Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions

Pariisin ilmastosopimuksen hengessä Euroopan unionin jäsenmaat, Suomi mukaan lukien, ovat sitoutuneet hillitsemään ilmaston muutosta. Käytössä olevien keinojen kirjo on laaja sisältäen pitkän aikavälin strategioita ja suunnitelmia sekä sääntely- ja rahoitusinstrumentteja, joita toteutetaan edelleen...

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Main Author: Launonen, Hanna
Other Authors: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82059
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description Pariisin ilmastosopimuksen hengessä Euroopan unionin jäsenmaat, Suomi mukaan lukien, ovat sitoutuneet hillitsemään ilmaston muutosta. Käytössä olevien keinojen kirjo on laaja sisältäen pitkän aikavälin strategioita ja suunnitelmia sekä sääntely- ja rahoitusinstrumentteja, joita toteutetaan edelleen jäsenmaissa. Energia-alalla etsitään ratkaisuja muun muassa uusiutuvasta energiasta. Kasvava käyttöönotto tuo mukanaan kuitenkin haasteita, ja aurinkoenergian kohdalla nämä haasteet liittyvät harvinaisten materiaalien käyttöön, kierrätettävyyteen ja uudelleenkäyttömahdollisuuksiin. Tämä pro gradu -tutkielma käsittelee kotimaisten markkinatoimijoiden näkemyksiä tuottajavastuusääntelystä ja kiertotalouden ajureista koskien aurinkopaneelien elinkaarta. Laadullinen tutkimus toteutettiin sidosryhmähaastatteluina, joihin osallistui yhdeksän alan toimijaa. He edustivat eri sidosryhmiä ja näkemyksiä kerättiin valvonta- ja sääntelyviranomaisilta, tuottajayhteisöiltä, valtion kestävän kehityksen asiantuntijaorganisaatiolta, palveluntarjoajilta ja tuottajilta, sekä alan tutkijalta. Tutkimuksen löydöksenä voidaan todeta, että tuottajavastuusääntely vaikuttaa vahvasti alan taustalla ja toteutuu hyvin elektroniikkajätteen loppukäsittelyssä. On kuitenkin huomattavaa, että tuottajavastuulla ei koettu olevan suurta painoarvoa tuotteen elinkaaren muissa vaiheissa. Erityisesti tuotteen suunnittelun ja käytönaikaisissa vaiheissa nähtiin olevan edellytyksiä edistää kiertotalouden mukaista toimintaa. Kiertotalouden ajureiksi tutkimus tunnisti toimijoiden välisen voimadynamiikan ja vuorovaikutuksen, kuluttajien lisääntyneen tietoisuuden ja vihkiytymisen ympäristö- ja vastuullisuusaiheisiin, toimivat tuki- ja seurantajärjestelmät ennakoitavan sääntelyn tukena, järjestelmätason tehostamisen ja kehittämisen mahdollisuudet, kiertotalouden tuomat kaupalliset mahdollisuudet, sekä kiertotalouden ja sitä tukevien toimintatapojen yleisen hyväksynnän. Following the ambition of the Paris Agreement, the European Union and its Member States have taken action to tackle climate change. Actions have been implemented in a variety of ways, including long term strategies, policy tools and regulation as well as financial instruments that are further adopted in the Member States, including Finland. In the energy industry, all eyes are on renewable energy. Following the rising adoption of new capacity, certain challenges have been identified. Concerning solar panels, the challenges are related to the use of scarce materials, and the lack of recyclability and circularity in the current value chain. This master’s thesis investigates market actor perceptions of the success of extended producer responsibility regulation in the solar panel retail market in Finland through the lens of circular economy. The study was conducted as a qualitative study by interviewing nine domestic stakeholders. The stakeholders were selected based on their role and presence on the Finnish solar panel market at different stages of solar panel’s lifetime. Representatives from supervisory and regulatory authorities, a governmental organisation, producer collectives, service providers and producers, and academia participated in the interviews. The study found that although regulation is a guiding force in the background, producer responsibility is not the dominating factor influencing operators’ circularity efforts, even though it was deemed to support the general transition to circular economy. Other factors were identified more important including the power dynamics and interaction between the actors, consumer awareness and engagement in environmental and sustainability topics, the business potential of circular opportunities together with technology improvements, system level efficiency, and general adoption of the concept of circular economy and related phenomena.
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title Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions
title_full Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions
title_fullStr Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions
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title_short Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions
title_sort circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the finnish solar panel sector stakeholder perceptions
title_txtP Circular economy drivers and role of producer responsibility in the Finnish solar panel sector – stakeholder perceptions
topic solar panel industry photovoltaics producer responsibility electrical and electronic waste sustainable policy Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 kiertotalous kestävä kehitys vihreä talous aurinkoenergia kierrätys ympäristövastuu uusiutuvat energialähteet circular economy sustainable development green economy solar energy recycling environmental responsibility renewable energy sources
topic_facet 20425 Corporate Environmental Management Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen aurinkoenergia circular economy electrical and electronic waste environmental responsibility green economy kestävä kehitys kierrätys kiertotalous photovoltaics producer responsibility recycling renewable energy sources solar energy solar panel industry sustainable development sustainable policy uusiutuvat energialähteet vihreä talous ympäristövastuu
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