Design for Sustainability

It is clear that current patterns of use and production cannot be maintained. Rapid globalization
and trade liberalization, backed by advances in information technology, have fundamentally
changed the status of the private sector in all economies - developed and developing - offering
new opportunities and challenges to improve sustainability. Companies, large and small, have
made strenuous efforts to address the problem of sustainability with a bottom-line focus. By the
help of supply chain management, corporate reporting, and adopting international standards,
companies are improving the efficiency of the current product and building new products and
services to meet customer needs.

Profit-driven strategies go by many names. Sustainable product design, also known as

Sustainable Design or D4S, including the limited concept of Ecodesign, is one of the world's
most widely known companies working to improve efficiency, product quality and market (local
and export) opportunities while simultaneously improving environmental performance. In many
developed economies, due to a high level of awareness of efficiency and environmental
concerns, D4S efforts are linked to broader concepts such as product services, innovative
programs and other life-based efforts. In a developing economy, technical support is urgently
needed to introduce the concept of D4S.

Many organizations have developed tools and techniques to help companies (and those working
with companies) rethink how they can design and produce products to improve profitability and
competitiveness and reduce environmental impacts at the same time. As a result, and based on
the information obtained, Ecodeign shifted to integrating broader issues such as the social
component of sustainability and the need to create new ways to meet the needs of consumers in a
very small resource. D4S goes beyond the 'green' product - the concept now includes a better
way to meet consumer needs - socially, economically and environmentally - at a formal level.
These three essential elements of sustainability are also called human, planet and profit.

Product innovation is directly linked to sustainability: both are driven by change and the future.
Sustainability is all about taking care of the future. Product innovation is about creating new
products and services that generate value only if they are equal in the future. For sustainability, a
new product must meet a number of human-linked, planetary and profit challenges: social
expectations and equitable distribution of global value, and new ones must be operational in
terms of supporting the environment.

For sustainability, a new product must meet a number of human-linked, planetary and profit
challenges: social expectations and equitable distribution of global value, and new ones must be
operational in terms of supporting the environment.

On similar lines, Design for the environment (DFE) is a collection of approaches that allow an
organization to create products and services that are easy to find, reuse, or reuse. The DFE
approach compels the designer to evaluate the product and service outcomes in the environment
and provide the necessary changes to the design. That approach will balance the processing of
easy-to-use production, post-waste disposal, ease of production, and the use of valuable
resources throughout the life of the product from conceptual stage to final disposal. This refers to
the analysis of birth to the grave. Taking this approach could mean that for example one of the
cameras to be used will be reconstructed in such a way as to be able to recycle restored cameras
after customer use.

Since the focus is on the entire product life cycle, a systematic approach to assessing the
environmental impact of the health cycle may be required. For example, Nokia uses an external
testing methodology to evaluate the life cycles to calculate the environmental impact of their
products and processes. Testing will cover the entire life cycle of mobile devices, from the
acquisition of raw materials to the end of product life. They also explore energy efficiency,
sustainable use of building materials, and minimal packaging. It helps them to identify and focus
on areas where the biggest reductions are possible. For this reason, Nokia has been working to
introduce new, more sustainable products such as bio plastics, paint bio, and recycled materials
to their devices. Bio-materials, recycled plastics, and recycled metals are used in the
manufacturing of Nokia 700. These inventions have enabled them to reduce their dependence on
fossil fuels and the demand for virginity, use less energy to buy raw materials, and introduce
sustainable industrial practices.