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Mistra REES

REES – Resource Efficient and Effective Solutions based on circular economy thinking!

IVAs 100-lista 2020

Year:

2020

Category:

Business models, Circular economy

University:

Chalmers University of Technology

Responsible Researcher:

Mattias Lindahl (Tomohiko Sakao, Henrik Nehler, Josefine Rasmussen, Andrius Plepys, Carl Dalhammar, Maria Ljunggren Söderman, Matty Janssen)

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Genom nära samarbete och ömsesidigt lärande mellan ledande industriföretag och akademin fokuserar Mistra REES på att stödja den svenska tillverkningsindustrins övergång till en mer cirkulär och hållbar ekonomi. Vidare att öka industrins förmåga att utveckla världsledande och resurseffektiva lösningar. Detta innefattar att skapa kunskap om design av produkter/tjänster och affärsmodeller, vilka politiska åtgärder som behövs för hållbara lösningar, samt deras ekonomiska och finansiella effekter.

IVA’s 100 List 2020 - Sustainable competitiveness

IVA’s 100 List 2020 highlights a diverse range of research projects from Swedish universities, under the theme Sustainable competitiveness. The projects have been selected based on their great potential to create value through commercialization, business and method development, or societal impact. All participating researchers are interested in increased contacts with the business sector for the application and further development of their projects.

Named contact persons for each research project on the 100 List are responsible for the accuracy of the information presented.

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