The Secrets Behind 'Design For Environment'

Ford, SC Johnson and HP may hail from disparate industries, but these Fortune 500 companies have at least one thing in common: they're integrating environmental factors into the design of their products in ways that enhance value yet create fewer environmental impacts. Ford has created a soy-based seat cushion foam, for example, while SC Johnson uses a green list process to weed out restricted ingredients. HP, meanwhile, cut packaging on a recent product by 97 percent.