Unilever has extended its Open Innovation web portal in which it asks suppliers to crack some of its biggest technical barriers.
The FMCG giant revealed it has launched research projects to find reformulation technologies which break down fatty deposits left on clothes and hard surfaces in eco-friendly ways.
It also plans to find technologies which would enable it to reduce the sugar in its ready-to-drink teas by 30 per cent, without impacting on their taste.
Thirdly, it is seeking new technologies to enable the company to stabilise natural red colour cost-effectively, for use in fruit and dairy products.
Unilever claimed it had been inundated with more than 1,000 submissions after revealing the first 10 challenges in the programme.
“We’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, ingenuity and inventiveness of the submissions that we’ve received since we launched the platform six months ago,” said Jon Hague, VP Open Innovation, Unilever.
“We have a long track-record of working with external partners to develop new technologies, so we were already very aware of the strength and depth of the innovation talent which exists outside of Unilever.
Meanwhile Unilever and the Earth Institute today announced a new initiative to bring hand washing with soap – a lifesaving habit – to the Millennium Villages, a project that works with nearly 500,000 people in rural villages, across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: The Grocer (http://goo.gl/MtZ5q)
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