Linear turns Circular. Forstering circular economy for SMEs

L2C

Sustainability has become an important economic, socio-political and environmental issue and is at the top of the political agenda - both in Germany and in Europe. The European Union launched the Green Deal in 2019 to draw attention to climate change and environmental degradation, which now pose an existential threat to the world. This policy document aims to ensure a better and healthier life for future generations. It points the way to a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy that, among other things, decouples growth from resource consumption.

Goals and contents

The idea for this project arose when the project partners discussed the necessity and urgency of aligning their own institutions towards more sustainability and initiating the process of rethinking towards more circularity. Questions arose as to how to initiate and implement the transition to circular economy principles with the involvement of relevant stakeholders inside and outside their own organization, but these could not be answered.

The situation in which many European SMEs find themselves is characterized by a lack of information and a lack of understanding of how to plan and organize the transition. At the same time, high expectations are placed on the business sector to introduce change and promote reforms towards the circular economy.

In order to reduce this discrepancy, the L2C project team has set itself the task of counteracting this knowledge and information deficit. The aim is to equip small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and in particular their managers, with the necessary skills and provide them with practical tools to increase their understanding of the topic and make it feasible.

The L2C project is planning various learning methods to make the topic of the circular economy accessible:

In the storytelling book, various companies from three countries present how they organized the transformation process. Managers tell personal stories about the beginnings, challenges and successes they were able to achieve. This format is intended to motivate and inspire other entrepreneurs to initiate change.
Practical implementation, planning and analysis materials will be developed to provide companies with the right strategies and action plans to take action themselves.
Finally, SME managers will receive further training as part of a short learning programme to enable them to implement the transformation process in their own organization.

Project Results

The ERASMUS project Green Innovation in Fashion Management (GIF) has produced two important outcomes to help address the fashion industry's sustainability challenges.

The GIF Competency Framework has been developed to provide managers, fashion and textile industry professionals, trainers, researchers and academics with a clear framework for identifying training needs and designing training
The main objectives of this framework are to standardize competencies, provide transparency and clarity in requirements, assessment and development of skills, recruitment and selection of professionals, and performance management

The project developed the GIF Competence Framework:

The GIF Competence Framework, which is available for free download, serves as an important tool for addressing the sustainability challenges in the fashion industry and provides a clear roadmap for competence development and identification.
With its focus on standardizing skills, clarifying roles and promoting continuous improvement, this framework plays a central role in promoting training and professional development within a sustainable fashion industry and evaluation.

Here you will find the link to the Competence Framework: https://fh-mittelstand.aflip.in/gif_competence_framework.html

The GIF Short Learning Program was developed as part of the project:

The (free) Short Learning Program consists of ten (10) units in a total of three (3) modules.
The core element of each unit is video lectures combined with practical exercises, such as self-assessments, homework, simulations and case studies.
All learning videos are recorded in English, but can also be viewed with subtitles in German, Spanish, Greek, Romanian and Italian.
The SLP can be found at the following link: https://gif.uninettuno.it/en/gif.aspx
To access the program, you must register on the platform.

The manual is available in 4 languages. You can access the interactive flipbook here:

Project Results

The ERASMUS project Green Innovation in Fashion Management (GIF) has produced two important outcomes to help address the fashion industry's sustainability challenges.

The GIF Competency Framework has been developed to provide managers, fashion and textile industry professionals, trainers, researchers and academics with a clear framework for identifying training needs and designing training
The main objectives of this framework are to standardize competencies, provide transparency and clarity in requirements, assessment and development of skills, recruitment and selection of professionals, and performance management

The project developed the GIF Competence Framework:

The GIF Competence Framework, which is available for free download, serves as an important tool for addressing the sustainability challenges in the fashion industry and provides a clear roadmap for competence development and identification.
With its focus on standardizing skills, clarifying roles and promoting continuous improvement, this framework plays a central role in promoting training and professional development within a sustainable fashion industry and evaluation.

Here you will find the link to the Competence Framework: https://fh-mittelstand.aflip.in/gif_competence_framework.html

The GIF Short Learning Program was developed as part of the project:

The (free) Short Learning Program consists of ten (10) units in a total of three (3) modules.
The core element of each unit is video lectures combined with practical exercises, such as self-assessments, homework, simulations and case studies.
All learning videos are recorded in English, but can also be viewed with subtitles in German, Spanish, Greek, Romanian and Italian.
The SLP can be found at the following link: https://gif.uninettuno.it/en/gif.aspx
To access the program, you must register on the platform.

The manual is available in 4 languages. You can access the interactive flipbook here:

Project Results

The ERASMUS project Green Innovation in Fashion Management (GIF) has produced two important outcomes to help address the fashion industry's sustainability challenges.

The GIF Competency Framework has been developed to provide managers, fashion and textile industry professionals, trainers, researchers and academics with a clear framework for identifying training needs and designing training
The main objectives of this framework are to standardize competencies, provide transparency and clarity in requirements, assessment and development of skills, recruitment and selection of professionals, and performance management

The project developed the GIF Competence Framework:

The GIF Competence Framework, which is available for free download, serves as an important tool for addressing the sustainability challenges in the fashion industry and provides a clear roadmap for competence development and identification.
With its focus on standardizing skills, clarifying roles and promoting continuous improvement, this framework plays a central role in promoting training and professional development within a sustainable fashion industry and evaluation.

Here you will find the link to the Competence Framework: https://fh-mittelstand.aflip.in/gif_competence_framework.html

The GIF Short Learning Program was developed as part of the project:

The (free) Short Learning Program consists of ten (10) units in a total of three (3) modules.
The core element of each unit is video lectures combined with practical exercises, such as self-assessments, homework, simulations and case studies.
All learning videos are recorded in English, but can also be viewed with subtitles in German, Spanish, Greek, Romanian and Italian.
The SLP can be found at the following link: https://gif.uninettuno.it/en/gif.aspx
To access the program, you must register on the platform.

The manual is available in 4 languages. You can access the interactive flipbook here:

Project Results

The ERASMUS project Green Innovation in Fashion Management (GIF) has produced two important outcomes to help address the fashion industry's sustainability challenges.

The GIF Competency Framework has been developed to provide managers, fashion and textile industry professionals, trainers, researchers and academics with a clear framework for identifying training needs and designing training
The main objectives of this framework are to standardize competencies, provide transparency and clarity in requirements, assessment and development of skills, recruitment and selection of professionals, and performance management