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In a study realized with the support of Vinnova's Digitala Stambanan project, Combient Pure has explored how industrial companies from the Combient network approach the collection and measurement of emission data from their supply chain.

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Combient Pure's study on how technology can be leveraged to manage supply chain emission data

Leveraging technology to manage supply chain emission data

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In the culmination of a year-long project, Combient Pure hosted an event that brought together companies who participated in the Circularity Development Program, and their stakeholders. The program featured ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon, along with their customer Vasakronan, working together to develop products and processes for circularity. 

A recap on Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program Closing Event

A recap on Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program Closing Event on February 14th, 2024

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A whole year has gone by as we have deep dived into circularity in the technical building products industry. Together with ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon and Vasakronan we have studied the numerous angles of circular economy and what it means on a company level. What have been the key learnings for us during the year? Read our summary.

Key learnings from Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program 2023

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ASSA ABLOY, KONE and Swegon took part in Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program to create processes and concepts that improve the circularity of their products. Technical building products present one of the largest emission sources in buildings, and circular economy tactics are a key tool for reducing these product-related emissions. 

Results from the Circularity Development Program 2023

Press Relase: ASSA ABLOY, KONE and Swegon accelerated their circularity development in a year-long collaborative effort with Vasakronan and Combient Pure

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Unlocking the transformative power of circularity within organizations demands not only a shift in product design, business models and value chain composition, but also cross-organizational internal realignment. In the Circularity Development Program’s last Sprint, we delved into the complexities of building internal cohesion for circular transition. 

Circularity Development Program, Blog 6: How to align an organization for circular transition?

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Spotlight is a new article series about initiatives rising from the Combient network. In the series, we will cover interesting spinoffs from the Combient network companies, collaboration efforts between them, as well as other innovation stories. 

Spotlight: Gaia Generation, the Scania startup that makes cloud emissions visible

Circularity blog

We warmly welcome you to the closing event of Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program 2023! Join us on February 14th to learn how ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon and Vasakronan have come together and developed their organizations’ circular capabilities, processes and concepts. 

Towards Circularity – Faster, Together

Circularity Development Program's Closing Event on Feb 14: Towards Circularity – Faster, Together

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Meet Carl, the fourth member of the Combient Pure Advisory Council, who was actively involved in the founding of Combient Pure and currently serves as a board member at Combient. Carl brings a wealth of experience to the Advisory Council, as his career spans both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Carl will share his insights about companies' crucial role in driving sustainable transformation in this blog post.

Advisory Council Member - Carl Lindgren

Meet the Combient Pure Advisory Council Members - Carl Lindgren

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The 28th COP culminated last week in a thriller negotiation on the global stocktake - the first collective assessment of progress on global warming mitigation since the Paris Agreement in 2015. Greenhouse gas emissions and coal burning reached a new record in 2023 and while a vast majority of countries, including the European Union, backed a push to phase-out coal, oil and gas, Saudi Arabia and thousands of oil lobbyists fought hard against any mention of fossil fuels. 

The time has come to walk the talk of climate pledges

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The fifth sprint of the Circularity Development Program focused on the circularity transformation by sourcing circular inputs and considering circularity in procurement practices. Specifically, it explored the landscape view on future material flows, benchmarked leading circular sourcing practices, and looked into circular procurement development in construction projects.

Circularity Development Program, Blog 5: Circular Sourcing and Procurement 

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Reusing and refurbishing products present a substantial, sustainable business potential in the near and medium-term. These approaches are not new, but a dedicated focus will benefit the planet and offer new economic opportunities. During the workshop, companies like Swegon, Multiconsult, Schneider Electric, Rebel Lights, RISE, Stena Circular Consulting, and Palats, have shared their expertise and examples related to reuse, refurbishment, circular design, merging marketplaces, and legal frameworks. 

Circularity Development Program, Blog 4: Product Life Extension

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Combient Pure will run a second round of its praised Circularity Development Program starting in Spring 2024. We are looking for interested companies to participate in our 12-month program and take their circularity capabilities to a new level.

Join Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program in 2024!

Advisory Blog - Jussi Herlin

Introducing the third Combient Pure Advisory Council member. Jussi Herlin is the Vice Chair of the Board at KONE and holds a number of other board positions in companies, industrial associations, and foundations. In this blog post, Jussi will share his insights about companies' pivotal role in driving sustainable transformation.

