19. Nothing new?
• The first eco-design conference was in 1990;
Environmental care behind the drawing
board, as it was called
• On the agenda:
– How to assess the impact, including a workshop
with SimaPro
– Eco-labeling
– Design for recycling
– Takeback systems
– Cleaner production
– Drinks!
• Anything new?
20. The designers like big concepts
• C2C and Circular economy
appeal; they embody a
vision; it inspires creativity
• However, some C2C or CE
designs are environmental
disasters
The analyst like data
• Life cycle assessment is as
boring as accountancy: they
tell you that visionary ideas
do not work
• The fact that accountancy
seems boring was not a
good reason to abandon
Two worlds apart
21. We always had a circular economy: it is
designed to spin faster and faster…….
• Economic growth is an accepted goal: 3%
economic growth, means 3% more products and
services
• Growth will increase pollution, unless we
achieve lower load per value
Consumer
IndustryGovernment
Infra structure
Taxes
22. So…… Lower the impact per euro
• An eco-designed
and recycled car
will be cheaper
to drive, hence
more driving
• So we need to
move to product-
service systems
that limit
consumption
1.00E-07
1.00E-06
1.00E-05
1.00E-04
1.00E-03
1.00E-02
1.00E-01
1.00E+00
product
fractionoftotalproblemEU25,logaritmicscale
abiotic depletion
global warming
ozone layer depletion
human toxicity
average ecotoxicity
photochemical oxidation
acidification
eutrophication
aggregated score
Environmentalloadpereuroonalogscale.
Rangofonemillionbetweenworst
andbestproduct
23. Next frontier: Product
Social Metrics Roundtable
All information is available
free of charge at
http://product-social-impact-
assessment.com/
24. Core concepts
24
Performance
indicator examples
Social topic
(examples)
Stakeholder
group
Workers
Health
and
safety
Occupational
health is
monitored
Workers have
access to pers.
Protective
equipment
Forced
labour
If incidents are
found, company
has corrective
action plan
25. How to perform a Product Social Impact Assessment (2)
1 Workers 3 Local communities
1. Health and safety
2. Remuneration
3. Child labour
4. Forced labour
5. Discrimination
6. Freedom of association and coll. bargaining
7. Work-life balance
1.Health and Safety
2.Access to tangible resources
3.Community engagement
4. Employment
2 Users 4 Small-scale entrepreneurs
1. Health
2. Product safety
3. Responsible communication Privacy
4. Inclusiveness
5. Effectiveness and comfort
1. Meeting basic needs
2. Access to services and inputs
3. Women`s empowerment
4. Child labour
5. Health and safety
6. Land rights
7. Trading relationships
26. 28 years of debate… move on
• Combine inspiring concepts with boring metrics
– Think of design strategies; closing loops is just one of them
• Focus on sustainable consumption rather than
sustainable products:
– Understand what limits and what changes consumption
• Product social metrics as the next boring accountancy
framework?
34. Publicity Making Machine on Discovery > 30 M viewers
Printed press >150k editions, internet – 300k visits, FZ community > 5.000 members
35. Impact+ products and services are all
the innovative products and services
that do more than generating a profit.
This includes creating social,
environmental and social-economic,
value on top of sheer profit.
Generate
IMPACT+
2012
49. Free-floating =
onlylove
• It’s not just about the product, it’s about solving
the whole customerjourney
• Every city is different: read the city and balance
the service toit
• License to operate: love the city and be loved
• Involve the all stakeholders (not just the users)
• A free-floating service needs structure