Sustainable Solutions - Developing Products and Services for the Future
Posted 5th march 2001

Edited by Martin Charter, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK, and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany
Foreword by
Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/sussol.htm">469pp hardback / 234 x 156 mm / ISBN 1 874719 36 5 / February 2001. Published price: US$75.00

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 a 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 set 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 tackling the challenge of sustainable development.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 Section

1: Background to Sustainable Consumption and Production 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 Section 2: Sustainable, Eco-product and Eco-service Development

6. Sustainable product design, Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany, and Martin Charter, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK

7. The Next Industrial Revolution William McDonough and Michael Braungart, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, USA

8. Sustainability and services Walter R. Stahel, The Product-Life Institute, Switzerland

9. Measuring sustainability in ecodesign Joseph Fiksel, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA

10. What sustainable solutions do small and medium-sized enterprises prefer? Carolien van Hemel, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 11. Sustainable product development: a strategy for developing countries Diego Masera, EU Micro-Enterprises Support Programme and Eco-Design Consultant

12. Managing ecodesign Martin Charter, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK 13. Towards a model for product-oriented environmental management systems Han Brezet, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, and Cristina Rocha, National Institute of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Portugal 14. Tools for ecodesign and sustainable product design Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany

15. Green marketing Dr Michael Jay Polonsky, University of Newcastle, Australia Section 3: Case Studies

16. Maximising environmental quality through EcoReDesign? (RMIT) John Gertsakis, RMIT University, Australia

17. Telework and the triple bottom line (AT&T) Braden R. Allenby, AT&T and Columbia University, USA, and Deanna Richards, private consultant, USA

18. The unpredictable process of implementing eco-efficiency strategies (Philips) Jacqueline Cramer, Cramer Environmental Consultancy and Erasmus University, Netherlands, and Ab Stevels, Technical University of Delft and Philips Consumer Electronics, Netherlands

19. Environmental technologies and their business drivers (Sony) Andrew Baynes, Christian Ridder and Lutz-Guenther Scheidt, Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Germany

20. 'Awareness': sustainability by industrial design (Electrolux) Philip Thompson, Electrolux Industrial Design Centre, UK, and Chris Sherwin, Cranfield University, UK

21. Sustainable product design and resource management at the Kambium Furniture Workshop Holger Rohn, Director, Trifolium - Sustainable Management Consulting, Germany, and Angelika von Proff-Kesseler, Kambium Furniture Workshop Inc., Germany

22. Manufactum: sustainability as an elementary part of the marketing concept Uli Burchardt, Manufactum Hoof & Partner KG, Germany

23. Hess Natur: acting for the world of tomorrow. Resource management in the textile chain Katharina Paulitsch, Hess Natur-Textilien GmbH, Germany

24. The development of Climatex? Lifecycle?: a compostable, environmentally sound upholstery fabric (Rohner Textil) Albin Kaelin, Rohner Textil AG, Switzerland

25. Slow consumption for sustainable jobs: the example of hand-crafted shoes Christine Ax, Institut fuer Produktdauerforschung, Germany

26. Micro enterprises, lay design and sustainable innovation Luiz E.C. Guimaraes, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil, and Fred Steward, Aston Business School, UK

27. Carving in Kenya Diego Masera, EU Micro-Enterprises Support Programme and Eco-Design Consultant.