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Circular economy in retail and the service industryIvar Horneland KristensenCEO, Virke, The Enterprise Federation of Norway

3. June 2019

Most Norwegian’s work in retail and services

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Services Secondary industry Primary industryShare of employees | Source: Perspektivmeldingen

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Consumption of services increases more than products

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Kilde: SSB, Nasjonalregnskapet, konsum i husholdninger, utgift, statistikkvariabel og år. Løpende priser

Everyone can and must contribute

OBEYING RULES AND REGULATIONS

• Measuring enviromental impact and discovering how future challenges affect

operations

MEASURES AND SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS

• Certifications like Miljøfyrtårn• Product certifications like Swan label

• Recycling in production, in store and for customers

• Measures linked to energy consumtion, waste reduction, purchasing and

transport• Enviromental purchasing and supplier

demands• Influencing customers

STRATEGIC APPROACH AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS

• Innovation• New services and offerings

• Products for rent, lease, repair and upgrade

• New business models• Circular economy

Passive

Active

Opportunistic

Products andservices

Sharing and platforms

Product lifeextention

Recovery andrecycling

Sourcing ofmaterials

70%Domestic recycling

9%Global recycling

56%Estimated emission

reduction

How we compare

Virke’s role

Political influencer Courses and networks Employer assistance

Our policy

1. Taxes on pollution

2. Reconfiguring the government's instrument for innovation and development

3. Incentives for retail and the service industry

4. Green procurement procedures

5. Support schemes for competence development

Get in touch!

ihk@virke.no

ivar.horneland.kristensen

@ivarhk

Ivar H. Kristensen