Imagine if you could tap the brainpower of proven innovators from around the globe to help your company create its next business breakthrough and enhance its environmental record. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that it is teaming up with InnoCentive, a global leader in crowdsourced innovation, to help companies do just that through a new Eco-Challenge Series to accelerate green innovation in business.
Breakthrough ideas can--and often do--emerge from bringing a new and diverse perspective to a familiar problem. Having that "fresh set of eyes" is one way that EDF has been able to catalyze and spread environmental innovations like redesigned packaging with McDonald's, hybrid trucks with FedEx, and next-generation solar technology with Walmart.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Can Open Innovation Save the Planet? | Fast Company
Author: Gwen Ruta
