More sustainability in the innovation process
Circular economy – a term that is becoming ever more popular all over the world in view of dwindling resources. The principle: the more raw materials that are fed back into the economic cycle after use, the more efficient and sustainable that cycle will be.
Researchers at Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions teamed up with experts from a sustainability consultancy firm to develop a unique approach to align the future product portfolio more closely to circularity. This approach centers on the DESIGNED-4-CIRCULARITY tool. It helps product developers to systematically evaluate products for circularity on the basis of scientific principles. The evaluation algorithm functions on a sophisticated points system. A product is only classed as circular if it is awarded a minimum number of points in a circularity ranking.
Because technologies always evolve over time, experts at Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions regularly review the tool to stay current and continuously develop it further. DESIGNED-FOR-CIRCULARITY has been an integral part of the Business Group’s innovation process since spring 2022 and has already tested over sixty products.
Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions is committed to the circular economy – the Business Group uses PET granulate from recycled materials (photo) as well as tools to evaluate product circularity.
- reducing its footprint and expanding customers’ handprints
- Materials
- Materials efficiency
- Recycled, renewable and substitute materials
- End of Life (EOL) Product handling
- Waste
- Waste handling
Examples of successful sustainability projects
After the sun comes the wind
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Green electricity self-generation
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Clean drive systems use hydrogen instead of diesel
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Sustainable innovation: underbody shield for automobiles
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Seals for the world’s largest seawater desalination plant
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Air springs increase the range of electric vehicles
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Saving energy in industry with Viledon
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