Fall 2015 - 2017 Completed October 2017 Deliverables Integrating Sustainability into New Product Development - RTM Journal, March - April 2018 Member Summit 2017 Final Report Out Integrating...
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February 22, 2017
This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it” approach to integrating sustainability into the NPD process. The team has used...
October 20, 2015
Adding Sustainability to the NPD Toolbox ROR Stage: planning This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it” approach to...
October 18, 2016
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it” approach to integrating sustainability...
October 04, 2017
FORT WORTH, TX (October 4, 2017) – Biomimicry, the emulation of biology in product and service design, is gaining popularity among R&D leaders. Emily Kennedy, Director of External Relations for...
January 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: This article describes the development of a maturity model for assessing and guiding R&D organizations in creating innovative sustainable products and services that drive growth. While...
February 07, 2014
Jeff Hynds, Director, Innovation, Ingersoll Rand Company, discusses how the IRI Sustainability Maturity Model and Assessment Tool provide companies with a tool to understand their progress in...
September 01, 2005
Sustainable development has three broad goals: environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic prosperity, for both the organization and its stakeholders. In a successful sustainability...
May 24, 2016
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it” approach to integrating sustainability...
A maturity model for assessing and guiding companies in creating innovative sustainable products and services that drive growth and contribute to the triple bottom line (people, planet, profits).
March 05, 2014
ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This proposed ROR seeks to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by IRI members: • Carving out new...
February 28, 2011
Stage: Converting to a non project entity The working group will determine how to effectively incorporate sustainability into R&D by sharing experiences and best practices on the use of tools to...
March 01, 2018
Available tools and frameworks can help companies ensure that sustainability is embedded as a fundamental building block of new product development. Increasingly, organizations are embedding...
August 17, 2017
How do you track R&D project execution performance? An IRI member organization would like to benchmark with peers to determine how your organization tracks execution performance. They are...
October 10, 2017
Biomimicry: Streamlining the Front End of Innovation for Environmentally Sustainable Products. Biomimicry, defined as innovation through the emulation of biological forms, processes, patterns, and...
May 01, 2007
Recent concerns about energy resource sustainability and security of supply have raised awareness that oil and gas production faces significant challenges that can only be met through highly...