Developing a Robust System of Environmental Tools (RSET) to Improve Ecodesign Practice in the Automotive Sector Available to Purchase

This paper describes an ongoing research project related to the development of an interdependent system of tools for performing systemic and sustainable evaluation of environmental performance by the car parts manufacturer Faurecia. The approaches developed in this research are based on (1) establishing a robust system for assessing environmental impacts through a set of dynamic indicators, (2) the exploitation of this set of indicators by the design team using appropriate means put at their disposition via a new organization. These two aspects are the bases of this article, which concludes by presenting a draft version of the system mock up with an evaluation result example.