In addition to activities of legislative bodies, industry itself has set out on a path towards circular economy, sometimes moving at an even faster pace. The automotive industry is in the midst of an unprecedented...
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Digital Product Passports: Pioneers for Sustainable Economy
Whether climate protection, circular economy, or resource efficiency, without transparent value and supply chains, many political targets and goals threaten to fall into the void. Digital product passports can bring...
Digital technologies for sustainable product management in a circular economy
The increased use of digital technologies is considered as a key enabler for a more sustainable and circular economy. A recent study by the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management enabling a...
Digital battery passports to enable circular battery ecosystems in Europe
The industry driven debate on digital battery passports as enablers of a circular economy has gained increased momentum. To bring a sustainability research guided perspective to the table, the Christian-Doppler...
The Digital Product Passport – a prerequisite for a Circular Economy
The concept of the circular economy is gaining more and more prominence on the agendas of policymakers and industry alike. This is evidenced, e.g., by the new Circular Economy Action Plan of the European Union and a...
Sustainable Product Development in a Circular Economy
The concept of circular economy is of great interest to companies since it provides a framework to align with the Sustainable Development Goals. So far, little attention has been paid to how circularity principles...
Circular Economy Implementation in Businesses – Cross-sectoral findings
by Lukas Stumpf, Josef-Peter Schöggl, Rupert J. Baumgartner The logics of Circular Economy implementation in businesses, as well as barriers towards Circular Economy, were analyzed in a recent study by the Christian...
Carbon transparency – an opportunity for companies and the environment
Reducing carbon emissions is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges for companies to combat climate change. “Carbon is the new calorie”, says Bracken Darrell, CEO of Logitech, and hits the nail right on the head. A...
Maximizing Products’ Sustainability Performance and Circularity with Digitalization – Update on Research Activities
Anything but a standstill is currently happening in the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management: the team of the CD-Laboratory is successfully driving progress in their research endeavors which...
The Green Deal and the Circular Economy
This blog post contains the topic of the Circular Economy in the context of the Green Deal.You will learn how Circular Economy is integrated into the Green Deal, what this involves and what this can mean for your...