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Abstract
Keywords
1. Introduction
2. Business models and business model canvases
3. Presentation of the triple layered business model canvas tool
4. Elements of the TLBMC layers through Nespresso's business model
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendix A. Supplementary data
Annex 1. Triple layered business model canvas (TLBMC)
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Journal of Cleaner Production

Volume 135, 1 November 2016, Pages 1474-1486

The triple layered business model canvas: A tool to design

more sustainable business models
Alexandre Joyce a , Raymond L. Paquin b

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• Triple Layered Business Model Canvas supports sustainable business

model innovation.

• Visualizing horizontal and vertical coherence enhances business models.

• Triple Layered Canvas visualizes and validates business models.

Abstract
The Triple Layered Business Model Canvas is a tool for exploring sustainability-oriented
business model innovation. It extends the original business model canvas by adding two
layers: an environmental layer based on a lifecycle perspective and a social layer based
on a stakeholder perspective. When taken together, the three layers of the business
model make more explicit how an organization generates multiple types of value –
economic, environmental and social. Visually representing a business model through this
canvas tool supports developing and communicating a more holistic and integrated view
of a business model; which also supports creatively innovating towards more sustainable
business models. This paper presents the triple layer business model canvas tool and
describes its key features through a re-analysis of the Nestlé Nespresso business model.
This new tool contributes to sustainable business model research by providing a design
tool which structures sustainability issues in business model innovation. Also, it creates
two new dynamics for analysis: horizontal coherence and vertical coherence.

Keywords
Business model innovation; Sustainable business models; Business models for

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sustainability; Triple layered business model canvas; Triple bottom line

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