The Circular Phone Report

The Circular Phone

The Circular Phone report
Type
Author
Circle Economy
Fairphone
ABN Amro
Allen & Overy
ING
PGGM
NBA
Circularise
Sustainable Finance Lab
Publication Date
January, 2018
Country
Netherlands
Language for original content
Harald Friedl

The Circular Phone report provides practical answers to common financing pitfalls for circular businesses, using Fairphone as the real-life example.

So far, businesses striving to implement “Product-as-a-Service” models have had the challenge of reconciling the need to find financing parties with the complexities of their own business model.

To achieve a financeable model for the Circular Fairphone Service, the Community of Practice created a blueprint for Fairphone’s business model. Through the creation of a legal template – a 1st Circular Service Contract - and a financial cash flow tool, the group has proven that the gap between the businesses and financiers can be bridged.