As part of the Sustainable Textiles Switzerland 2030 (STS2030) initiative, participating stakeholders commit to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, promoting fair wages and decent work for all, promoting innovative business models towards a circular economy, and disclosing social and environmental sustainability information.
To promote the circular economy, 30% of the Swiss textile and clothing sector's turnover is to be generated by circular products or business models by 2030. To support the obligated actors in implementing the circular economy goal, we were able to work together with Eva Bucherer from Circular Business Models .
Introduction and orientation
In the first part of the training, we provided an introduction to the 10R framework and highlighted the four key options for achieving goals: designing circular products, using secondary textile materials, introducing circular business models, and participating in pilot projects. Participants received practical support to develop their own options for implementing these four options.
In the workshop part of this training day, participants worked out the first steps for their individual roadmaps: How can the next steps be planned? Which next steps make sense? The goal was to formulate initial concrete approaches for how the roadmap could be designed.
Deepening and implementation
In the second part of the training, we delved deeper into circular business models and design and procurement criteria. We analyzed the models Care & Maintenance, Rent, Resale, Repair, Redesign/Remanufacture, and Recycling.
The workshop on the second day of training focused on practical questions: What adjustments are necessary to implement a circular business model? Which stakeholders need to be involved? What internal changes are required? And how can customers be convinced of the new model? The participants discussed these questions based on their own situations and developed initial solutions.