APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to announce the publication on 23rd February 2000 of:
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Developing Products and Services for the Future
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
469pp hardback / 234 x 156 mm / ISBN 1 874719 36 5 / February 2001
Published price: £40.00/US$75.00
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To place an order for this title or to view Chapter 5 ("Integrated product
policy and eco-product development ") online,
please visit the Greenleaf website at:
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/sussol.htm
You can also request a review copy or inspection copy from this site - see
the home page:
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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 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.
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" This remarkable book demonstrates that solutions are available and that
innovative thinking, drawing from current technological changes, can lead to
considerable improvements towards sustainability Š Decisively, 'Sustainable
Solutions' approaches the elements of consumption and production in an
integrated manner. With the adoption of a 'life-cycle economy' remaining 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
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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
Useful websites
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the home page:
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