Hidden Carbon in Interiors: How Design Can Reshape the Sustainability of Buildings? Sustainable design often highlights energy-efficient technologies and eco-friendly materials. However, a significant portion of a building’s environmental impact stems from its embodied carbon—the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials. These emissions can account […]

Purpose and sustainability with Industry 5.0  – a new paradigm of the 21st century Technological innovation drove the digitalization movement and had an actual and far more significant social impact on people. Considering sustainability aspects and future development paths, we need to be responsible and keep a healthy balance between the social and environmental effects […]

Nitrates: a good or bad chemical component? We try to raise Awareness of people’s health risks and environmental topics. Whenever we talk about chemicals, we need balance. What is good could be too much and harmful, depending on which aspect we are interested in. Nitrates, or NO₃⁻ ions, are a fundamental component of the nitrogen […]

Right to Repair and Sustainability A Viable Concept in Modern Product Systems Have you ever thought about how product repairing might help you? And why can this not be done for most of the products? Would this give you the whole rights to your product? Considering the Circular Economy and Product Design, we would like […]

Sustainable Business Models: Strategic Relevance, Implementation Challenges, and Financial Instruments for Transformation In the face of accelerating climate change, resource depletion, increasing social inequalities, and stakeholder pressure, transforming conventional business models into sustainable business models (SBMs) is no longer optional—it is imperative. SBMs are frameworks that create, deliver, and capture value in ways that simultaneously […]

What is SROI and how should companies use it? Social Return on Investment (SROI) is a complex and increasingly commonly used methodology for assessing and communicating the value generated by an organization’s social, environmental and economic investments. Unlike traditional evaluations focused on financial results, SROI emphasizes the impact created for stakeholders and translates this value […]