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Circularity.fm - Hilti - Overcoming Hidden Complexities of Circular Rental and Reuse

Hilti - Overcoming Hidden Complexities of Circular Rental and Reuse

11/13/24 • 34 min

Circularity.fm
Keeping Professional Products in the Loop

A durable and long-lasting product is a promising starting point for circular activities. Yet organisational challenges remain.

In this episode, Caroline Stern gives insights into Hilti Group's challenges when measuring and improving its circularity. It starts with logistics, spans over accounting, and includes selecting the right input data for ERP systems designed for a linear world.

This episode is the 12th in the series PaaS Decoded, 16 conversations about the fine details of product-as-a-service.

People

Caroline Stern, Head of Sustainability for South Asia Pacific, Hilti Group https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinestern/

Patrick Hypscher, Co-Founder of Green PO, Expert in Sustainable Business Models https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Chapters

00:00 Intro 02:09 Changing the direction of an organisation 04:09 A strong circular foundation 05:58 Access to products as door opener for reuse 08:31 Reuse as better than new 09:34 How Reuse changes internal logistics 13:24 Facing linear depreciation of circular assets 16:06 Defining the production location of a reused product 16:50 Reused product as (no) waste 17:29 The organisation of reuse as the real complexity 18:38 The role of data on resource consumption and CO2 22:23 All products will become more sustainable 27:58 Long last products as basis for PaaS 29:11 Keep the offering in the center 31:42 Open Door Climate and Southeast Asia

About Hilti

Hilti develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, energy and manufacturing industries, mainly to the professional end-user. About 32,000 employees work for Hilti.

Further Links

Hilti’s Fleet Management Service: https://www.hilti.com/content/hilti/W1/US/en/business/business/equipment/fleet.html

Hilti’s Reuse activities https://reports.hilti.group/2022/our-stories/circularity-second-life-of-tools

Hilti’s Circularity Measurement https://www.hilti.group/content/hilti/CP/XX/en/company/media-relations/media-releases/bcgsapcircularitystandardscircelligence.html

Transcript

See the episode page for the transcript: https://circularity.fm/hilti-overcoming-hidden-complexities-of-circular-rental-and-reuse/

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Keeping Professional Products in the Loop

A durable and long-lasting product is a promising starting point for circular activities. Yet organisational challenges remain.

In this episode, Caroline Stern gives insights into Hilti Group's challenges when measuring and improving its circularity. It starts with logistics, spans over accounting, and includes selecting the right input data for ERP systems designed for a linear world.

This episode is the 12th in the series PaaS Decoded, 16 conversations about the fine details of product-as-a-service.

People

Caroline Stern, Head of Sustainability for South Asia Pacific, Hilti Group https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinestern/

Patrick Hypscher, Co-Founder of Green PO, Expert in Sustainable Business Models https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Chapters

00:00 Intro 02:09 Changing the direction of an organisation 04:09 A strong circular foundation 05:58 Access to products as door opener for reuse 08:31 Reuse as better than new 09:34 How Reuse changes internal logistics 13:24 Facing linear depreciation of circular assets 16:06 Defining the production location of a reused product 16:50 Reused product as (no) waste 17:29 The organisation of reuse as the real complexity 18:38 The role of data on resource consumption and CO2 22:23 All products will become more sustainable 27:58 Long last products as basis for PaaS 29:11 Keep the offering in the center 31:42 Open Door Climate and Southeast Asia

About Hilti

Hilti develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, energy and manufacturing industries, mainly to the professional end-user. About 32,000 employees work for Hilti.

Further Links

Hilti’s Fleet Management Service: https://www.hilti.com/content/hilti/W1/US/en/business/business/equipment/fleet.html

Hilti’s Reuse activities https://reports.hilti.group/2022/our-stories/circularity-second-life-of-tools

Hilti’s Circularity Measurement https://www.hilti.group/content/hilti/CP/XX/en/company/media-relations/media-releases/bcgsapcircularitystandardscircelligence.html

Transcript

See the episode page for the transcript: https://circularity.fm/hilti-overcoming-hidden-complexities-of-circular-rental-and-reuse/

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Patrick Hypscher, Co-Founder of Green PO, Expert in Sustainable Business Models

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About Circularity: Circularity is a do-tank that supports executives and senior professionals in business and society with circular transformation - through collaboration, consulting, training, networking and much more.

Further Links: Undress Project https://www.circularity.me/undress/

Undress Market Report https://www.circularity.me/undress-circularity-from-consumer-insight-to-circular-impact-market-report/

Transcript See the episode page for the transcript: https://circularity.fm/undress-circularity-assessing-the-impact-of-circular-business-models/

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How integrated should a Product-as-a-Service proposition be in the core business? If an existing company starts a new as-a-service business, this question needs to be answered.

In this episode, Rob Keulemans, Chief Commercial Officer at Royal Ahrend, describes the organisational journey of their Furniture-as-a-Service proposition. After a separate start, significant elements of FaaS are now part of core processes and systems.

This episode is the 13th in the series PaaS Decoded, 16 conversations about the fine details of product-as-a-service.

People: Rob Keulemans, Chief Commercial Officer, Royal Ahrend https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-keulemans-1438831/

Patrick Hypscher, Co-Founder of Green PO, Expert in Sustainable Business Models https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

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About Royal Ahrend, from website: Ahrend is an international leading expert in the field of professional work environments. For almost 125 years, Ahrend designs and creates inspiring, innovative and healthy working environments. Ahrend specializes in Activity Based Working concepts, where well-being and productivity of the user are the central points of focus.

Further Links: https://www.ahrend.com/en/solutions/furniture-as-a-service/

Transcript: See the episode page for the transcript https://circularity.fm/royal-ahrend-from-a-separated-startup-to-an-integrated-business/

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