ECODESIGN Pilot: Product Investigation, Learning and Optimization Tool for Sustainable Product Development with CD-ROM

Up to now, environmental policies have relied mainly on rules, regulations, and prohibitions. This kind of environmental policy — a clearly reactive approach – has shown a mounting array of limitations. There is a clear need to seek new solutions, in particular those involving the initiative of firms themselves. Since the mid-1980’s, a new approach called “environmental management” has been established in research and practical applications; it is designed to systematically integrate enviro...