Identifying Circular Economy Opportunities and Generating a List of Recommendations for a Case Company Operations
Aguiar Santos, Raquel (2018)
Aguiar Santos, Raquel
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113529
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018061113529
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The purpose of this study was to identify circular economy opportunities in the case company’s facilities operations and practices and generate a list of recommendations to enable circular economy. The case company located in the town of Kirkkonummi in Finland is a subsidiary of a multinational Information and Communication Technology (ICT) company. The case company wanted to find out how it could enable circular economy in its facilities operations and practices.
The conceptual framework for the study consisted of an analysis tool that was applied to all items assessed. The analysis tool purpose was to identify circular economy opportunities. The analysis tool was based in existent frameworks and tools from literature. The list of items to be assessed were generated based on the author’s empirical observations, informal pre-discussion with fifteen employees and with the facility manager and the email survey to key stakeholders. Based on the existent literature and case studies, the author and the key stakeholders identified the items with potential to circular economy and during
two brainstorming sessions they generated a list of recommendations to enable circular economy.
The list of recommendations generated aims to improve energy consumption, reduce discarded electronic, cupboard, paper, wood, lamp, battery and office furniture waste, improve meeting rooms and sport facilities usability. This study provides guidance to any organization that wants to identify potential items to circular economy and the recommendations generated based in existent literature and case studies can be something to consider by other organizations.
The conceptual framework for the study consisted of an analysis tool that was applied to all items assessed. The analysis tool purpose was to identify circular economy opportunities. The analysis tool was based in existent frameworks and tools from literature. The list of items to be assessed were generated based on the author’s empirical observations, informal pre-discussion with fifteen employees and with the facility manager and the email survey to key stakeholders. Based on the existent literature and case studies, the author and the key stakeholders identified the items with potential to circular economy and during
two brainstorming sessions they generated a list of recommendations to enable circular economy.
The list of recommendations generated aims to improve energy consumption, reduce discarded electronic, cupboard, paper, wood, lamp, battery and office furniture waste, improve meeting rooms and sport facilities usability. This study provides guidance to any organization that wants to identify potential items to circular economy and the recommendations generated based in existent literature and case studies can be something to consider by other organizations.