Positive Impact through Collaboration The Designers Accord is a…

Positive Impact through Collaboration




The Designers Accord is a coalition of designers, educators,           Adopting the Designers Accord provides
                                                                       access to a global community of peers
researchers, engineers, business consultants, and corporations,
                                                                       who share passion and ideas around
who are working together to create positive environmental and          environmental innovation. Our influence
social impact.                                                         grows exponentially when we act together.


                                                                       The Designers Accord is for all designers
The Designers Accord creates a knowledge-sharing network
                                                                       ­ interaction, digital, industrial, graphic,
throughout the global creative community to share best practices       advertising, architecture, interior ­ and those
and help accelerate adoption of sustainability principles.             involved in the design industry, including
                                                                       engineers, business consultants, researchers,
                                                                       marketers, corporations, and educational
This initiative started as a call to arms for designers to engage in   institutions. Any designer, consultancy, or
the environmental movement with optimism and creativity. We            organization creating consequence at scale
believe it is our obligation to use our knowledge, experience, and     should join.

reach to positively influence what we design and consume.
                                                                       There are tens of thousands of members
                                                                       of the creative community involved in the
We ask all adopters, globally, to proactively engage in a dialogue     Designers Accord, representing two dozen
about environmental impact with each and every client and customer,    countries, and each design discipline. Almost
                                                                       every major global design consultancy has
and to integrate sustainable alternatives in our work.
                                                                       adopted. View a full list on the website.


By collectively committing to having this conversation, we will        The IDSA and the AIGA endorse the
                                                                       Designers Accord.
compel businesses to evaluate sustainability as a key vector in
decision-making for their products and services.                       The Designers Accord is a not-for-profit
                                                                       organization.
We promote openly sharing knowledge and experience around
                                                                       To find out more, please visit
green design and sustainability.
                                                                       www.designersaccord.org
                                                                       or contact Valerie Casey at
We believe building environmental intelligence should be a             valerie@designersaccord.org
collective exercise. For this cause, we advocate inverting the
traditional model of competition, and encourage pooling knowledge
so that all may benefit and build on marketable and sustainable
solutions. We believe this will lead to greater innovation.


We are initiating radical change. Join us.




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