Eco-design
Reduce the impact of your products and services
Innovate differently, from the design stage
75% of companies report having integrated eco-design into their strategy, but only 33% apply it systematically. Eco-design means incorporating environmental criteria from the design phase of a product, service, or process, in order to reduce its impact throughout its lifecycle.
At Blooming, we help you turn your ambitions into concrete, measurable solutions by targeting the most relevant levers for your activities and markets.
What is eco-design?
Eco-design is not a simple corrective measure, but a new way of designing. It reduces environmental impacts while fostering innovation and competitiveness.
Practically, it involves:
- Minimizing extraction and consumption of natural resources.
- Optimizing durability: reparability, modularity, recyclability.
- Reducing usage impacts: energy, water, associated pollution.
- Planning for end-of-life: disassembly, valorization.
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Identify key eco-design levers for your products and services
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a crucial tool to evaluate the environmental footprint of a product or service, highlighting opportunities for eco-design.
An LCA assesses your impacts across 16 environmental criteria (carbon, water, biodiversity, toxicity, etc.) and prevents impact shifting. Based on this diagnosis, we work with your teams to identify the most suitable levers:
- Raw materials – substitute with lower-impact alternatives, recycled or bio-based materials.
- Processes and design – optimize industrial processes, reduce energy and water consumption.
- Suppliers and partners – integrate environmental criteria into procurement and tenders.
- Product design – extend product life (reparability, modularity), anticipate reuse and recycling.
Each option is then modeled using our tools and validated via an LCA of the eco-designed product or service. This ensures environmental gains are real and avoids impact shifting or rebound effects.
Why is a holistic approach essential in eco-design?
A product can reduce its carbon footprint while increasing its impacts on water or biodiversity. Considering all criteria prevents such trade-offs.
This systemic approach ensures your efforts target the most relevant and credible levers.
Concrete benefits of eco-design for your organization
Reduce impacts
across all environmental criteria.
Anticipate regulations
CSRD, European taxonomy, environmental labeling.
Improve competitiveness
better management of raw materials and energy.
Enhance your brand
with clients, investors, and talent.
Blooming by your side
Eco-design requires mobilizing multiple skills across the organization. Blooming supports you end-to-end, working closely with your teams (engineering, innovation, procurement, etc.):
- Diagnose current products through robust Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs).
- Identify design alternatives and more responsible raw material choices.
- Validate environmental gains via comparative LCAs to secure decisions.
- Train and support procurement teams to integrate environmental criteria into tenders and supplier selection.
- Identify and assess suppliers aligned with your eco-design objectives.
Ready to reduce the footprint of your products and services from the design stage?
Innovate differently, optimize your resources, and create lasting competitive advantage with Blooming.