Askel: Steps towards circular textile futures

The Brief: The goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of procurement services in Finland by using the maternity package as a starting point. This can help inform new laws, working methods, and policies that could be applied to other public procurement processes.

The Intervention: Askel is a strategic framework designed to build shared understanding and practical criteria for circularity. It works in two key steps:

Creating Shared Understanding: Askel brings stakeholders together through workshops to align sustainability goals.
Turning Understanding into Action: Based on the workshops, Askel uses a checklist and collaborative tools to turn these goals into specific, actionable criteria for circularity.

- stakeholder and contextual research
- co-design, service design tools

Full report here

ASKEL: Steps for transforming shared understanding into actionable criteria for circularity.

Deliverables & Legacy

- multidisciplinary designer in all phases research input & strategy
- visual lead designer
- project report writing & design layout
- project management & leadership
- facilitation expertise
- ability to grasp complex processes system thinking tools
- remote working skills team building

Our tangible outcomes include; first a system map that provides an understanding of the relations present in the topic in question, second a current procurement timeline and third our strategic framework Askel comprising of workshops tools, government actions and guidelines such as the checklist. All the mentioned deliverables are included in the client report containing all relevant information about the project.

Kela now holds ownership of the knowledge we have generated, with the hope that it will inspire further development of the Maternity Box.