Innovation management

Ansätze einer nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Verpackungsoptimierung

linda.mederake@ecologic.eu — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:14:35 +0000

Approaches to sustainability-oriented packaging optimisation linda.mederake… Wed, 07/22/2020 - 11:14

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Implications for retail business models

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Beschreibung

Packaging volumes are continuously increasing in Germany. Plastic packaging, with its short lifespan and low global recycling rates, contributes to the accumulation of macro and micro plastics in the environment. Merely switching to glass and cardboard packaging does not appear to be an appropriate solution, as LCA studies suggest. Instead a reduced production of packaging contributes to mitigating the problem, thus opening a field of action for retail companies.

The report describes the possible consequences of introducing new packaging solutions in a differentiated manner at business model level with the help of the Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2011) and uses it to develop types of packaging-reducing business models in the retail trade. The types differ according to the value-added stage (delivery/storage vs. sale/disposal) and to some extent according to the type of retail trade (bricks-and-mortar vs. online) and thus take transport, product and shipping packaging into account equally. The Business Model Canvas is a tool widely known among practitioners and should increase the probability of a convenient application in companies. Managers can explore which packaging innovations are suitable for their company and assess which changes would go hand in hand with them. This reduces uncertainties in the otherwise complex innovation processes.

Attachments

Download Report (pdf, in German)

Joint project

Innoredux

Year

2020

Author

Authors

Sabrina Schmidt

Carola Bick

Frieder Rubik

Type of Result

(scientific) publications (peer-review, essays, book chapters, poster etc.)

Citation

Sabrina Schmidt, Carola Bick, Frieder Rubik (2020): Ansätze einer nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Verpackungsoptimierung: Implikationen für Geschäftsmodelle im Einzelhandel. Report of the joint research project Innoredux.

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Innovation management

Prevention of plastics

Reduction measures

Packaging

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Ergebnis

Publikation

Querschnittsthema

QST 4

Fakuma - Internationale Fachmesse für Kunststoffverarbeitung

janna.vakili@ecologic.eu — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:03:31 +0000

Fakuma - International trade fair for plastics processing janna.vakili@e… Wed, 11/13/2019 - 15:03

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At Fakuma more than 1900 exhibitors will present their international offerings on the world’s leading technical event for industrial plastics processing.
Attention will be focused on the latest technologies which promise highly advantageous benefits, as well as processes and tools for efficient plastics processing by means of injection moulding, extrusion, thermoforming and 3D printing.

Further information can be found on the event's website.

Location

Friedrichshafen, Germany

Organiser

P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG

Date

12 - 16 October 2021

12. - 16. Oktober 2021

Further Links

Website of the event

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Innovation management

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Tue, 10/12/2021 - 12:00

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Abgesagt: interpack 2021

janna.vakili@ecologic.eu — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:14:29 +0000

Canceled: interpack 2021 janna.vakili@e… Wed, 11/13/2019 - 14:14

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interpack and components 2021 canceled

interpack is the essential event for the food, beverage, confectionery, bakery, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, non-food and industrial goods sectors.

No other trade fair in the world represents the entire supply chain. And at no other trade fair does the packaging industry provide all industry sectors with tailored solutions and innovative designs based on such a variety of materials.

Further information can be found on the event's website.

Location

Düsseldorf, Germany

Organiser

interpack alliance

Date

25 February - 03 March 2021

25. Februar - 03. März 2021

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Website of the event

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Food packaging

Packaging

Strategy on plastics

Innovation management

Reduction of plastic use

Added value

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Thu, 02/25/2021 - 12:00

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Plastic Free World - Conference & Expo

Stephan.Guertler — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:33:54 +0000

Plastic Free World - Conference & Expo Stephan.Guertler Thu, 04/25/2019 - 09:33

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The conference and exhibition "Plastic Free World" focuses on how international businesses from a wide variety of industries can reduce their use of fossil-fuel-based plastics, eliminate single-use plastics, design and create more sustainable bio-sourced products and packaging solutions, introduce more circular business models, and ultimately help contribute to improving the global plastic pollution crisis.

Over 80 international speakers will discuss the latest business models, strategies, materials innovations, future regulations, manufacturing technologies, bio-sourced sourced solutions and the latest and next-generation technologies to help meet future plastic waste targets and create highly sustainable products accepted by rapidly evolving consumer demands.

Location

Frankfurt/Main

Organiser

TransGlobal Events

Date

27 - 28 June 2019

27. - 28. Juni 2019

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Industry

Innovation management

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Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00

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Innoredux

Stephan.Guertler — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:30:10 +0000

Innoredux Stephan.Guertler Fri, 02/15/2019 - 11:30

Business Models for Reducing Plastic Waste along the Value Chain: Paths to Innovative Trends in Retailing

The idea and goal of Innoredux was to develop and implement innovative packaging solutions in distance and stationary retailing using a living lab research approach in order to avoid or reduce plastic waste along the value chain.

The subject of investigation and the focus of research were innovations in trade for waste prevention and reduction within the framework of business models and the underlying value chains. The potential of their expansion from niches into the mainstream was investigated. The project focussed on reduction measures through a more efficient use of materials, substitution (alternative ecologically compatible materials) and through influencing consumers' decision-making behaviour in purchasing. Such innovative reduction measures can contribute significantly to the reduction of plastic discharges into the environment and at the same time generate competitive advantages.

