Designing a better world with Vicky Lofthouse, EN:ABLE Sustainability
My first ever Sustainability role was as a Research Assistant on the Design for Environment project at Newcastle University's Engineering Design Centre. I left the...
My Car Club – a great example of a product-service system
May 15, 2023
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d taken the (supposedly impossible) step of going car-free. Well, not entirely car free, as I’ve joined a...
So, yesterday I did something massive. I went car-free (ish)
Mar 16, 2023
Yesterday I sold my car. Conversations have gone a bit like this: "What did you trade it in for?" "Nothing, I just sold it." "So...
Book Review: Frugal Innovation – Doing More With Less
Dec 28, 2017
Mrs K picked up this 2015 book by Cambridge Judge Business School academics Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu for me on the way home from a...
Pedant’s Corner: Circular Economy vs Servicisation
May 27, 2016
Twice in the last week or so, I've heard people conflate two quite distinct concepts – the circular economy and servicisation/product-service system. This has riled...
Is the world now ready for the product-as-service model?
May 13, 2016
The launch of the Riversimple's Rasa electric two seater car is remarkable for two reasons. First, it could bring hydrogen vehicles onto the market at the...
Fashion kills sustainability
Sep 8, 2014
For a newspaper from the Guardian stable that prides itself on its approach to sustainability, I winced when I read this in a Observer article on...
Copy This! Kyocera’s CSR day in Manchester
Jul 10, 2013
Yesterday I was at Kyocera's CSR day in their brand new Manchester offices, featuring some great guest speakers from Green Alliance and Forum for the...
Who has the power to green the supply chain?
Jun 17, 2013
One of the issues we explored in our recent Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting on supply chains was who in the organisation has the power...
Are product lifecycles getting longer?
Aug 15, 2012
Some interesting anecdotal evidence: I had to make a 'repair or upgrade?' decision on my 4 year old MacBook Pro a couple of months ago....
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