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A proposed framework of sustainable self-evaluation maturity within companies: an exploratory study

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Companies are still struggling to implement ecodesign in their daily product development processes. It is believed that this occurs because companies should firstly improve their strategy and management skills towards sustainability before introducing any ecodesign tool. As a consequence, this paper aims to propose a self-evaluation framework to rank companies into different classes according to their level of maturity in terms of sustainability. It also discusses “minimum requirements” to move from one level to another towards sustainability. This will help companies to better understand which strategic and managerial actions they need to take before implementing any ecodesign.

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The authors would like to thank the Direction de L’Enseignement Superior de la Recherhe et de L’Innovation, Region Champagne-Ardene and the École National Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers for the financial support of this research.

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  1. DEP/CT/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, 59078-970, Brazil

    Reidson Pereira Gouvinhas

  2. ICD, Pôle HETIC, CREIDD, Université de Technologie de Troyes, UMR 6281, CNRS, Troyes, 12 rue Marie Curie, Troyes, 10010, France

    Tatiana Reyes

  3. PEP/COPPE-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária-Centro de Tecnologia, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Ricardo Manfredi Naveiro

  4. Arts et Metiers ParisTech, I2M-UMR 5295, 33400, Talence, France

    Nicolas Perry

  5. LIDEP-DEP-UFMG-Escola de Engenharia, sala 3104. Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Eduardo Romeiro Filho

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Gouvinhas, R.P., Reyes, T., Naveiro, R.M. et al. A proposed framework of sustainable self-evaluation maturity within companies: an exploratory study. Int J Interact Des Manuf 10, 319–327 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-016-0322-7

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