3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Initial investments may be higher than those for the linear model and full benefits can only be
realized once all the elements are in place. Currently, the linear model is encouraging the use of
cheap raw materials to advance short-term financial gains. Therefore, it is difficult to anticipate
a business change, which competes with the linear thinking. The public sector could easily play
a key role in encouraging the “pay for performance” concept in which return on investments
are secured by the increase in aggregate efficiencies and productivity and reduction in marginal
cost and ecological footprint.
Luxembourg is also developing the logistics infrastructure. Luxembourg’s mobility landscape is
changing rapidly. The national telematics project, the new tramway and a new railway station
granting direct access to the business center of Kirchberg are three visible examples of this
evolution. At the same time, mobility is changing globally. Car and bike sharing initiatives are
emerging in ever more cities, hybrid and electric buses and cars are appearing on our roads
while owning a car is becoming less and less attractive. Access to mobility starts to replace
ownership.
Luxembourg’s Circularity Vision
Luxembourg will be the first circular nation, where new business models based on the productas-a-service
principle become standard. All public procurement will be aligned around the
circular economy. Contracts will be performance-based. Luxembourg will have developed
know-how around eco-design and product life assessment. Luxembourg will have an adapted
resilient infrastructure that promotes local renewable energy production, storage and sharing,
short and local resource loops, a continuous water loop and reverse logistics. In addition, the
new infrastructure, designed to fully integrate CE principles, will be able to manage (in terms of
storage and calculation) a large set of data, linked to each product. Luxembourg will have
created a legal framework that allows the exchange of product related information between
suppliers, by guaranteeing a level of confidentiality. The national tax system will support
companies implementing a circular approach. Luxembourg will have gained the technical
experience to make life cycle assessments and to evaluate how circular a business is.
Moreover, Luxembourg will have a detailed national measurement system in order to
determine both quantity and quality of the different material flows. Luxembourg needs to
become a key actor in the greater region in order to establish regional and/or local supplier
communities and will contribute significantly to close these loops. In addition, Luxembourg will
implement a series of seamless biological loops.
The above-stated goals will be achievable if we make eco-design and the basic principles of the
circular economy part of our education and life-long training system. With the circular vision,
the word ‘waste’ no longer exists. Circular education will teach the students the necessary skills
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