Skråmträsk Sko - handmade shoes

SRL 9 - integrated into society

Skråmträsk Sko – handmade shoes

handmade shoes from Västerbotten, northern Sweden

Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

ORGANISATION / PARTNERS

Skråmheden AB

BUSINESS MODEL

SCALE: National

Stakeholder:

Private Sector

Type:

B2C - Business to Consumer

BUSINESS MODEL FORMAT:

Product Type(s):

FACET & LEVEL

FACET:

Creative Arts/CultureCultural HeritageDesignManufacturingRemanufacturingRepairReuseTourism & Hospitality

LEVEL:

Micro - Company/Organisation

Company/Organisation
Nano - User, Product, Component & Material

The circularity of products, components, and materials, included in three wider systemic levels, all along the value chain and through- out their entire lifecycle

SOCIETAL READINESS LEVEL & POTENTIAL

FUTURE POTENTIAL

ScaleableReplicable

SOCIETAL READINESS LEVEL

SRL 9 - integrated into society

SRL 9 - integrated into society

CIRCULAR CYCLE PHASE

STATUS & TIMELINE

eg start date

07/2025

Startdate

DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Skråmträsk Sko

CONCEPT: handmade shoes from Västerbotten, northern Sweden

LOCAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION: -

IMPACT

BARRIERS

MARKET
- High upfront investment costs
- Limited funding
- Low virgin material prices
- Limited reverse logistics capacity
- Traceability/transparency in the value chain
- Complementary skills/services required
- Lack of fiscal tools for internalizing environmental costs
REGULATORY
- Government incentive support the linear economy
- Circularity is not efficiently integrated into innovation policies
- Recycling policies are not efficient enough to yield high quality
- Lack of global consensus
- Absence of consistently applied standards and protocols
TECHNOLOGICAL
- Circular design
- Ability to deliver high quality remanufactured products
- Inability to reach 100% recycling
- Geographic dispersion of supply chains
- Geographic dispersion of products/materials
- Complexity of the materials to be recycled
SOCIAL
- Lack of awareness
- Consumption habits
CULTURAL
- Lack of leadership
- Limited understanding on impacts
- Negative gender norms, status and values
- Willingness to collaborate in the value chain
- Consumer interest and awareness
- Operating in a linear system
- Change of mindset

ENABLERS

CULTURAL
- Integration of the CE concept into training and educational programs
- Better consideration of the labour force
- A creative and skilled problem-solving resource
- Preparation of future professional practices and understanding
REGULATORY
- 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
- 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
MARKET
- Need for a long-term vision by businesses
- Knowledge of impact
- Competitive advantage for early adopters
- Valuing the services, not only the products - provided by nature
- New alliances and collaborations
- Access to regional / global supply of secondary materials & by products
TECHNOLOGICAL
- Increased resource productivity, cost reductions
- Increased environmental performance
- Increased efficiency
- Better waste processing
- Higher quality of recycled materials
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
- Shared norms, values, attitudes, and beliefs