In a living lab in the city of Heidelberg, business models were tested and implemented in cooperation with a number of partners from the retail sector and civil society. On the basis of the results of the living lab, guidelines for municipalities and companies were developed. The project focused on four product groups: food, cosmetics, office supplies and textiles.

Main areas of work

Analysis of interdependencies and decision-making processes along the value chain (production - trade - consumption)
Development of innovative business models to avoid packaging
Testing of innovative approaches for low-plastic packaging in a living lab in Heidelberg
Balancing the ecological, economic and social impacts of the business models identified as innovative
Development and dissemination of guidelines for companies and municipalities

Arbeitspakete

Work packages

WP 1 Developing a typology of plastic waste prevention business models through innovative packaging solutions

Contact person

Dr. Frieder Rubik, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Bergstraße 7, 69120 Heidelberg
e-mail: frieder.rubik@ioew.de

Project partners

ifeu, Alnatura, Annas Unverpacktes Heidelberg, Avocado Store, dm, Memo, Unverpackt e. V., Zalando

Short description

In a first step, existing business models that contribute to the reduction of packaging (especially plastic packaging) along the value chain were examined and categorised. The project partners analysed existing innovative, instructive and plastic-reducing solutions with a strong leverage effect and estimated the reduction potential via quantity balances (waste types, waste quantities, etc.).

WP 2 Balancing, identification of best practices and success factors

Contact person

Dr. Pauline Riousset, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Potsdamerstraße 105, 10785 Berlin
e-mail: pauline.riousset@ioew.de

Project partners

ifeu, Alnatura, Annas Unverpacktes Heidelberg, Avocado Store, BUND, BUND Heidelberg, dm, Memo, City of Heidelberg, Unverpackt e. V., Zalando

Short description

This work package analysed the ecological, social and economic impacts of business model innovations and identifies their success factors. To this end, key data and model examples were collected as preparatory work for the company checklists and the handbook for a municipal concept for comprehensive plastic prevention and reduction (so-called "conceptual handbook for municipalities"; WP 4). The potential impact of municipal support was assessed.

WP 3 Design of options for action and testing in a living lab

Contact person

Dr. Frieder Rubik, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Bergstraße 7, 69120 Heidelberg
e-mail: frieder.rubik@ioew.de

Project partners

ifeu, Alnatura, Annas Unverpacktes Heidelberg, Avocado Store, BUND, BUND Heidelberg, dm, Memo, City of Heidelberg, Unverpackt e. V., Zalando

Short description

This work package included the implementation of a living lab with retail companies, the City of Heidelberg, BUND and consumers. Here, a strategy to reduce plastic waste, consisting of suggestions to improve business models and support from municipalities, was developed and tested.
Case studies: A living lab was conducted, i. e. a geographically and temporally defined testing area was created in which knowledge was exchanged, strategic partnerships were generated and solutions were tested. Together with the associated partners, the objectives and intention of the intervention/experiments and questions were defined (co-design) before options for action were developed and adapted and tested in a strategy for the local context of Heidelberg. The effects of the living lab were evaluated during the process.

WP 4 Strategy development and development of company checklists and conceptual guidelines for municipalities

Contact person

Dr. Pauline Riousset, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Potsdamerstraße 105, 10785 Berlin
e-mail: pauline.riousset@ioew.de

Project partners

ifeu, Alnatura, Annas Unverpacktes Heidelberg, Avocado Store, BUND, BUND Heidelberg, dm, Memo, City of Heidelberg, Unverpackt e. V., Zalando

Short description

The living lab results from WP 3 were transferred into the context of the considered product groups and the existing strategies are revised. The research results were used to develop company checklists and a conceptual handbook for municipalities and the dissemination phase were prepared (cf. WP 5).

WP 5 Dissemination of results

Contact person

Dr. Frieder Rubik, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Bergstraße 7, 69120 Heidelberg
e-mail: frieder.rubik@ioew.de

Project partner

ifeu

Short description

The transdisciplinary research approach required a reciprocal, project-accompanying transfer of knowledge and results. Therefore, an integrative work package was planned that encompasses all project work and affects all actors. In this work package, the focus was on describing the communication measures on the basis of the analysis of target groups and goals. The communication measures were based on the pillars "Information" - "Best Practice" - "Training" - "Imitation".

Coordinator

Dr. Frieder Rubik
Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)
Bergstraße 7
69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 6221-64916-6
e-mail: frieder.rubik@ioew.de

Website

www.plastik-reduzieren.de

Partner Institutions

ifeu – Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg

Associated Partners

Alnatura GmbH

Annas Unverpacktes Heidelberg

Avocado Store GmbH

Friends of the Earth Germany / BUND

Friends of the Earth Baden-Württemberg, Group in the District of Heidelberg / BUND Heidelberg

dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG / dm

Duration Period

February 2019

January 2022

Project sheet

Project-sheet-Innoredux-2019.pdf

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Coordinator

IdentiPlast 2019

hannes.schritt@ecologic.eu — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:02:57 +0000

IdentiPlast 2019 hannes.schritt… Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:02

Untertitel

Plastics, Sustainability and Society

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Beschreibung

IdentiPlast 2019 is an European event organized by PlasticsEurope focused on the recycling and recovery of used plastics.

The event is about sharing best practice in the management of plastic waste, learning about the latest innovations and networking with others involved in the realm of circular economy.

IdentiPlast is now in its fourteen edition and has grown into a two-day, international event focused on the collection, sorting and recycling of used plastics.

Location

London

Date

07 - 08 March 2019

07. - 08. März 2019

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Recycling

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Thu, 03/07/2019 - 12:00

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