Meet the Combient Pure Advisory Council Members - Jussi Herlin

Advisory Council Member - Jussi Herlin

To enhance the circularity of technical building products, Combient Pure developed Circularity Development Program for technical building solution providers to increase the participating companies’ circular economy skills, to understand what opportunities it offers, and offer concrete tools that can be used to develop operations. In the inspiring initiative, Combient Pure, in collaboration with industry giants ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon, and Vasakronan, embarked on a groundbreaking 12-month program with an ambitious endeavor that seeks to revolutionise how these technical building products are designed, manufactured, and utilised, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future for the building industry.


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Circularity Development Program for Technical Building Products - Insights from the First Half of the Program

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Earlier this year Combient Pure started with Vasakronan, ASSA ABLOY, KONE and Swegon the Circularity Development Program to drive the circularity within technical building products. The third Sprint, Dismantling and Reverse Logistics, focused on exploring how to seize value from end-of-life products through dismantling, reverse logistics and take back systems.

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Circularity Development Program, Blog 3: Dismantling and Reverse Logistics, Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability at KONE

Circularity Development Program, Blog 3: Dismantling and Reverse Logistics, Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability 

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Combient is looking for a Business Development Manager to join the Combient Pure team for a full-time position in either Helsinki, Finland or Stockholm, Sweden.

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Open position: Business Development Manager, Combient Pure

We are hiring: Business Development Manager

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Earlier this year Combient Pure started with Vasakronan, ASSA ABLOY, KONE and Swegon the Circularity Development Program to drive the circularity within technical building products. The second Sprint, Measuring Impact, focused on exploring where the companies should focus their circularity development to make the most impact.

Circularity Development Program, Blog 2: Quantifying Impact

Meet the advisory council - Caroline Ankarcrona 

We at Combient Pure are privileged to have an influential group of professionals and thought leaders who make up our Advisory Council. Now you have the chance to discover their unique expertise and get inspired as they share their wisdom in our new blog series.

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Meet the Combient Pure Advisory Council Members - Caroline Ankarcrona

Advisory Council Member - Caroline Ankarcrona

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Jukka Ryhänen - Advisory Council Member

Meet the Combient Pure Advisory Council Members

Advisory Council Member - Jukka Ryhänen

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Introducing Combient Pure's new blog series & Advisory Council

Introducing the new blog series & Advisory Council

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The new Combient event series Transformation stories, launched this spring, reached its third gathering on April 25th, 2023. This time SEB hosted the session and Jakob Hansson, Asset Solutions, Corporate Banking, shared some insights of SEB’s journey supporting companies in their transition towards circular business models.

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Transition towards circular business models - Insights from the Transformation Stories event

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Earlier this year Combient Pure started with Vasakronan, ASSA ABLOY, KONE and Swegon the Circularity Development Program to drive the circularity within technical building products. The first Sprint, Understanding the Customer, focused on mapping out the customers’ and other stakeholders’ expectations and needs regarding circularity and circular products. Vasakronan’s Claire Mirjolet shares the background behind Vakaronan’s circularity ambitions.

Circularity Development Program, Blog 1: Customers' requirements on circularity

Combient Pure, ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon and Vasakronan join forces to develop technical building products towards circular economy 

Circularity Program for Technical Building Product Providers

Combient Pure, ASSA ABLOY, KONE, Swegon and Vasakronan join forces to develop technical building products towards circular economy

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Circular economy can be used as a tool for addressing scope 3 emissions but also as a source of business value. However, circular economy solutions cannot be created by companies alone. To unleash the full potential of circularity, collaboration across the whole value chain, with other companies and industries are needed.

How can circular economy benefit your business? Insights from a Combient Conference Showcase hosted by Combient Pure

How can circular economy benefit your business? Insights from a Combient Conference Showcase by Combient Pure

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How to fast-forward the transition towards a low carbon value chain? To truly transform value chains towards low carbon, companies need to make important decisions both regarding procurement and product portfolios in the next few years. Read Combient Pure’s recommendations for 2023.

How to fast-forward the transition towards a low carbon value chain?  Combient Pure’s recommendations for 2023 

How to fast-forward the transition to a low carbon value chain?  Combient Pure’s recommendations for 2023 

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To decarbonize all sectors of the society, multi-company collaboration accelerates the sustainable business transition of value chains.

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Vasakronan and Combient Pure challenge the buildings' technical equipment manufacturers to raise the circularity level! 

Open call to join Vasakronan’s and Combient Pure’s Circularity Development program

Join Vasakronan’s and Combient Pure’s Circularity Development Program!

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Circular economy offers an opportunity to break the traditional link between virgin material consumption, production volumes and business value. It is an opportunity to shift the business into models where materials and products retain their value and, waste, as such, is not generated. 

