Sustainable Solutions
Developing Products and Services for the Future
Edited by Martin Charter and Ursula Tischner
20% discount on this titleFebruary 2001 469 pp 234 x 156 mm
hardback
ISBN 978-1-874719-36-6
£40.00 £32.00
Provides state-of-the-art analysis and case studies on why and how cutting-edge companies are developing new products and services to fit 'triple bottom line' expectations.
"deserves a place on the bookshelves of any environmental sociologist, manager or engineer"
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
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Toughening environmental legislation, national and supra-national environmental product policies and growing customer demands are focusing the attention of companies on the environmental and broader social issues linked to the creation and delivery of their products and services. There is now an urgent need for appropriate management structures, practical tools and increased awareness among all stakeholders in the product development process and throughout the entire product life-cycle.
These are huge issues — with major implications for corporate management, design and production strategies. Sustainable Solutions provides state-of-the-art analysis and case studies on why and how cutting-edge companies are developing new products and services to fit 'triple bottom line' expectations.
The book is split into three sections: First, the broad issues of business sustainability are examined with focus on sustainable production and consumption and consideration of North-South issues. Second, the book tackles the major methodologies and approaches toward organising and developing more sustainable products and services. Third, an outstanding collection of global case studies highlights the progress made by a wide range of companies toward dematerialisation, eco-innovation and design for durability. Finally, the book collects together a comprehensive list of web addresses of useful organisations.
Practical and comprehensive, Sustainable Solutions will be essential reading for corporate managers, product designers, R&D staff, academics and all individuals interested in a definitive source on how new product and service development can and is contributing toward tacking the challenge of sustainable development.
This remarkable book demonstrates that solutions are
available and that innovative thinking, drawing from current technological
changes, can lead to considerable improvements towards sustainability ...
Decisively, Sustainable Solutions approaches the elements of consumption and production in an integrated manner. With the adoption of a 'life-cycle economy' remaining as a considerable global challenge, this book shall carry us somewhat closer to a sustainable future.
Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme
This ambitious publication delivers — both in terms of
content and engaging the reader ... an excellent and informative review strongly
recommended for anyone with responsibility for, or interest in, the area of
sustainable product design.
Corporate
Environmental Strategy
Sustainable Solutions serves as a general
primer and a source of advanced thinking.
Warmer Bulletin
... provides state-of the-art analysis on ways to
sustainable design and case studies on a number of product groups.The book
provides an overview on latest developments, which will be helpful for
researchers as well as product developers. For municipal staff the book is a
good source of ideas, keeping up-to-date with scientific discussions.
European Circular , ICLEI
On opening this book one is presented with the very
thing that is often missing from the eco-design literature: a robust and
scholastically challenging discussion of what sustainable marketing and product
design actually is. The book establishes and pursues sound conceptual argument
and illustrates this with case studies throughout ... it deserves a place
on the book shelves of any environmental sociologist, manager or
engineer.
Corporate Social Responsibility
and Environmental Management
Foreword
Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme
Introduction
Martin Charter, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK, and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany
1. Sustainable development: from catchwords to benchmarks and operational concepts
Joachim H. Spangenberg, Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Germany
2. Rewiring global consumption: strategies for transformation
Nick Robins, Henderson Global Investors, UK, and Bas de Leeuw, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Netherlands; United Nations Environment Programme, France
3. Sustainable solutions in less industrialised countries: the conditions and actors at state and company level for sustainable product design
Roland Lentz, Intercambio, Germany
4. Towards sustainable business?
Peter James, University of Bradford, UK
5. Integrated product policy and eco-product development
Martin Charter, Alex Young, Aleksandra Kielkiewicz-Young and Inga Belmane, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK
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