Collaborate to Innovate: Unilever Seeks Help with new Technical Challenges to Support Sustainable Growth

Collaborate to Innovate: Unilever Seeks Help with new Technical Challenges to Support Sustainable Growth PR Newswire LONDON, October 10, 2012 LONDON, October 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company's new Open Innovation portal receives over 1000 ideas after six months Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer goods manufacturers, has released a new set of challenges to the world's innovation community to help the business deliver on its sustainable growth agenda. In March 2012, the company's Open Innovation team launched a new online platform which offered experts the opportunity to find some of the technical solutions it needs to achieve its ambition of doubling the size of its business while reducing its environmental impact, as set out in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. Following the success of the platform, Unilever has now unveiled the details of another three research projects for which its Research & Development department is seeking external know-how. The company hopes it will receive a similar response to when it announced its first ten open innovation "wants" earlier this year. The platform has now received more than 1,000 submissions, ranging from ideas which tackle the challenges set by Unilever, to other technical solutions and new product ideas.