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The Designers Accord
The goal of The Designers Accord is for designers to come together as social and cultural influencers to create positive impact. It acts as a coalition of design and innovation firms focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact. For this cause, the Accord advocates for inverting the traditional model of competition, and encourage pooling knowledge so that all may benefit and build on marketable and sustainable solutions. Registration information available on their site.
theRightenvironment
TheRightenvironment is an Austin based company that provides services to producers, designers and governments related to quantified environmental performance of services, goods and policies. They apply life cycle thinking to prevent trade-offs in life cycle phases. They base their work on life cycle assessment (LCA) to prevent trade offs in environmental impact categories. With a track record of more than 10 years they bring a lot of environmental material science to the table.
The goodMix
The goodMix is the first and only full service green marketing and public relations company that offers strategic partnerships with civic, community and media organizations. The goodMix positions green building initiatives beyond the traditional green washing PR techniques with value-driven strategies-so that organizations become credible leaders in the marketplace. Find out more about their full range of marketing services, including their newly launched green development group on
their site: www.thegoodmix.com
Chicago Center for Green Technology
The CCGT is a materials library, LEED certified building, and home to business and organziations committed to the environment. The campus is open to visitors who wish to explore the benefits of green buildings, and how to incorporate principles and materials into their own home or business. Free weekly seminars at the CCGT make it a truly unique resource for Chicago.
Project H Design
Project H Design seeks to address social issues through Industrial Design. This charitable organization supports product design initiatives for humanity, habitats, health, and happiness. They believe in “enabling design", and use product design to address social issues, provide a vehicle for global life improvement, and a catalyst for individual and community empowerment.
ITEM New Product Development
Item is a full service, concept to supply, product design and development enterprise consisting of three entities, ITEM New Product Development, Innovation Chain Partners, and Ximedica. In their own design process, they asses products and concepts to minimize negative effects on our environment and maximize social responsibility. This is demonstrated through their GreenCard, a pragmatic step by step guide for designers, engineers and clients. It's used in the product development process, to ensure sustainability is considered from all angles including materials, assembly, packaging, transport and life cycle. Item Group is headquartered in Providence, RI with an office in Hong Kong.