Green Product

Select a simple consumer product, such as potato chips, a wooden baseball bat, or a t-shirt.

Complete the Green Product Design Assessment Worksheet. Employ concepts presented in Better by Design– An Innovation Guide: Using Natural Design Solutions to complete the worksheet. ATTACHED

Identify the most critical phases of the product's lifecycle in terms of the most significant risks of adverse effects on natural and human environments.

Evaluate the chances that your recommended innovations could avoid or minimize production inefficiencies while maintaining or enhancing the product's appeal

Recommend how best to report the assessment’s findings and performance improvement prescriptions to specific stakeholders, using the following concepts:

• Identifying and addressing stakeholder expectations and information needs

• Determining key performance indices for measuring progress against commitments

• Developing data and information capabilities

• Developing an approach to verifying reports

• Designing, producing, and distributing reports



You may present these assessments and prescriptions in a written report, conforming to the following format 



•	Introduction: In a 2- to 3-sentence paragraph, state the reason why this paper is written. What is the objective or expected outcome?



•	Informational inputs: In a 2- to 5-sentence paragraph, answer the following questions:



o	What kinds of information are being used in this analysis?

o	What are the sources?

o	What is the quality of this information?

o	Is the information data, observations, surveys, or opinions?

o	Are there limits imposed by the quality of information on its usefulness in the analysis?



•	Analytical output: In one or two paragraphs of up to five sentences each, summarize analytical findings and their significance, related to the paper's objective or expected outcome.



•	Summary, conclusions, and recommendations: In up to five sentences, explain what key factors a decision-maker must consider from this analysis.