Creating value through sustainability is increasingly central to innovation and growth strategies as organizations respond to rising expectations from customers, regulators, and society. Designing sustainability across the full life cycle of a product—from materials and manufacturing to use and end-of-life—helps ensure environmental goals are embedded into innovation, not added later. At the same time, navigating regulatory shifts and ongoing uncertainty requires foresight and adaptability, enabling organizations to turn compliance challenges into opportunities for long-term value creation.
IRI has and continues to address these issues in whitepapers, video presentations, community forum surveys, RTM journal articles, and webinar recordings, accessible through our Resource Center.
Transformational:
Managing Substances of Concern: A Smarter Approach to Sustainable Innovation (Audio Presentation/Podcast)
Navigating Extended Producer Responsibility: What’s Changing and What You Need to Know (Audio Presentation/Podcast)
Driving Circularity: A Thought Leader Interview with Brent Bell on the Future of Recycling (Audio Presentation/Podcast)
How Milliken Eliminated PFAS from its Operations (Podcast)
Sustainability and the Innovation Pipeline at Honeywell (RTM journal article)
Growth:
How PPG Enables Sustainability-Driven Innovation Through Corporate Entrepreneurship (RTM journal article)
Advancing Sustainability: IRI Maturity Model Insights from Eastman, GAF, and PPG Report
The Race to Clean Up Forever Chemicals (RTM journal article)
Greenwashing: Navigating Corporate Sustainability (Podcast)
Transforming Inspiration for Environmental Sustainability into Self-Organized Action at Lam Research (Case study)
Balancing Profitability and Sustainability: Insights from PPG’s Ed Rakiewicz (Podcast)
How the Supplier Relationship, Market Position, and Proximity Impact Supplier Involvement and New Product Performance (RTM journal article)
Sustainability and Regulations: What Innovators Need to Know (Podcast)
Integrating Sustainability Goals into Innovation with Henkel and AZEK (Podcast)
Integrating Sustainability Goals into Innovation at Henkel (RTM journal article)
Foundational:
IRI’s Sustainability Tools and Techniques
Sustainability and Innovation at Michelman (Podcast)
Sustainable Packaging at Nestle Purina (Case study)
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