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Project: Design HOPES Sustainable design-led innovation for a green transformation of health servicesResearch aiming to transform the health ecosystem through design-led innovation, while contributing to the UK’s urgent net zero agenda and sustainability targets, is to be led by researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde.Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland) has been awarded one of four £4.625M Green Transition Ecosystem (GTE) investments from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation which is funded by the UK Government.Green Transition Ecosystems (GTEs) are large-scale projects that focus on translating the best design-led research into real-world benefits. Capitalising on clusters of design excellence, GTEs will address distinct challenges posed by the climate crisis including, but not limited to, realising net zero goals. GTEs are the flagship funding strand of the £25m Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition programme, funded by the AHRC and delivered in partnership with the Design Museum.The project aims to exploit the potential of design-led thinking, making, and acting to tackle multifaceted health delivery and net zero challenges efficiently.It will generate tangible outcomes in innovative methods, products, services, and policies that promote sustainability relevant to buildings and land, travel, care, communities and digital design, including toolkits, blueprints, prototypes and storytelling.The two-year project will also foster green enterprises and businesses to advance the transition to a more equitable and sustainable future.www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/sustainable-design-led-innovation-green-transformation-health-services

♦Finalists in both Re-manufacturing and Marketing categories CeeD Award 2024♦ Nominated*** Women's Business Club Innovation Small Business Award 2023♦ Business Women Scotland Rising Star of the Year Award 2022♦ Venture Award Winner 2021♦ Converge Semi-Finalists 2021J-RAO is a conscious cosmetic collective that was founded in 2017 in the City of Discovery, and UNESCO'S first (and still only) UK City of Design, Dundee Scotland. The idea behind J-RAO is simple: We believe that conscious consumerism is no longer a trend, it’s an urgency - we also believe that the cosmetic market provides a really exciting space to tackle many challenges faced by the consumer industry by developing premium luxury products with ethical values. We pioneer products that are environmentally conscious, gender inclusive and embrace circular economy through design. Web: www.j-rao.comTwitter: @JraoOfficialInstagram: jrao_officialTikTok: @j_rao_official