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Blogs About Toxicity & Product Design

We found 6 Blog entries on this topic; most recently published at the top.

Detoxifying the Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain

Elisa Niemtzow, Associate Director, Consumer Products

What will it take for the apparel and footwear industry to achieve zero discharge of hazardous chemicals across product life cycles? Read more →

Posted: April 22, 2013 | Topics: Conference, Consumer Products, Supply Chain, Toxicity & Product Design

In Your Words: Ocean Conservancy President and CEO Vikki Spruill on Leadership

Vikki Spruill, President and CEO, Ocean Conservancy

Vikki SpruillThis guest blog is part of BSR's ongoing series exploring what leadership for sustainability looks like in today's world.

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Posted: November 15, 2011 | Topics: Leadership, Toxicity & Product Design, Water

Where BSR Will Be in September

Summer is over for BSR staff in the Northern Hemisphere with September shaping up to be a packed month. Here are a few of the places we’ll be and events we’re hosting. We hope to see you there! Read more →

Posted: August 30, 2011 | Topics: Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Toxicity & Product Design

A New Tool for Sustainable Product Design

Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services

This week, I had the opportunity to see a demonstration of Autodesk’s new Eco Materials Adviser, a tool the company developed with Granta Design that is intended to help product designers make better decisions around material choices. Since the majority of a product’s life-cycle impacts are determined during the design phase, the tool has the potential to help create smarter, cleaner, and more efficient products. Read more →

Posted: May 31, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption, Toxicity & Product Design

Sustainable Product Design: Closing the Loop on Plastics

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Last week I visited an HP service provider’s facility in Thurnau, Germany where plastic inkjet cartridges are collected and where they take the first step toward reentering the materials stream for HP recycled plastic cartridges. Read more →

Posted: April 21, 2011 | Topics: Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption, Toxicity & Product Design

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