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Annex 1: PRODUCT GROUPS AND PILOT PROJECTS

The 16 pilot projects conducted as part of the PSS in the Nordics initiative are outlined below, with product categories assessed in each pilot highlighted in bold. These pilots provided practical examples of PSS implementation across a variety of sectors, showcasing the potential of PSS models to improve sustainability and resource efficiency. Key activities undertaken during each pilot are summarised after the company name, giving an overview of the specific methods, challenges, and results from these real-world applications.
Product Group
Sub-Group
Pilot project
Trans­portation
Passenger cars
Sirqel (NO): Mapping Nordic financing opportunities, assessment on barriers to obtain financing for SME PSS companies and evaluating options to overcome the barriers.
Rent-a-Bike (FO): Assessing increased appeal of PSS solutions, comparing the environmental impact of transportation modes, and developing strategies for waste reduction.
Liisabike (DK): Expanding the business model to include product pooling to increase the utility of the cargo bikes and overcome current challenges with stock, capacity and scaling.
Scooters
Boots
Bicycles
Packaging
Plastic & singly-use packaging
KleenHub (DK): Conducting an environmental assessment of the PSS model for reusable plastic service compared to the linear model with disposable plastic and ceramic service. The purpose is to determine under what conditions the service is environmentally advantages to improve operations.
E-Commerce
REZIP (DK): Developing an impact assessment tool, for continued evaluation and optimisation of PSS solution.
Freight packaging
Looping (NO): Customer survey on perspectives on reuse and recycling, development of environmental calculation model, evaluations of options to establish new partnerships, and an assessment of Nordic regulatory frameworks for ethical marketing legislation and compliance as a PSS company within that framework.
Machinery & tools
Heavy machinery
Nethire (DK): Qualifying critical assumptions and conditions form the initial LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) study to strengthen the environmental impact documentation and highlight the potential environmental benefits of PSS compared to individual ownership.
Hjortkær Maskinfabrik (DK): Piloting a more robust B2G business model, focusing on optimising existing PSS offerings, disseminating economic and environmental benefits, and identifying relevant financial leasing options for public entities to boost PSS adoption in public procurement.
Processing equipment
Chemicals
Handheld tools
Household appliances & furniture
White goods & Large appliances
Furnlease (SE): Investigating and analysing ways to reach potential customer groups and increase awareness of PSS for furniture and its environmental benefits.
CoHabit (SE): Establishing B2B cooperation on supply and demand, increasing process efficiency in value distribution, developing roadmaps for scaling the business model, and assessing the sustainability impact of business activities.
Oslo Kommune (NO): Implementing an effective PSS model to ensure increased reuse of furniture and other inventory in the Oslo municipality. Overview of product flow in furniture reuse, mapping potential partnerships, and developing a model.
Furniture
Products for children
Children’s clothing
Barnalán (IS): Mapping and optimising the value chain, identifying new partnerships, and assessing awareness of customers on circularity potentials of the PSS model.
Toys/​equipment
Textiles
Workwear & household textiles
Vaatepuu (FI): Assessing behaviour-changing measures for sustainable consumer behaviour, evaluating opportunities for expansion into the Nordic market, identifying Nordic partnerships, and developing B2C and B2B strategies
Clothing
Seasonal & special occasions
Party & event equipment
Iceland Camping Equipment (IS): Assessment of local market development opportunities through surveys, assessing opportunities and barriers to market expansion in Sweden and Norway, mapping tourism hotspots, and value chains assessment and development of potential value chains with market expansions.
Sports, camping & hiking gear
Electronic equipment & solutions
Computers & Smartphones
Printers
Batteries
Cloud-Based Solutions
Buildings
Buildings & space
Fischer Lighting (DK): Developing conceptual configuration of LaaS (Lighting as a Service), testing LaaS configurations with potential customers, implementing a new LaaS service in the Nordic region, including assessment of environmental and socio-economic benefits.
Mellow Design (DK): Establishing new partnerships, assessing regulatory frameworks, conducting customer interviews and business model iterations, and developing a model covering a large geographical area without increased environmental impact
Efficiency
Lighting
 
Temporary construction
Other
Agriculture & nature preservation
Plants