DEPLOYMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRUNDFOS’ SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY BY MEANS OF THE ECODESIGN MATURITY MODEL
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Pigosso ,D.C.A.; Pattis ,A.T.; McAloone ,T.C.; Rozenfeld, H.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
Page(s): 1663-1670
Abstract
Companies are increasingly realizing the needs and opportunities for implementing sustainability into their business processes and corporate culture. This paper describes the approach followed by Grundfos to deploy its Sustainability Strategy for the development of Sustainable Product Solutions, by means of the Ecodesign Maturity Model (EcoM2), which included the diagnosis of their current maturity profile, the definition of a strategic roadmap for ecodesign implementation and the implementation of the defined projects.
Keywords: ecodesign implementation, ecodesign management, maturity modelling