Product as a service

Product-as-a-Service: A Key Component for Achieving a Circular Economy

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Product-as-a-Service and the Circular Economy

Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) represents a transformative business model that shifts focus from product ownership to fulfilling customer needs through servitization. It combines physical products and services, paving the way for closer customer relationships, extended company responsibility throughout the product lifecycle, and fostered sustainability through more efficient use of material and energy. This model, aligning closely with the circular … Read more

Commown offers electronics as a service – how their cooperative model benefits Product-as-a-Service

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Commonown - Cooperative for sustainable electronic

Full disclosure: Authors Yana Mechielsen and Robin Angelé both work at Commown “The cooperative for sustainable electronics”. The electronics industry generates a huge amount of negative externalities, from the mines to the products’ end-of-life. According to UNICEF, about 40,000 children work up to 12 hours a day in mines in southern DRC. Mining the valuable … Read more