Multi-stakeholder workshop: Materials and consumption for sustainable development

Welcome to a workshop arranged by RISE and KTH Climate Action Centre. The purpose is to discuss the role of bio-based materials and consumption for reaching a climate neutral, safe and resilient society.

Some urgent sustainability challenges connected to materials include how to achieve carbon neutral value chains, and lowering the demand of materials and energy from production and consumption in a circular economy. Potential goal conflicts exist, e.g. between circularity and the spread of toxic compounds in nature and society, and between an increased use of biomaterials and biodiversity.

At the workshop we will share opportunities and obstacles in the field, identify knowledge gaps and common interest, and investigate potential joint projects. We would like to invite researchers from different disciplines with interest in the areas, industry partners, and stakeholders from the civil society and public organisations.

Lunch mingle after the workshop at 12.00.

RSVP to Karin Larsdotter, karinlar@kth.se

Agenda

• 9.00-9.30: Coffee and mingle
• 9.30: Welcome, round of presentations, All
  • KTH Climate Action Centre, Karin Larsdotter, Deputy Director
  • RISE, Pia Wågberg, Director Research and Business
  • Research presentations:
    • Göran Finnveden, Professor KTH and Director of MISTRA Sustainable Consumption
    • Ann Lorentzon, Project Manager RISE
    • Josefin Illergård, Researcher KTH and Treesearch
    • Anna Björklund, Professor KTH:  Life cycle perspectives on materials
  • Stakeholder presentations, 
    • Stina Behrens, Axfoundation: Circular economy, and sustainable production and consumption 
    • Mikael Nygårds, Billerud: We challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future 
    • Erik Lindroth, Duni: The need for a systems perspective for sustainable single use and reusable packaging
    • Lars Jerpdal, Scania: Sustainable plastics for commercial vehicles
    • more speakers TBA
• appr. 10.30: Break
• 10.40: Discussion in groups: areas for investigation and potential collaborations, All
• 11.30: Wrap-up and way forward, All

About the hosts

KTH Climate Action Centre is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and research-focused centre aiming to advance climate mitigation and adaptation in synergy with all the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to conduct groundbreaking research in close collaboration with stakeholders in order to speed up the transformation. The centre engages researchers from all parts of KTH, and opens up for dialogue, collaboration and action together with everyone who wants to contribute.

RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) is a Swedish state-owned research institute that provides research and development services to companies in Sweden and internationally. It was formed in 2017 through a merger of several smaller research institutes and has expertise in areas such as materials science, ICT, and life sciences. Their mission is to help companies improve their competitiveness and contribute to sustainable economic growth in Sweden and globally.