The following is an excerpt from our FY24 Purpose Report, celebrating 40 years of impact at Cisco. Data and metrics are reflective of Cisco’s fiscal year 2024, ending on July 31, 2024. Circular design ...

This story is part of Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards. Explore the full list of companies creating products, reimagining spaces, and working to design a better world. Read more about ...

If you buy an Ektorp sofa or Poäng chair in Europe, some of the components may have once been inside an old mattress. These surprisingly gorgeous tiny homes are giving aging wind turbines new purpose ...

This first course in the Sustainable and Circular Product Development specialization provides the tools necessary to implementCircular Economy (CE) principles. Methodologies include Cradle-to-Cradle, ...

For the hordes of companies still struggling to make good on their net-zero commitments, comply with impending climate-disclosure legislation and figure out what ‘circularity’ even means, Pentatonic ...

There’s a movement happening within the denim industry in which companies are sharing their secrets to success in order to drive positive change at scale, whether it’s through an open-source formula ...

Designing electronics for a circular economy requires companies to communicate more openly and collaborate more closely, said Accenture’s Teun van Wetten. Challenges in developing a circular economy.

For a long time, material development has focused on enhancing performance and reducing costs. Efforts have been directed toward making products lighter, tougher, better insulated, more beautiful, ...

What are the standards that can help guide you to optimizing the overall product lifecycle from initial manufacturing to end-of-life treatment? How to achieve longer product lifecycles to improve ...

The built environment is responsible for approximately 42% of annual global CO2 emissions. During a building's lifespan, half of these emissions come from its construction and demolition. To ...