2. Are you ready to embark on an eco-design initiative?
This second step involves assessing your company's maturity to determine whether you are ready to embark on an eco-design process. If you are not, you will encounter serious implementation difficulties. If necessary, corrective action will need to be taken to remedy the situation.
The fact that your management supports you in your efforts is a key factor for success. Their involvement generally takes the form of establishing an environmental policy that demonstrates a strong commitment to eco-design and respect for the environment. You can then use this as a basis for rolling out your integration initiatives.
2.1 Diagnose your business
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Bibliography
DEKONINCK (E.A.), DOMINGO (L.), O'HARE (J.A.), PIGOSSO (D.C.A.), REYES (T.) and TROUSSIER (N.).- Defining the challenges for ecodesign implementation in companies: Development and consolidation of a framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 135, pp. 410-425 (2016).
PIGOSSO (C.A.), ROZENFELD (H.) and MCALOONE (T.C.). Ecodesign maturity model: a management framework...
Reference standards
ISO 14006:2020, Guidelines for integrating eco-design into an environmental management system.
ISO 14001:2015, Environmental management systems– Requirements and guidelines for use.
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