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Josefina Sallén

Fokusområdesledare Cirkulär omställning och coach inom Cirkulär omställning

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+46 72 208 93 60

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josefina.sallen@ri.se

Location

Göteborg

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Sustainable Business (104206)

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Circular Co-Creation Games

Can games be used to co-create new circular business model ideas with customers? And for circular companies to find each other and start collaborating? That is what we are exploring in the project “Game-Based Approaches to Create …

CirkHelm - Circular Business Opportunities for Ski Helmets

Ski helmets are a product with a clear function - to protect the skiers. Ski helmets are also a product in the classic linear economy, ie it is manufactured - used - thrown away. Through Circhelm, the project group wants to develo…

Knowledge Transfer for Circular Business Ecosystems

The project aims to accelerate the transition to resource-efficient circular business models in the textiles, furniture and automotive industries in West Sweden. This will be achieved by bridging existing and promising circular bu…

ReAlising a Circular Economy in Society

In the project we focus on and facilitate concrete test cases of circular innovations through real-life scenarios that will be run in collaboration with the project partners, three Swedish municipalities. We analyse effects and so…

Public PROcurement with a Circular Economy EDge

Public authorities are major global consumers and therefore they play a pivotal role in production and consumption dynamics, including sustainable ones. However, evidence shows that there are a number of key issues that prevent a …

Research-based knowledge boosts circular companies

Changing the world requires money, commitment – and knowledge. Danske Bank engaged RISE to help the circular companies in its free networking, advisory and challenge platform, +impact, by giving them a solid research foundation to…

Seven pitfalls on the path to circular economy – this is how you avoid them

Transitioning to a circular business model can be challenging. On the other hand, major opportunities await for creating sustainable and long-term profitability for those who succeed. Josefina Sallén, one of RISE's circular coache…

High quality creates new business opportunities in the circular economy

The high quality of Swedish industrial products entails new business opportunities in an increasingly circular economy. One way of increasing profitability may be, for example, to lease out a product and offer it as a service inst…

Circular strategy helps Gothenburg achieve tough environmental goals

The City of Gothenburg has set high goals in its new Environmental and Climate Programme. One of the strategies for achieving the goals is driving development towards the circular economy.

The Circular Map gathers cases and inspires

The online Circular Map has gathered inspiring cases on concrete and profitable circular business. Project Manager Josefina Sallén feels that the examples are incredibly valuable and encourages more companies to share their soluti…

Tougher targets need to be set if we are to achieve the climate goals

There is a need to set the bar higher in order to steer society towards climate-neutrality and sustainability. The pace of transformation is still too slow and RISE experts would like to see the country’s major stakeholders lead t…

From linear to circular – eight things to keep in mind

Switching from a linear business model to a circular one is a process full of decisions where a carefully prepared business foundation is essential. Josefina Sallén, coach at RISE in circular transition, explains how your company …

Taiga operates a circular marketplace for workwear

The right protective workwear can save lives, which is undoubtedly beneficial to society. But, in many ways, textiles is still a “dirty” industry. Taiga, a company based in Varberg manufacturing high quality workwear, wanted to re…

Circular business the model for Hako

Is it possible for a traditional product company to find profitability in circular business models? If you ask Hako, after having participated in Cirkulära Halland (Region Halland’s project on circular business models), the answer…

From strategic goals to true circular transition in Halland

How can a company transition from a linear to circular business model, and, what can be gained by doing so? In its project on circular business models (Cirkulära Halland), both Region Halland and the participating companies gained…

Public procurement drives circular transition

Public tendering and requirement specifications can play a huge rule in the transition to a circular economy. “You’ve got to differentiate between basic things like, whether you’re procuring a maintained lawn or a lawnmower though…

Vidde Building Tomorrow’s Sustainable Electric Snowmobile

Vidde Snow Mobility is a Swedish entrepreneurial company with the vision to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility in winter and mountain terrain. The idea is to build a completely new type of electric-powered, future-a…

Recycling and circularity of batteries

Recycling and circularity are natural steps when society moves towards a circular economy. In a circular economy, products get new life after their first use. The products can either be used in a new application, or materials can …

Circular Business Models

Circular business models create and capture value from used items to enable a cost advantage and superior customer value. But competitive advantages like that originate from the innovation being hard to achieve. We study both the …

Future adaptive design for a circular ec

Future adaptive design can reduce business risks in circular business models through a product design for extended product life, through robustness, flexibility, and upgradeability

Circular Procurement

We are experts in procurement, and specifically public procurement, of goods and services in line with the principles of circular economy. Our expertise includes circular economy and procurement strategy, circular economy criteria…