About the Course
Responsible Innovation & Sustainable Design is an advanced programme designed to integrate sustainability principles into product, service, and experience development.
In rapidly evolving markets, innovation must balance commercial performance with environmental and social responsibility. This course equips participants with structured approaches to embedding sustainability into innovation pipelines, product design decisions, and lifecycle management.
The programme integrates responsible innovation frameworks, sustainable design principles, and value-creation models to ensure innovation drives both competitive advantage and long-term impact.
Course Benefits
- - Integrate sustainability into product and service innovation
- Strengthen lifecycle-based design thinking
- Reduce environmental and social risk exposure
- Improve alignment between innovation and ESG strategy
- Build long-term responsible innovation capability
Course Duration
5 Days (6 hours per day)
Who Is This Course For?
- - Innovation and product leaders
- Sustainability and ESG managers
- Design and UX professionals
- Strategy and transformation teams
- Executives responsible for long-term growth and impact
Course Delivery
- - Innovation design workshops
- Sustainable lifecycle analysis exercises
- Case-based responsible innovation scenarios
- Risk and impact assessment simulations
- Applied frameworks tailored to participant contexts
Course Content
Day 1: Foundations of Responsible Innovation
- - Understanding responsible innovation principles.
- Linking sustainability with competitive advantage.
- Identifying environmental and social design risks.
- Aligning innovation with ESG strategy.
Day 2: Sustainable Product & Service Design
- - Applying lifecycle thinking to design decisions.
- Reducing environmental impact through material and process choices.
- Integrating social responsibility into design frameworks.
- Evaluating trade-offs between cost, impact, and value.
Day 3: Innovation Governance & Risk
- - Strengthening oversight in innovation pipelines.
- Managing ethical and sustainability risks.
- Aligning governance with innovation objectives.
- Monitoring impact performance indicators.
Day 4: Commercialisation with Responsibility
- - Designing market entry strategies aligned with sustainability values.
- Communicating responsible innovation credibly.
- Aligning pricing and positioning with impact commitments.
- Avoiding greenwashing and reputational risk.
Day 5: Embedding Sustainable Innovation Capability
- - Integrating sustainability into innovation processes.
- Aligning leadership incentives with responsible outcomes.
- Reviewing innovation impact metrics.
- Building long-term sustainable design capability.
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