Organising for environmental considerations in complex product development projects: implications from introducing a “Green” sub-project |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Jönköping University, PO Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jönköping, Sweden;2. Department of Management and Economics, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden;1. Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States;2. Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States;1. G-SCOP Laboratory, University Grenoble Alpes, 46 Avenue Félix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France;2. European Commission—Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy;3. Research Group ENVOC, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;1. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK;2. Management Engineering, Denmark Technical University, Denmark;1. School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden;2. Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents findings from a case study of a product development project in which environmental performance requirements were introduced. Focus is set on how the project was organised in order to ensure that the environmental performance requirements were considered. A specific “Green” sub-project was included in the project organisation. The analysis shows that such a sub-project can: (1) serve as a means to put environmental considerations on the agenda, (2) introduce a risk for confusion regarding who is responsible for fulfilling the environmental performance requirements, (3) act as an arena for communication about the environmental performance requirements, (4) serve as a platform for environmental champions to be active, and (5) serve as a means for environmental specialists to become part of established contact networks in the product development organisation. |
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