The circular mindset
There are several parts of a mountain holiday that involve resources that can be re-used. For us, reuse and rental have long been a natural part of our business.
We rent out lodging, ski and bike equipment and repair skis and bikes in our workshops. We now also have two new concepts to develop, such as our second-hand sales.
Rental - a way to recycle
For a long time now we have been providing lodgings where we offer owners a chance to rent out their lodgings through us at SkiStar. This increases the use of the beds that are already available at our destinations and reduces the need for new construction.
We also offer rental of ski and bike equipment through SkiStarshop. As well as reducing over-consumption, rentals are a way to test whether a product is right before buying a new one. It also allows us to work together to reduce the amount of products not in use.
Renting a ski package instead of buying results in 11.5 kg less emissions. SkiStar rented out 350,000 (360,000) ski packages during 2022/23, a total equivalent to 4,000 (4,140) tonnes of reduced emissions.
Two new concepts
During the 2022/23 winter season we tested two new concepts. One where we rent out ski clothing in Sälen, and another we call SkiStarshop Pre Used where we sell used skis and bikes on skistarshop.com. This is a completely new concept that will be expanded in the future.