The PREPSOIL Business Model Canvas (BMC) for Living Labs (LLs) & Lighthouses (LHs) in the Mission Soil is a tailor-made tool that considers the specificities of Soil LLs and LHs to support and inspire these initiatives to find a strategy for their long-term sustainability.  []

To achieve this, the PREPSOIL BMC offers practical examples based on different exercises conducted in the PREPSOIL project. These examples can be found below and can be filtered according to different soil uses (agriculture, forestry, (post-)industrial, and (peri-)urban), as well as different elements, and spheres of intervention within each of the elements.

These examples are to serve as guidance and inspiration for the design of Business Models for Soil LLs, acknowledging the uniqueness of each of them in terms of the ambition, capacities, and context in which the LL operates.

For more information on the BMC methodology please see PREPSOIL Report on LL/LH business model plans (D4.2)

For a step-by-step guide on how to use the BMC see Business Model Canvas for Soil Living Labs and Lighthouses: A guide for users

Download your working copy of the BMC here

PREPSOIL BMC

Farmers and landowners

Agricultural land use type
Private Sector

Supermarkets

Agricultural land use type
Private Sector

Researchers (e.g. from private foundations, companies, innovative labs)

Agricultural land use type
Private Sector

Investors

Agricultural land use type
Private Sector

NGOs (nature conservation and water protection organizations)

Agricultural land use type
Civil Society

Citizen groups, and movements (local, regional, and national)

Agricultural land use type
Civil Society

Consumers

Agricultural land use type
Civil Society

Landowners and forest managers, forest companies, forest owner associations, industries

Forestry land use type
Public Sector

Researchers in forest and soil sciences, social science researchers

Forestry land use type
Research Institutions, Academia

NGOs (nature conservation and water protection organizations)

Forestry land use type
Civil Society

Community and citizens representatives

Forestry land use type
Civil Society

Spatial planners

(Post-)Industrial land use type
Public Sector