Sustainable product development
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Sustainable product development (SPD) is a method for product development that incorporates t he Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD), also known as The Natural Step (TNS). Incorporating sustainability aspects early on in the product development process has been claimed to offer competitive advantage.[1]
Scope
[edit]SPD includes both product development and product design. Design has two main goals: preventing waste and minimizing environmental impact.
Environmental impact involves deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, resource/material management, etc. Resource acquisition (extraction and refining) tends to be the activity that most affects the environment.[2][3] Use of renewable and recyclable materials can diminish pollution and waste. Conserving and avoiding resource use (e.g., water), and adopting renewable energy improve sustainability.[4][5]
History
[edit]SPD originates from the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the 1987 Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, and the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Improvement.
References
[edit]- ^ Mike Gordon; Chris Musso; Eric Rebentisch & Nisheeth Gupta (January 2010). "The path to successful new products". McKinsey Quarterly.
Businesses with the best product-development track records stand apart from their less-successful peers in three crucial ways
- ^ Weenen, J.C. Van (1995). "Towards Sustainable Product Development" (PDF). Journal of Cleaner Production. 3 (1–2): 95–100. Bibcode:1995JCPro...3...95V. doi:10.1016/0959-6526(95)00062-J.
- ^ Wilhelm, Kevin (2014). Making Sustainability Stick. Pearson Education.
- ^ "45 Sustainability Resources You Need to Know". Purdue Global. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "The Science of Sustainability". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- Byggeth S. H., Broman G., Holmberg J., Lundqvist U., and Robèrt K-H., A Method for Sustainable Product Development in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Third International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering - TMCE2000, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, April 18–21, 2000.
- Byggeth S. H., Broman G., Lundqvist U., Robèrt K-H., and Holmberg J., An Approach to Sustainability Product Analysis in Product Development, ERCP 2001 7th European Roundtable on Cleaner Production, Lund, Sweden, May 2–4, 2001.
- Charter, M. (1998) Design for Environmental Sustainability, Foresight, Natural Resources and Environment Panel: Cleaner Technologies and Processes (London, UK: Office of Science and Technology, Department of Trade & Industry).
- Martin and Schouten, 2012. Sustainable Marketing
Literature
[edit]- Sophie Hallstedt. "A foundation for sustainable product development" (PDF).
- Information Resources Management Association (2011). Green Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. Hershey, New York. ISBN 9781609604738.
- Charter, M. & Tischner, U. (2001). Sustainable Solutions. Greenleaf Publishing. ISBN 978-1-874719-36-6.
See also
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