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| The "great cleanup" is underway across industries, and the quest for a sustainable future requires actions on many fronts. One opportunity that's rising? Transforming product design and R&D functions to support the net-zero transition. While R&D accounts for 5 percent (or less) of the total cost of a product, it influences up to 80 percent of that product's resource footprint. A new article lays out what you need to know about product development, R&D, and design for sustainability—check it out. |
| — Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle |
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Up to four-fifths of a product’s lifetime emissions are determined by decisions made at the design stage. By building on proven cost-optimization techniques, companies can get those choices right.
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