Bygma Umeå - building supply store

SRL 1 - identifying problem and identifying potential solutions

Bygma Umeå – building supply store

Embracing circularity for a better construction trade

Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden

ORGANISATION / PARTNERS

Bygma Umeå

BUSINESS MODEL

SCALE: National

Stakeholder:

Private Sector

Type:

B2B - Business to BusinessB2C - Business to ConsumerB2G - Business to Government

BUSINESS MODEL FORMAT:Rental (short term)Leasing (long term)

Product Type(s):ToolHeavy machinery

FACET & LEVEL

FACET:

Built EnvironmentLogisticsMaterial FlowsProduct-as-a-ServiceReuseSupply Chain

LEVEL:

Meta - Global

Global – beyond Supranational (Macro)
Micro - Company/Organisation

Company/Organisation

SOCIETAL READINESS LEVEL & POTENTIAL

FUTURE POTENTIAL

ScaleableReplicable

SOCIETAL READINESS LEVEL

SRL 1 - identifying problem and identifying potential solutions

SRL 1 - identifying problem and identifying potential solutions

CIRCULAR CYCLE PHASE

STATUS & TIMELINE

eg start date

DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Bygma Umeå - building supply store

CONCEPT: Embracing circularity for a better construction trade

LOCAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION: Svenska

IMPACT

BARRIERS

SOCIAL
- Lack of sense of urgency
- Lack of civic engagement
- Consumption habits
REGULATORY
- Obstructing laws and regulations
- Limited Circular Procurement
- Government incentive support the linear economy
- Circularity is not efficiently integrated into innovation policies
- Recycling policies are not efficient enough to yield high quality
- Governance issues related to responsibility and property
- Competition regulations block cooperation between companies (anti-trust
- Absence of consistently applied standards and protocols
- Strict planning and permission hurdles
TECHNOLOGICAL
- Ability to deliver high quality remanufactured products
- Inability to reach 100% recycling
- Strategy to extend product service life
- Geographic dispersion of supply chains
- Geographic dispersion of products/materials
- Regional service economy infrastructure
- Complexity of the materials to be recycled
CULTURAL
- Lack of leadership
- Company/community culture
- Limited understanding on impacts
- Willingness to collaborate in the value chain
- Consumer interest and awareness
- Operating in a linear system
- Change of mindset
- Resistance by key stakeholders seeking the status quo
MARKET
- High upfront investment costs
- High planning and management costs
- Limited funding
- Low virgin material prices
- Limited reverse logistics capacity
- Traceability/transparency in the value chain
- Demand for low prices
- Complementary skills/services required
- Lack of fiscal tools for internalizing environmental costs

ENABLERS

MARKET
- Need for a long-term vision by businesses
- Knowledge of impact
- Competitive advantage for early adopters
- Functional service economy (XaaS)
- Digital infrastructure
- Valuing the services, not only the products - provided by nature
- New alliances and collaborations
- Access to regional / global supply of secondary materials & by products
REGULATORY
- Green & Circular Procurement
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Tax shift from Labour to Resources
- No or low VAT on circular products and services
- Provide access to funding to encourage experimentation, innovation and redesign
- Foster the development of new technologies with the support of public authorities
- Assess progress using reliable indicators for imports and local production while accounting for the life cycles of products
- Use of circular performance indicators by governments, investors and businesses can encourage the value chain to become more circular
- Investment in education and employment services to prepare the market for the next economy
- Promote public-private partnerships to better counter and lift political barriers
SOCIAL
- Change in the choices made by consumers
- Increased status related to second-hand and circular products
- More inclusive and connected communities
- Stronger personal connections
- Civic engagement and voluntary activities
- Shared norms, values, attitudes, and beliefs
TECHNOLOGICAL
- Increased resource productivity, cost reductions
- Increased environmental performance
- Increased efficiency
- Better waste processing
- Higher quality of recycled materials
- Digital technologies and engineering to support business models
- Implementing gender and ethnic diversity in technology
CULTURAL
- Integration of the CE concept into training and educational programs
- Better consideration of the labour force
- Supporting an inclusive workforce
- Reduced gender inequality
- A creative and skilled problem-solving resource
- Preparation of future professional practices and understanding