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Integration of sustainability into product development: insights from an industry survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Sachira Vilochani ,
Tim C. McAloone  and
Daniela C. A. Pigosso
Sachira Vilochani*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark Technical University of Denmark, Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Denmark
Tim C. McAloone
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark Technical University of Denmark, Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Denmark
Daniela C. A. Pigosso
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Construct, Denmark Technical University of Denmark, Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Denmark
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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Sustainable Product Development (SPD) enables the systematic incorporation of sustainability into product development and can be achieved by implementing a number of management practices. An industry survey was conducted to investigate the capability of manufacturing companies to apply a consolidated set of 61 SPD management practices. The results indicate that despite the high interest for SPD, the uptake of SPD practices in industry is still behind the state-of-the-art literature. Hence, a greater improvement opportunity exists in the industrial uptake in SPD.

Keywords

sustainable product developmentmanagement practicessustainable designecodesignsustainability
Type
Design for Sustainability
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 1517 - 1526
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