Bio-based Business Models: specific and general learnings from recent good practice cases in different business sectors

Hatvani, Nóra; Oever, M.J.A. van den; Mateffy, Kornel; Koós, Ákos

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“…A business model is an abstract concept based on the rationale of the business for creating value, encompassing an organization’s strategies for value proposition, value creation, and value capture 27 , 30 . To understand the business models and the value created within them, a Business Model Canvas (BMC) can be used as a framework for analysis, to provide a structured aggregate of the business activities, understanding where value is created and which parts may need alterations 31 .…”

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Co-designing sustainable biochar business models with sub-Saharan African communities for inclusive socio-economic transformation

Mohammed,

Fatumah,

Abasi

et al. 2024

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Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) encounter multiple livelihood challenges. Embracing circular bioeconomy principles, particularly considering agricultural and food processing residues, could enable inclusive, locally led, sustainable development pathways within rural communities. Biochar products are one such example of a bio-based material that can be generated using circular principles and deployed for sustainable community development, including among smallholder farmers. This research leverages empirical evidence from four SSA regions to explore the potential of inclusive and sustainable biochar business models, namely: (i) Northern Region, Ghana, (ii) Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, (iii) Casamance, Senegal, and (iv) Western Region, Uganda. Co-creation workshops using the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas framework were carried out in each region with local stakeholders to evaluate the social, ecological, and economic implications of four locally relevant biochar applications: water filtration, biogas purification, soil amendment, and cooking fuel briquettes. Data was analysed at an aggregate level for all regions and applications. The study describes this consolidated biochar business model and examines the implications for SSA communities. The resulting sustainable bio-based business model can guide value chain actors and policymakers in SSA communities towards rural sustainable development with a better understanding of the needs, opportunities, challenges, and impacts of biochar-based value chain development.

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Co-designing sustainable biochar business models with sub-Saharan African communities for inclusive socio-economic transformation

Mohammed,

Fatumah,

Abasi

et al. 2024

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Understanding Circular and Nature-Inclusive Agricultural Business Models

de Lauwere,

Smits,

Dijkshoorn-Dekker

et al. 2024

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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Sustainable approaches in the agricultural sector are important to addressing problems relating to food security and nutrition around the globe. To obviate these problems, it has become crucial to administer methods of farming that are ecologically compatible, holistic and organic in nature. Dutch farmers are moving towards more sustainable and circular production methods to respond to the various challenges, including biodiversity loss and climate change, whilst maintaining a viable business model. To generate further insight into circular and nature-inclusive or nature-positive agricultural business models (CNABM), we describe a conceptual framework that could help farmers, their advisers and, possibly, funding organisations to identify critical success factors for the implementation of circular and nature-inclusive or nature-positive business models in a qualitative way. The framework was built on a synthesis of existing literature and seven empirical case studies drawing on in-depth interviews. Prior to the case studies, the framework was tested through a desk study focused on sugar-beet cultivation. Based on existing literature and the pilot case on sugar-beet cultivation, we found that three conditions are needed in order to identify these critical success factors. (1) It is important to consider the barriers and drivers in the social and physical contexts within which entrepreneurs involved in such business models operate (‘adoption factors’). (2) Sustainable business models should go beyond delivering economic value and include other forms of value for a broader range of stakeholders. Moreover, attention should be paid to strengths and weaknesses of the business model. (3) Traditional business models (e.g. the business model canvas, or BMC) should be extended to include sustainability-related elements (sustainability impact). The framework proved useful for identifying the business models, along with their vulnerabilities and potential opportunities. Although the framework is meant for use with circular and nature-inclusive or nature-positive agricultural business models, it can be applied to other sustainable agricultural business models as well.

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Stakeholder Engagement in the Co-Design of Regional Bioeconomy Strategies

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Increasing recognition and importance is being given to regions for their role in supporting Europe’s transformation towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy system. Regions are often feedstock producers and can provide the proximity of regional actors along the value chain. If supported and mobilized, actors can coordinate strategic paths for regional bioeconomy development and keep value added in the region. Regional bioeconomy strategies are an important instrument to reach such a process, which implies great efforts of coordination among relevant stakeholders. In this research, we developed a guideline to establish flexible dynamic bioeconomy platforms—Regional Bioeconomy Hubs (RBHs)—that bring together bioeconomy-related stakeholders from policy, academia, industry, and society in a structured procedure (quadruple-helix context) and to establish regional bioeconomy strategies. The guideline was applied to five Central and Eastern European regions and validated in the framework of the POWER4BIO project. As a result, all regions successfully applied the guideline, established their RBH, and developed a regional bioeconomy strategy or recommendations for the development of such a strategy.

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Bio-based Business Models: specific and general learnings from recent good practice cases in different business sectors

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Co-designing sustainable biochar business models with sub-Saharan African communities for inclusive socio-economic transformation

Co-designing sustainable biochar business models with sub-Saharan African communities for inclusive socio-economic transformation

Understanding Circular and Nature-Inclusive Agricultural Business Models

Stakeholder Engagement in the Co-Design of Regional Bioeconomy Strategies

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