FISS - Systematic Approach to Promote Circular
Economy
Paula Eskola, Motiva Oy
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FISS – Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System
• Systematic way to help companies and other organisations to create
partnerships and new business opportunities through more efficient use of
raw materials, technology, services and energy.
• FISS is based on collection of resource information, matchmaking and active
facilitation
Engagement and
network
development,
building trust
Activation
and
engagement
Activation
Exchange of
information
and
networking
Information
collection, exchange
and matchmaking
Networking, idea
generation, synergy
identification
Implementation of
symbioses
Synergy facilitation
Building partnerships
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Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System – FISS
Targets and indicators
Target 1
Creating new technology
and service business/
improving profitability of
existing business
Target2
Resource wisdom and
closing cycles (following
waste hierarchy)
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• Cost savings
• Creating new business
• Creating jobs
• New investments
• Virgin material savings
• GHG reduction
• Landfill diversion
• Increase on recycled and reused materials
• Hazardous waste reduction
• Water savings
Paula Eskola, Motiva Oy
FISS:
Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System (FISS)
National Coordinator (Motiva)
SYNERGie® –
resource
database
• National coordination, communication and reporting
• Training of practitioners
• Development and quality management
• Data management (resource database)
• Cooperation with regional organisers, linking different regions
• Compilation and authorisation of knowledge transfer network
Expert pool
-knowledge
transfer
network
Regional organisers (practitioners)
• Commitment of regions and companies to network
• Promoting synergies (arranging workshops, recruiting companies,
identifying synergies, facilitating synergies, reporting)
• Use of resource database
• Use of knowledge transfer network in promoting synergies
Resource
Resource
Synergies
Resource
Resource
Resource
Synergies
Resource
Companies
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Resource
Resource
Public sector
Retail
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Resource
Services
Industrial Symbiosis Progression
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
NISP-pilot project
Starting and regularising
of FISS
FISS continues and
extends
(Sitra and Motiva)
2013-2014
2014-2016
2016 ->
-Testing of NISP-working
methods (workshops,
resource and synergy
identification, synergy
facilitation)
-engaging regions and
starting of activities
-15 regions engaged, 1500
companies
-further development of
working methods
-extending activities to
new regions
-instructions, training and
tools for facilitators
-engaging more companies
-International
benchmarking, EUR-ISA
-Development of FISSmodel
-taking SYNERGie®
resource database into
operation
-web-portal
-support of facilitators
-co-ordination and
networking
-communication and
activation
-reporting and follow-up
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-new business models
Is your company already in industrial symbioses?
Share it with us.
• This website showcases industrial
symbioses in Finland.
• Interested in joining?
www.industrialsymbiosis.fi
www.teollisetsymbioosit.fi
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