ISO 14001 - Management of Sustainable Product Design
01 January 2005
Lucent Technologies' (Lucent) wireless business Unit, the Mobility Solutions Group (Mobility Solutions), has successfully developed, implemented and now maintains a Product-Based Environmental Management System (PBEMS) which simultaneously utilizes environmental and business processes to manage significant product aspects. Through the PBEMS, sustainability concepts are applied to the design and development of wireless hardware products worldwide. The PBEMS conforms to the requirements of the ISO 14001 international standard and has received third-party certification. Prior to this, sustainabillity principles were recognized within Lucent, now they are fully aligned with traditional product realization processes. The PBEMS is structured to integrate sustainabiility considerations into strategic business decisions, product evolution planning and product development. Addressing environmental issues during design supports the PBEMS goal of product environmental impact reduction. Engaging the design community in life cycle thinking and encouraging innovation to ensure that succeeding generations of products are designed to enable wiser, sustainable use of natural resources are significant benefits provided by the PBEMS.