ISO/TR 14062-2002 pdf free download.Environmental management- Integrating environmental aspects into product design and development.
5.2 Organizational issues
It is important to consider strategic issues such as those mentioned below, because they may have economic and environmental implications for the organization. The overall objectives of the organization influence the extent to which these strategic issues are relevant:
competitors’ activities;
— customer needs, requirements and demands;
— supplier activities;
relationships with investors, financiers, insurers and other stakeholders;
– organization’s environmental aspects and impacts; activities of regulators and legislators;
activities of industry and business associations.
5.3 Product-related issues
Organizations that integrate environmental aspects into product design and development commonly cons,der the following product-related issues:
a) early integration, i.e. addressing the environmental aspects early in the design and development process; b) product life cycle. i.e. analysis from raw material acquisition to end of life (see Figure 1);
C) functionality, i.e. how well the product suits the purpose for which it is intended in terms of usability, useful lifetime, appearance, among others;
d) multi-criteria concept, i.e. consideration of all relevant environmental impacts and aspects;
e) trade-offs, i.e. seeking optimal solutions.
These issues are discussed in more detail in 7.3.
5.4 Communication
A communication strategy is an integral part of the process of incorporating environmental aspects into product design and development. An effective strategy addresses both internal and external communication.
Internal communication could involve providing information to employees on
the organization’s policy,
— product-related environmental impacts,
training courses on environmental issues, programmes and tools,
— successful projects or products,
site-specific impacts on the environment.
Such communication can also involve mechanisms that obtain feedback from employees on product design and development issues.ISO/TR 14062 pdf download.