open innovation
in the packaging sector
An open innovation program recognized internationally
The open innovation methodology designed by SoScience has just been selected by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as “good practice” for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
department
Marketing, R&D, Innovation, CSR, Communication, Purchase
Objective
Extend efforts beyond the development of 100% recycled and recyclable packaging to develop solutions that reinvent packaging from source to end of life, with the potential to have a positive environmental and social impact
challenge
How to reinvent the source and end of life of packaging in the beverage industry to generate solutions with positive environmental and social impacts?
results
- 380 international experts identified and contacted directly
- 41 participants from 13 countries (4 continents)
- 88% of participants expressed a willingness to collaborate with other participants generating 15 formalized collaborative projects
- NPS 100
- 3 projects selected and followed up
Support for the 3 projects is led by our partner
duration
11 months (2019-2020), follow-up extended in 2021
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