MISSION
The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) has built world class knowledge and expertise of sustainable innovation and product sustainability. The Centre researches, develops and disseminates understanding of present and future sustainability impacts and solutions related to innovation, products, technologies, services and systems through projects, training, events, networks and information. CfSD works with partners in Europe, North America and Asia to deliver high quality results. The Centre is an internationally recognised centre of excellence.
SITE HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
- Sustainable Innovation 2021: Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing, Sportswear & Accessories
- 15th-16th March 2021
Business School for the Creative Industries University for the Creative Arts
Epsom
UK - Transforming Waste Fishing Gear into Business Opportunities, BCE International Conference
- 24th April 2020
Innovation Centre Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland - Farnham Repair Café
- 14th March 2020
The Spire Church
Farnham - Repair Cafés Conference
- 12th March 2020
University for the Creative Arts
Farnham - Accelerating Sustainability in the Clothing and Fashion Business, Researcher
workshop - 29th January 2020
BSCI, UCA
Epsom, Surrey - Converting waste fishing nets into products, Stakeholder workshop
- 22nd January 2020
Galway, Ireland - Alesund: Local Innovation Systems, Stakeholder workshop
- 27th November 2019
Teft Lab, NTNU
Alesund, Norway - Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets, Complimentary Webinar
- 25th November 2019 4.00 PM GMT (5.00 PM CET)
- Creating Business Opportunities from Waste Fishing Nets, Complimentary Webinar
- 16th October 2019: 18.00 CET (17.00 GMT)
- Sustainable Innovation 2019
- 4th-5th March 2019
Business School for Creative Industries
UCA Epsom
- Forthcoming conference presentations by Martin Charter
- Product Circularity (Finland – 10th-11th December 2019)
- IF2019 – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Aula Magna Storica (Italy – 10th – 11th October 2019)
- EU-China Circular Economy Seminar (China, 21st October 2019)
- Designing for the Circular Economy (Denmark – 4th October 2019)
- 12th International Conference on Responsibility Extension and Recycling Technologies for Producers of Electrical and Electronic Products (China – 8th-10th May 2019)
NEWS
- Martin Charter elected onto Chinese Government’s High Level Foreign Experts programme
- Repair Cafe on BBC TV
- Designing for the Circular Economy
- Martin Charter joins Expert Advisory Board for German project on repair culture
- ISO14006: 2019 revision process launched
- Farnham Repair Cafe achieves charitable status
- Martin Charter joins Scientific Committee of the World Resources Forum 2017
- Martin Charter joins jury for Green Product Award
- Podcast: Thriving as a Business in the Circular Economy (Brighton, UK – 19th January 2017)
- 12 lessons learnt on Circular Economy Innovation & Design
- Fishing net product solutions developed at #Net_Hack Challenge
- #ChemHack generates new process solutions
- Increasing interest in circular economy & eco-innovation in Chile
- Circular Ocean Wins Prestigious EC Award
- Martin Charter acts as external reviewer for parliamentary briefing on Designing a Circular Economy
- Martin Charter receives Sustainability Grand Award from Korean Society of Sustainability Science
- 2nd Edition of Eco-innovate! launched
- CfSD’s REF2014 case study on eco-innovation & eco-design
- Nature podcast on Circular Economy with Martin Charter & Walter Stahel
- CfSD brings eco-innovation expertise to Circular Ocean project
- Martin Charter engaged as expert to EC foresight study on eco-innovation scenarios to 2035
- Farnham Repair Café features on BBC Radio 4 ‘Saturday Live’
- Martin Charter joins steering board for ‘Circular Economy’ standard
- Martin Charter joins Scientific Commitee for World Resources Forum 2016
- Martin Charter member of expert group for EC JRC Foresight Study on Industrial Landscape Vision (2025) and Standardisation
- CfSD on YouTube (100+ videos)
- Martin Charter invited as member of international committee to develop a new standard on Eco-design
- EcoDesign 2015 invites Martin Charter to be part of International Advisory Board
- CfSD co-designs and co-develops Farnham Repair Café
- 1st Edition of Eco-innovate! hits 55,000+ downloads
- CfSD launches PhD programme related to product sustainability and sustainable innovation
- Report on #GreenHack_Challenge
- Martin Charter awarded for international contribution to green design
- Crowdfunding for eco-innovators
- Results of eco-innovation programmes delivered to over 590 SMEs between 2009-2012
