03 – Prevalence of design for environmental impact

Designers are already designing for environmental impact, with 66% of those surveyed having done so in the last 12 months. The same proportion also designed for social value.

Designers are working across a range of environmental issues. The most common issues addressed by the designers surveyed were carbon emissions and the net zero transition (27% of designers who have designed for environmental impact in the last 12 months), awareness and sustainable behaviour change (26%) and climate change adaptation (24%).