The demand for building sustainable products and practices with fewer resources
has never been greater, and companies worldwide recognize the value of Open Innovation
and sustainability. NineSigma's unique approach uses Open Innovation to balance
the goals of social responsibility and business performance, enabling companies
across industries to achieve superior results in their sustainability programs.
During NineSigma’s early years, sustainability periodically arose as the focus of
our clients' technology searches. Now, nearly every client who comes to us to enhance
their innovation capabilities has a sustainability objective clearly defined as
part of their strategic innovation goals. In fact, more than 90% of NineSigma’s
Intelligence
programs are focused around major open innovation sustainability issues.
We work with companies on a variety of leading open innovation and sustainability
issues, including:
- Water quality and use
- Waste minimization
- Reduction of materials in product testing and manufacturing
- Renewable materials / sustainable packaging
- Environmental footprint reduction methods
- Alternative energy sources
- Green construction
- Energy efficient materials
- Energy use, harvesting, storage and conversion
- Product labeling
- Product life cycle management
- Procurement
In 2008, we launched our NineSigma Planet Earth open innovation sustainability
initiative. Through this initiative, NineSigma works with a client to identify common
goals around high-level social and environmental issues. Working together, we leverage
open innovation to address these issues, which may range from developing functional
foods for chronic diseases, to harvesting energy through new technologies, to improving
access to clean water. To learn more about NineSigma’s Planet Earth open innovation
and sustainability initiative, fill out our contact form on our
Contact Us page.
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