Innovative Design Framework

With the Centres forming the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult, we at CPI are at the forefront of establishing an innovative design framework. This framework will be meticulously crafted to address the immense challenges of the 21st century, empowering forward-thinking businesses to innovate and bring to market new chemicals, formulations, materials, products, business models, and supply chains that are Sustainable by Design.

Our forthcoming thought leadership paper on this framework, to be published in September 2024, will delve into the details of this initiative. The initiative, named the Design for Sustainability and Circularity Framework, integrates five key principles 1) Earth's Ecological Ceiling; 2) Social Foundation, 3) Circular Economy Principles, 4) Human Centred Design and 5) Lifecycle Sustainability asessment.  

 
HVMC Centres Engaged:
Centre for Process Innovation
Manufacturing Technology Centre, 
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, 
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
National Composites Centre, 
Warwick Manufacturing Group

DfSC Programme Director
Shak Gohir, CPI