Implementing environmental considerations within product development practices: a survey on employees' perspectives

Green Product Development and Product Portfolio Management: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy

“…Jabbour et al () presented and tested a framework relating technical, human and organizational elements to the adoption of environmental product development practices and the effect of these practices on firm performance. Sihvonen and Partanen () have assessed current approaches to implementing environmental NPD practices.…”

“…After years of paying no or marginal attention to environmental sustainability issues, a myriad of firms have realized that proper knowledge and competencies are required to develop green products (Dangelico et al , ). Recently, there has also been an increased amount of research highlighting the need for companies to integrate environmental sustainability into their efforts related to NPD (Brones et al , ; Eppinger, ; Pigosso et al , ; Sihvonen and Partanen, ). Consequently, the development of environmentally friendly products, or GPD, is considered one of the leading contemporary issues in management (Dangelico, ; Ruuso et al , ).…”

“…However, only a few studies have been dedicated to empirically investigating the relationship between environmental sustainability and product and project portfolio management (Brones and Carvalho, ; Khalili‐Damghani and Tavana, ; Silvius et al , ). The importance of understanding the relationship between sustainability and project portfolio management has been reinforced by Collado‐Ruiz and Ostad‐Ahmad‐Ghorabi () and Sihvonen and Partanen (), who note that the initial stages of NPD represent a great opportunity to reduce environmental impact in product development, because the choices of design features will influence products throughout their lifecycle and influence the magnitude of their environmental impacts. Nevertheless, integrating aspects of sustainability into innovation projects constitutes one of the great challenges that companies face in relation to PPM (Brook and Pagnanelli, ).…”

Inclusion of sustainability aspects in product development at manufacturing companies

“…Some years later, Jönbrink et al (2013) found that structured and strategic integration of environmental aspects in product development was still lacking at manufacturing companies in Sweden. Additionally, Sihvonen and Partanen (2016) found that considerations of environmental aspects in product development at manufacturing companies in Finland was still not mainstream. These findings by Tukker et al (2001), Jönbrink et al (2013) and Sihvonen and Partanen (2016) indicate there are challenges and barriers to the inclusion of environmental aspects in product development at manufacturing companies.…”

Gestão De Portfólio De Produtos E Ecodesign: Uma Proposta De Integração

“…Ao mesmo tempo em que a literatura tem apresentado a possibilidade de integração do ecodesign na indústria com o intuito de guiar os projetistas de produtos, aplicando princípios de desenvolvimentos ambientalmente sustentáveis (MAZINI; VEZOLLI, 2016;SIHVONEN;PATANEN, 2016); alguns estudos indicam que são poucas as pesquisas que analisam essas relações, sugerindo-se assim a necessidade de se ampliar as pesquisas sobre integração do ecodesign nas etapas de seleções de projetos de produtos (BRONES et al, 2014;CARVALHO, 2015;RABECHINI Jr., 2017). Por exemplo, Carvalho e Rabechini Jr. (2017) sugerem que a ponte entre gestão de projetos e sustentabilidade ainda está sendo construída, e que para se levantar esta ponte são necessários processos, métodos e ferramentas.…”