OSIC: Ontology-driven Sustainable Industry Commons

Purpose and goal:

The OSIC project was a successful collaboration between three Swedish partners: the Industry Commons Foundation, Chalmers University of Technology, and NCC, with a purpose to create a concept, assemble a consortium, design a Swedish industry pilot and write a successful proposal for call HORIZON-CL4-RESILIENCE-01-26 - SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY COMMONS.

Expected results and effects:

The collaboration proved very productive resulting in an innovative concept, excellent consortium including 18 partners, and three high quality industry pilots including one in Sweden. The proposal was successfully submitted on the 23rd of September 2021. This submission places Sweden in a position of advantage in respect of industrial sustainability and leadership in sustainable industry commons tools and methodologies.

Approach and implementation:

Design and implementation benefitted from strong collaboration between the Swedish partners. It resulted in effective project coordination of the consortium and writing of proposal objectives, concept, impacts, dissemination, communication, exploitation and work plan. The Swedish team focused particularly on delivering a strong Swedish use case which can set a precedent for the Industry Commons in closed loop lifecycle management and sustainability strategies.