This document discusses tools for sustainable product design. It begins by noting that 80% of environmental impacts are determined at the design stage. Standard ecodesign tools like lifecycle assessment are introduced, but it is noted they are analytical and don't support creativity. The document advocates "paddling sustainable design upstream" to earlier stages. Examples of sustainability-driven innovation from Dulux are presented. Finally, it discusses that qualitative tools are better than quantitative tools in early stages to frame strategies, while quantitative tools are better later to assess impacts.
Presentation of services offered by Blueprint Concepts:
Design
Signage
Rebranding
Manufacturing
Project Management
National Installations
Social Responsibility
Chris Sherwin, Head of Sustainability at Seymourpowell, discusses some of the big issues and challenges when tackling the design brief.
For more information go to www.seymourpowell.com and blog.seymourpowell.com
Getting the right product to the right customer location at the right time is key to commercial success for any company. But with more than 6,000 product lines across 13 business units and operations in 90 countries, this is a challenging task for DuPont. The company decided to integrate its inventory management using the SAP® Enterprise Inventory Optimization application by SmartOps. As a result, it has reduced costs by cutting excess safety stock while improving customer service.
Presentation of services offered by Blueprint Concepts:
Design
Signage
Rebranding
Manufacturing
Project Management
National Installations
Social Responsibility
Chris Sherwin, Head of Sustainability at Seymourpowell, discusses some of the big issues and challenges when tackling the design brief.
For more information go to www.seymourpowell.com and blog.seymourpowell.com
Getting the right product to the right customer location at the right time is key to commercial success for any company. But with more than 6,000 product lines across 13 business units and operations in 90 countries, this is a challenging task for DuPont. The company decided to integrate its inventory management using the SAP® Enterprise Inventory Optimization application by SmartOps. As a result, it has reduced costs by cutting excess safety stock while improving customer service.
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Project management in innovation can only be successful if it’s driven by a robust methodology integrating a clear quality assurance concept. What can trendy methodologies learn from the house of quality?
Best Practices in Integrating Sustainability into the Product Design Process ...Sustainable Brands
In most cases, the ultimate sustainability of a brand, and therefore its flexibility to adopt a chosen market positioning and support communicated claims, is baked in during the design process. The reality is, doing so effectively requires a raft of new expertise that often is housed in various places external to the design team. This session reviews tried and tested methods for building sustainable design thinking into your organization.
How life cycle assessment can align your starsRamon Arratia
This article describes the power of embracing LCA as the core sustainability tool. Many companies are starting to shift from corporate sustainability to product sustainability. Most of the impacts of companies are outside their own boundaries, either in the supply chain or customers.
Embracing LCA helps gives sense to supply chain management, innovation, marketing and sales, aligning all the organization on what most matters: the bigger impacts of your products.
Berghs Design Management: Sustainable InnovationPEOPLE PEOPLE
Key slides from one day education in Design Management focusing on Product Innovation and Sustainable Innovation Management methods developed by People People. Berghs School of Communication is a school located in central Stockholm, Sweden. Every year about 3000 people study strategic and creative educational programs within market communications at several levels and formats.
Life Cycle Design e Circular Economy: un caso reale Francesco Fullone
Come si trasforma il modello di business di un'azienda che stampa plastica per farle abbracciare logiche di economia circolare? In questo breve case study vedremo le logiche dietro al Life Cycle Design. Capiremo che impatto ha il proprio business sull'ambiente e come ridurlo in un'ottica di economia circolare.
Based on demonstrations and cases you’ll explore the future impact on new interface technologies like gesture, augmented and virtual reality. Douglas Engelbart developed the computer mouse in the ’60s. It was the first in a list of human interface technologies that revolutionized the way we interact with ICT. What’s the next big thing?
Business Model Innovation, the Nordic innovation programme Measured and Mana...Jørn Bang Andersen
Largest business model innovation programme in the Nordic region. Jorn Bang Andersen gives a background to the Nordic business innovation model programme measured and managed innovation programme MMI. The programme involves 100 Nordic companies and innovation agencies from the five Nordic countries.
Project management in innovation can only be successful if it’s driven by a robust methodology integrating a clear quality assurance concept. What can trendy methodologies learn from the house of quality?
Best Practices in Integrating Sustainability into the Product Design Process ...Sustainable Brands
In most cases, the ultimate sustainability of a brand, and therefore its flexibility to adopt a chosen market positioning and support communicated claims, is baked in during the design process. The reality is, doing so effectively requires a raft of new expertise that often is housed in various places external to the design team. This session reviews tried and tested methods for building sustainable design thinking into your organization.
How life cycle assessment can align your starsRamon Arratia
This article describes the power of embracing LCA as the core sustainability tool. Many companies are starting to shift from corporate sustainability to product sustainability. Most of the impacts of companies are outside their own boundaries, either in the supply chain or customers.
Embracing LCA helps gives sense to supply chain management, innovation, marketing and sales, aligning all the organization on what most matters: the bigger impacts of your products.
Berghs Design Management: Sustainable InnovationPEOPLE PEOPLE
Key slides from one day education in Design Management focusing on Product Innovation and Sustainable Innovation Management methods developed by People People. Berghs School of Communication is a school located in central Stockholm, Sweden. Every year about 3000 people study strategic and creative educational programs within market communications at several levels and formats.
Life Cycle Design e Circular Economy: un caso reale Francesco Fullone
Come si trasforma il modello di business di un'azienda che stampa plastica per farle abbracciare logiche di economia circolare? In questo breve case study vedremo le logiche dietro al Life Cycle Design. Capiremo che impatto ha il proprio business sull'ambiente e come ridurlo in un'ottica di economia circolare.
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Communicating sustainability—context and practiceUbiquus
Anuradha Altekar, Head Brand Transformation and Sustainability Strategy, Ubiquus, made this presentation to graduate students of industrial safety and environment management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Nitie), Mumbai, on 18 October 2012.
http://www.sustainabilityconsulting.com/extra-resources/sustainable-manufacturing-comparing-lean-six-sigma-and-total.html With growing environmental and social concerns, many organizations are feeling the pressure to reevaluate their business practices in accordance with sustainability standards. Retailers, costumers, and stakeholders expect manufacturers to develop production methods which will have minimal environmental impacts.
How are manufacturing facilities making these mass shifts in business? Through both independent initiatives and in conjunction with management systems that have already been created.
For those with manufacturing facilities, this one is for you!
1. The shape of things to come
SUSTAINABILITY IN PRODUCT DESIGN
TOOLS FOR PLANET-SAVING INNOVATION
CHRIS SHERWIN, HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, SEYMOURPOWELL
DEVELOP3D LIVE, 21 MARCH 2012
4. 80% of the
environmental impacts of
products are determined
at the design stages.
WHERE DID WE GET TO ON SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
CURRENT PRACTICE AND TOOLS