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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619160
