
We need to encourage ourselves and others to think about what a sustainable life really means.įollowing this process as a framework for analysis, we searched for various initiatives and practices through different information sources in order to discuss the current status and challenges regarding LCT and ended up selecting more than 30 initiatives that shall be the most relevant references to fulfill the purpose. Another crucial challenge is finding ways to connect LCT with, not just product selection or designing and manufacturing, but lifestyle transformation. Further, it is also of critical importance that the consumers can culture LCT by encouraging themselves to be actively engaged in the design and evaluation processes of the upstream of productions and in the entire product life cycle.

Nevertheless, a number of issues, such as understandability, selectability, reliability, transparency, and costs etc., must still be addressed before consumers will be able to use such information as guidelines for pro-environmental behaviors in their everyday life. Such information has been provided to consumers in various forms in various places at various times. The responsibility entrusted to each new hire would be large, Cookpad said, given that strengthwise, it is still relatively small company with a staff count below 400.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.We examined the existing practices of various media to ascertain the usability of information based on life cycle thinking (LCT) which can be key to changing consciousness and behavior of consumers towards pursuing a sustainable society. We are looking for as many talented students as possible," said the spokesperson. We haven't decided on the number of students we will hire from IIT. "We are accelerating development of global recipe service platforms and actively hiring talented people. The company confirmed it is now preparing to provide recipe services in India as well.



Last year, Cookpad acquired Cucumbertown, a Bengaluru-based social network for cooks and chefs, for an opening into the lucrative Indian market. Recruited students will be placed in Japan, UK and possibly even in India, as the company gears up to open its office here. A Cookpad spokesperson said it is looking for talent in the areas of web development, Android, iOS, machine learning and data science.
