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Robert Gerlach
- May 2, 2017
Playing games to facilitate Sustainable Product and Business Innovation
The Sustainability Impact Canvas (SIC) and the Sustainable Business Model Canvas (SBMC) are two fundamental tools for sustainable product and business model innovation, and can be incorporated in corporate design processes to generate triple-bottom-line benefits and drive innovation. To ease the adaptation of these tools and make them even more effective, we have developed the Sustainable Business Model Innovation Game. The game is based around currently 30 business model cue
Robert Gerlach
- Oct 15, 2015
Resource Decoupling through Sustainable Innovation enabled by ICT and IoT
As the global population will reach over 9 billion people by 2050, the well-being of future generations relies on us enabling a transition towards a more sustainable society now. One of the major challenges we face lies in the necessity to lessen the impact of economic growth on the environment. Our global economy cannot be sustainable unless we decouple necessary business activity growth from resource usage and environmental impact – a process known as resource decoupling or
Robert Gerlach
- Feb 5, 2015
The Sustainability Impact Canvas - A foundation for Sustainable Innovation
In order to develop sustainable products and business models, it is essential to be aware of the various ways (positive and negative) the associated business activities impact the environment and the society, in addition to their impact on profitability. This statement may sound trivial. However, one only needs to bring to mind the various examples of products that have been designed with environmental sustainability in mind and instead achieved the opposite effect. The "bein
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