DocumentCode
1658381
Title
Ecodesign and Sustainable Business Practice: Insights from design-led SMEs in Wales (UK)
Author
O´Connor, Frank ; Cox, Lain
Author_Institution
Nat. Centre for Product Design & Dev. Res., Univ. of Wales Inst., Cardiff
fYear
2005
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
29
Abstract
This paper outlines some key lessons for industry uncovered in a study carried out by Design Wales into how two Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rising to the challenge of ecodesign and sustainable business practice
Keywords
design for environment; small-to-medium enterprises; sustainable development; SME; UK; Wales; ecodesign; small-to-medium-sized enterprises; sustainable business practice; Ash; Assembly; Clothing; Companies; Government; Manufacturing; Organic materials; Product design; Samarium; Visualization; SMEs; ecodesign; interviews; sustainable business practice;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0081-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619160
Filename
1619160
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