Krause, DieterDieterKrauseAlbers, AlbertAlbertAlbersBirkhofer, HerbertHerbertBirkhoferKirchner, EckhardEckhardKirchnerLachmayer, RolandRolandLachmayerPaetzold, KristinKristinPaetzoldVietor, ThomasThomasVietorWeber, ChristianChristianWeberZumach, KatharinaKatharinaZumach2025-11-252025-11-252025Konstruktion 11-22 (77): 62-66 (2025)https://hdl.handle.net/11420/59013Sustainability is important in society and the economy, but complicated to implement in products. The Scientific Society for Product Development (WiGeP), a network of leading professors and industry representatives active in German-speaking countries, sees sustainability as an integral part of its field. The Scientific Society’s position paper therefore shows how methods and processes can be further developed in future research in order to increase the integration of sustainability aspects into methodical product development.de1436-4921202511-126266VDIIndustry representativesIntegral partMethodical product developmentMethods and processPosition papersScientific societyTechnology::600: TechnologyTechnology::658: General Managament::658.5: Of ProductionJournal Article10.37544/0720-5953-2025-11-12-62Journal Article