Kia Egebæk, Senior Consultant and Partner, Norion Consult
Digital product passports: enablers of sustainable business
Laura Halenius, Project Director, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
DPP as a means to enhance transparency in the textile and fashion industry — towards a European data ecosystem
Marja-Liisa Niinikoski, Managing Director, Finnish Textile & Fashion
Digital Product Passports for Reporting SCOPE 3 Emissions
Magnus Gustafsson, Partner PhD, PBI Research Institute Ltd.
Audience questions to the speakers
In conversation: Data and circular business models and opportunities through PSS and DPP
Moderator, Laura Halenius & Kia Egebæk
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This event is an Accelerator Session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2024 (www.WCEF2024.com).