Definition
Environmentally friendly products are market-oriented products that cause minimal environmental degradation and their production is linked to a product development process that is structured in a way that considers the impacts that can be caused to the environment throughout their life cycle.
Introduction
The environmental degradation caused by human activities has increased during this last century beyond what the Earth system can sustain. Climate change, ocean eutrophication, and biodiversity loss are some examples of the factors that have exceeded natural boundaries (Rockström et al. 2009).
Traditionally, product development (PD) focused on achieving quality, cost, and time targets, while environmental aspects were only indirectly considered (Abele 2005). However, given the current socioecological situation, it is now urgent to integrate sustainability aspects in PD. To address such issue within the firms’ boundaries, PD is now conceived from a sustainable development...
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Cooper-Ordoñez, R.E., Altimiras-Martin, A., Filho, W.L. (2019). Environmental Friendly Products and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_131-1
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