Sustainable Product Development, 7,5 credits
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Admission to the course requires completed at least 6 credits in a basic course in strategic sustainable development, such as the course Sustainability basics, completed at least 2 credits in basic understanding of product development and 1 credits in sustainability analysis in product development, for example from the course Innovative and sustainable product development.
Many companies are focusing on the development of products and services with a higher sustainability performance. To include sustainability in the product development process, companies use different tools and approaches to support this implementation. With this course students will learn about how to use some of these tools to perform environmental and social assessments with industry cases and propose some solutions. Additionally, the students will reflect on what is needed, and how companies might implement sustainability in the product development process.
Admission to the course requires completed at least 6 credits in a basic course in strategic sustainable development, such as the course Sustainability basics, completed at least 2 credits in basic understanding of product development and 1 credits in sustainability analysis in product development, for example from the course Innovative and sustainable product development.
Study subject
Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Level
A1N
Course code
SL2543
