Flourishing business canvas

The Flourishing Business Canvas is a strategic tool designed to help businesses integrate sustainability and social responsibility into their operations. In biodesign, the Flourishing Business Canvas is vital for:

1. Embedding Sustainability: It helps designers consider the environmental implications of their materials and processes, ensuring alignment with natural eco-systems.

2. Value reflection: It helps designers reflect on the values they will be co-creating, as well as co-destructing in their natural ecosystems.

3. Long-Term Visioning: The tool encourages thinking beyond immediate outcomes, supporting projects that benefit the biosphere and future generations.

• Map Material Choices to Sustainability Goals

Use the canvas to analyse the environmental impact of your materials and ensure they align with the principles of the biosphere.

• Reflect on Co-Creation and Co-Destruction

Identify the positive and negative values your project contributes to ecosystems. Consider unintended environmental or social consequences and adjust designs to minimise harm while maximising benefits.

• Engage with Stakeholders for a Broader Perspective

Collaborate with environmental scientists, communities, and customers to understand the broader implications of your design choices.

• Incorporate Long-Term Scenarios

Use the canvas to envision how your project could evolve over time. Include scenarios for scaling up, adapting to changing ecosystems, and maintaining sustainability across generations.

• Iterate with Systems Thinking

Regularly revisit and refine the canvas as your project develops.