The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Product Development

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jan 27, 2012 7:00 AM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

 In 2010, our sustainability consulting authored a post entitled, Cycle Change in Green Computing, which focused on the drivers that were sure to reshape the entire high-tech industry.  Following through on predications that that world was about to witness a true technology cycle change, consumer expectations were the advancement of product development.  Today we ask: What will drive the next generation of product innovation?

 For many companies and even industries as a whole, environmental/social impacts and risk mitigation are powerful business drivers.  Thus, our sustainability consulting finds more and more business sustainability minded companies are evaluating these sustainability concerns on the front end. Click here to continue reading The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Product Development.

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".