Servitisation for a green transition: The journey ahead for circular business model financing

In August 2006 the book ‘Performance Economy’ by Walter Stahel was published, offering entrepreneurs, academics, policy makers an alternative economic system to the dominant linear economic model which is causing harms such as depletion of finite resources and cost from waste inefficiencies. Fast-forward almost 17 years, the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy is increasingly being recognized as an important pillar of a broad societal transformation towards a sustainable economy, also by policy makers who are articulating specific ambitions for the coming decades. The uptake of circular economic practices is however slower than needed. In order to contribute to the transition towards a circular economy, financers need to overcome significant challenges such as altered financial ratios, unsuitable risk assessment frameworks and uncertainties resulting from the absence of historical data. With the upcoming webinar the EaaS consortium intends to shine light on the challenges that financers may face and explore the way forward for financing circular business models such as servitisation.

Join our upcoming webinar to learn more about:

• What are the financial and accounting implications of engaging in circular business models?
• How should existing risk assessment framework evolve in order to enable CBM financing? 
• What role can financial institutions play in upscaling CBM?
• Concrete case studies showing challenges but also solutions on CBM financing

Date: 16th May at 4:00 pm CET

Duration: 90 minutes

Programme:

• Challenges and opportunities in financing circular business models 
• Overcoming the roadblocks in circular economy financing 
• Successful examples and ways ahead 
• Panel discussion 
• Q&A

• Christian Levie, Deputy Managing Director of Econocom Lease – Econocom Belux. Christian is executive board member of the Belgian Lease Association and has a career of over 30 years in financing and leasing. Econocom supports companies and governments in the implementation of as-a-service business models, product-service combinations, leasing solutions. 
• Dirk Verbruggen, Regional Director and part time CFO – CFO Center Belgium. Dirk is an experienced senior-level executive with an extensive experience in Finance and Sustainability as well as in multinational environments (Toyota Material Handling BE&FR) as in SMEs. Dirk is active in sustainable finance and specialised in Circular Economy/Finance-Funding with state of the art new Circular business models and financing methods.  
• Wouter De Wolf, Marketing Manager B2B – Signify. Wouter has worked at the intersection of innovation, sustainability and B2B marketing for more than 15 years. In various positions at Berenschot, Philips and Signify, he has always loved developing and marketing new, sustainable B2B propositions.
• Samuel Allison, International Program Manager – Societe Generale Equipment Finance.  Samuel Allison holds Asset Finance Industry experience spanning 13 years, of which 10 years have been with Societe Generale Equipment Finance across a number of different roles. His current responsibility lies in the overall management and coordination of Global Finance Programs for Partners spanning the Green Energy and Healthcare markets, where demands for financial products that go beyond equipment leases or embedded leases have opened up new opportunities and ways of working.