Sustainability in the Design of Electronic Consumer-Based Products

Sustainability is becoming increasingly more important in this modern age. One of the world s largest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporations, Unilever, has sustainability at the forefront of its corporate mission (receiving the Internationals Charter s Committed to the Environment 2010 award for environmental management and performance ) and therefore continue to do their utmost to reduce all areas of environmental impact within the business. Astonishingly, 68% of the carbon footprint is caused by consumer use (after Unilever s products have left the shelves) so it is therefore extremely important that Unilever uses tools, methods and new innovations to help consumers have more sustainable behaviour.

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Dr T. Page B.Sc (Hons), M.Phil, Ph.D, C.Eng, MIET, MIEEE, FHEA, is a lecturer in Electronic Product Design in the Loughborough Design school, UK. His research interests are in the areas of the research and development of computer applications for design and technology education, logistics and supply chain management and electronic product design.