Development of a framework for assessing sustainability in new product development

DS 58-7: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 289-300

  Sutcliffe, Laura F R ^a   Maier, Anja M ^a   Moultrie, James ^b   Clarkson, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle; New product design; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MAKING DECISION; NEW PRODUCT DESIGN; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES;

LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84859256932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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