Climate Transition – Policy and Instruments for Manufacturing Value Chains (CIRCLE-PACT II)

The CIRCLE-PACT II project builds on the ongoing Vinnova project CIRCLE-PACT, with a focus on developing the companies' innovative control instruments and standards. Communication with key players along the value chain within the manufacturing, mining and metal industry is a central part. Other industrial companies, business organizations, government regulators such as the Accounting Board (BFN) and investors with requirements for sustainability reporting also play an important role. Knowledge from these actors strengthens companies' ability to understand and implement new sustainability rules.

CIRCLE-PACT II focuses on challenges in the transition, especially around interpretation and implementation of rules for double materiality in the value chain (ESRS, E5). The goal is to analyze how the concept of materiality is applied within resource use and circular economy in the manufacturing, mining and metal industries. The project contributes to policy development and innovation by creating solutions that facilitate the implementation of these requirements.

CIRCLE-PACT II is a research project that originates from CIRCLE-PACT, which examines how a global industrial company adapts to increased regulatory requirements (CSRD & ESRS) to integrate environmental and social sustainability. The projects identify obstacles, goal conflicts and challenges in how new sustainability regulation is implemented in the company's strategic and operational activities.

Participants:

Researchers at the Department of Business Administration

• Marita Blomkvist, Project Manager. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg.
• Peter Beusch, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg.
• Lana Sabelfeld, Associate Professor at the Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg.

External Participants

• Jeaneth Johansson, Professor at Luleå University of Technology. Sustainability Manager at a major industrial company with global responsibilities.