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Events:
The Centre for Sustainable
Design (CfSD) has organised and continues to organise cutting edge conferences,
workshops and trainings on eco-design, eco-product development and environmental
product policy.
Conferences:
The Centre for Sustainable Design has organised over 10 national and
international conferences covering eco-design management and sustainable
product management, which have been attended by over 1000 delegates
from around the world. CfSD organises the internationally recognised
"Toward Sustainable Product Design"
series of conferences. In addition, conferences are developed with partners
to focus on new or emerging issues, such as "Eco-Design and Supple
Chain Management."
Workshops:
CfSD has organised over 20 workshops on a wide range of issues, including
green marketing, sustainable value, Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
and electronic environmental reporting. Through the Network for Electronic
Product Design (NEPD), it has also facilitated events focused on the
needs of the electronics sector, including LCA, eco-design tools and
techniques, environmental R&D and "producer responsibility"
legislation.
Training:
CfSD provides a series of customised courses through the Smart Eco-Design
programme. In addition, it has produced a range of training and distance
learning material: video, manuals, booklets, checklists and software
(see Resources page
for details)
Networks
and Green Business Resources:
CfSD has developed a network for the electronics sector
- the Network for Electronic
Product Design (NEPD)
and a global business network focused on "producer responsibility"
issues covering the electronics sector -
seeba.
Research:
CfSD has been involved in a range of high profile initiatives
and projects worldwide.
Philosophy
To develop and disseminate understanding and knowledge in relation to
the present and future impacts of sustainability on the management,
development and communication of products, services and systems. CfSD
has an action-oriented approach to research and training, based on monitoring
and understanding business needs. This interface management approach
brings together specialist expertise to tackle real world issues, opportunities
and problems.
Projects
CfSD is involved in a range of research and training projects:
- IPP-EPD
(Integrated Product Policy and eco-product development) project
- Eco-Design and
Supply Chain Management
- Ecolife
(closing the loop on electronic products and domestic appliances)
- Strategic
CARE project
- SIGMA
(Sustainability Integrated Guidelines for Managment) project
Resources:
CfSD has produced
over 40 high quality resource materials related to its three core programmes:
- Research Reports
- Conference Proceedings
- Distance Learning
Materials
CfSD also has a number
of workshop reports, checklists and discussion papers, as well as links
to eco-design and related Internet sites. Details of these resources can
be found on the Resources
page.
CfSD also edits The
Journal of Sustainable Product Design (published in partnership with
Kluwer Academic Publishers).
This is a quarterly refereed publication covering eco-product development,
sustainable design and environmental product policy. The Journal is supported
by a high calibre editorial board of experts from academia and business
worldwide.
Finally, the CfSD
site also has links to a number of related Internet sites in:
- Eco-Design
- Producer Responsibility
- Electronics
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Integrated Product
Policy (IPP)
These links can be
accessed through the Resources
page.
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