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Developing a method to improve unknown identification and design efforts for environmental transition: a case study in the packaging industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Marion Deshoulières ,
Pascal Le Masson  and
Benoît Weil
Marion Deshoulières*
Affiliation:
MINES ParisTech, France
Pascal Le Masson
Affiliation:
MINES ParisTech, France
Benoît Weil
Affiliation:
MINES ParisTech, France
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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Most manufacturing companies have tested and adopted sustainable design methods to navigate their product's environmental transition. While successful at first in enhancing their environmental performance, these companies later struggle to pursue their environmental transition. This entails mastering two critical competencies: identifying transition unknowns, and fostering adequate design efforts. This action research with an innovative design intermediary - which has completed four sustainable packaging missions - reveals the specific design barriers encountered for environmental transition.

Keywords

design methodsunknownsustainable designC-K design theorypackaging
Type
Design Methods and Tools
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 543 - 552
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