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Companies are starting to address not just their own direct CO2 emissions but also those that have to do with their supply chains and the use of their products and services. How are industry leaders dealing with Scope 3 emissions?

How to succeed in Scope 3 emission reductions? A recap from a Combient Pure breakfast event

How to succeed in Scope 3 emission reductions? A recap from a Combient Pure breakfast event on October 11, 2022

The Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC) and Combient Pure have launched a peer-to-peer network for strategy leaders that meets regularly to share insights and discuss strategic climate work.

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Peer-to-Peer Network for Strategy Leaders to support companies in climate action

Companies are starting to address not just their own direct CO2 emissions but also those that have to do with their supply chains and the use of their products and services. On October 11, we welcome the Combient network companies to discuss, how companies can reduce their Scope 3 emissions in international and complex value chains.

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Breakfast event in Stockholm on Scope 3 emission reductions

How to succeed in Scope 3 emission reductions?

Combient is looking for a Business Lead to join the Combient Pure team for a full-time position in either Helsinki, Finland or Stockholm, Sweden.

Open position: Business Lead / Combient Pure

Open position: Business Lead

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NCC Finland, Stora Enso, Ramboll and Combient Pure have been collaborating on a project with the target to create a wider choice of tangible low-carbon building materials especially for the frame solutions of new buildings.

NCC, Stora Enso, Ramboll and Combient Pure collaborate on increasing the offering of low-carbon framing solutions for new building production

Massive wood frame has considerable life-cycle emission reduction potential

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Combient Perspectives – How can value chain wide collaboration drive low carbon building?

A year of co-creating sustainable solutions with Combient Pure has revealed us key insights about the dynamics and success factors within sustainable business and collaboration. This blog post reveals valuable learnings for any large organization.

Cross-organizational, value chain wide work resolves business challenges

How cross-organizational collaboration solves value chain wide business problems

Ramboll joins the collaboration project between NCC Finland, Stora Enso and Combient Pure to promote low carbon building.

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Ramboll joins the collaboration project between NCC Finland, Stora Enso and Combient Pure to promote low carbon building. The design and consulting company brings to the collaboration its extensive low carbon construction expertise, which helps bring forward low carbon alternatives along the entire construction value chain. The collaboration began in fall 2021 and will continue until the spring of 2022. It focuses especially on mass timber building solutions. 

Ramboll joins the Low carbon building collaboration project as a design partner 

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In the fall 2021 Investor announced sharpened climate targets and joined the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero campaign ahead of COP26. Investor’s new targets are aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. 

Investor portfolio companies expected to reduce emissions by 70 percent by 2030

Investor sharpens its climate targets - portfolio companies expected to reduce emissions by 70 percent by 2030

Combient is looking for a Low Carbon / Circular Business Developer to join the Combient Pure team for a full-time position in either Helsinki, Finland or Stockholm, Sweden.

Combient is looking for a Low Carbon / Circular Business Developer to join the Combient Pure team

Open position: Low Carbon / Circular Business Developer

The first months of collaboration between NCC Finland, Stora Enso Wood Products and Combient Pure have gone past, and we have already learned a lot. Bringing together a team of experts from a construction material provider and a construction company has instantly started to churn out new ideas for promoting low carbon building.

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First lessons from a multi-company collaboration project | Combient Pure

First lessons from cross-company collaboration on low carbon building

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Combient Pure and Climate Leadership Coalition organized an event to discuss the prerequisites for collaborative climate action. The message was clear: multicompany co-operation yields the best path to accelerate the low carbon transition.

A recap from Combient Pure's and CLC's event on value chain wide climate action

Recap: How to create transformative climate solutions through value chain wide co-operation?

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NCC, Stora Enso and Combient Pure will start a collaboration in Finland to make it easier for developers to choose low-carbon construction solutions. The collaboration will bring forward the emission reduction effects of low-carbon building materials and aims to develop construction solutions that minimize emissions from new buildings.

Cooperation between NCC Finland, Stora Enso and Combient Pure to boost low-carbon building solutions

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GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Scopes 1, 2 and 3

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What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?

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Combient Pure together with the Climate Leadership Coalition organizes a webinar on how to create transformative climate solutions through value chain wide co-operation on 30th of September.

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Event on Sep 30 - Disrupt or be disrupted: How to create transformative climate solutions through value chain wide co-operation

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The world is moving rapidly towards electrification and the demand for batteries is growing exponentially. Read about how the developing battery industry poses a business opportunity for creating new circular solutions.

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Recap from a Pure Workshop — New business opportunities in the battery value chain

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Science-based targets provide a framework for companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the level required by the Paris agreement.

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What are Science-Based Targets?

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