Systematic review identifies requirements for a tool to enhance sustainable product design, indicating gaps in innovation within ecological limits.
The study examines integrating absolute sustainability, based on planetary boundaries, into product design and development. A review of current frameworks shows that they focus on relative sustainability and lack mechanisms to encourage innovation within ecological limits. Analysis of fourteen publications shows that a design support tool should facilitate early-stage decision-making, incorporate scientific thresholds and circular economy principles, align with the SDGs and provide guidance on product development to create sustainable and transformative product solutions.
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