Innovate for good is our commitment to use our talent, resources, and innovation expertise to work on meaningful and valuable societal challenges.
We address the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges by delivering innovative solutions in four key impact areas: climate action, enabling a more circular economy, creating products that are safe and sustainable by design, and advancing water stewardship. Our customer engagement initiatives help us understand our customers’ needs from each of our global businesses and shape our innovation priorities and investments to meet them.
Delivering solutions for global challenges
Goal: Innovate products to meaningfully address the world’s sustainability challenges with positive impacts for customers and society.
Accomplishments in 2023
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More than 80% of our innovation portfolio value is expected to deliver sustainability value for our customers or advance solutions to global challenges based on analysis using an updated portfolio sustainability assessment (PSA) methodology.
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Awarded 7 R&D 100 and Edison Awards received for products delivering positive performance and sustainability benefits for customers and society.
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Recognized as Best ESG Partner by Samsung Electronics and received eight additional supplier of the year awards from semiconductor customers for achievements in innovation and sustainability.
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New product offerings delivered positive sustainability and performance impact in each of our innovation platforms, enabling customer outcomes in areas such as advanced computing, vehicle electrification, and water purification.
Enabling a circular economy
Goal: Integrate a circular economy principles into our business models considering life cycle impacts on the markets we serve.
Accomplishments in 2023
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~15% of our innovation portfolio is expected to address circular economy drivers in diverse markets based on a 2023 portfolio sustainability assessment (PSA).
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Over 1,100 employees engaged in virtual circular economy learning seminars led by DuPont subject matter experts, focused on the four elements of our circularity approach.
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Collaborated with multiple customers to develop new Tyvek®-enabled medical device packaging designs that improved customers’ manufacturing operations using less material and improved recyclability.
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Achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at the Tyvek® manufacturing facility in Luxembourg for developing sustainable supply chains through the incorporation of bio and/or circular materials.
Innovating safe and sustainable by design
Goal: Advance sustainable chemistry in the design of our products and processes, addressing substances of concern and communicating with stakeholders on our performance.
Accomplishments in 2023
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25 commercialized products that avoided or eliminated the use of substances of concern (SoC).
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Invested in more than 30 R&D projects to phase out SoC in targeted products and applications.
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Advocated for the establishment of external science-based frameworks and regulations for SoC that support innovation, economic growth, and human health and safety.
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Strengthened our list of SoC with current or future potential restrictions on uses relevant to DuPont to include endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, heavy metal salts, and substances that are persistent and bioaccumulative. Products that contain substances on this list are subjected to additional governance and mitigation plans.
Awards
R&D 100 Awards
Received four 2023 R&D 100 Awards for advancements in science and innovation. The awards, sponsored by R&D World magazine, recognize the 100 most innovative technologies of the previous year.
Clarivate™ Top 100 Global Innovators™
Named to the Clarivate™ Top 100 Global Innovators™ list for the 11th consecutive year. This recognition demonstrates the strength of our innovation-led growth in the markets we serve.
2023 Edison Awards™
Received two Silver and one Bronze Edison Awards™. The awards recognize excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design, and innovation.
Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Named the Global Water Intelligence (GWI) “Water Technology Company of the Year.” The award recognizes the innovative solutions in our water technology portfolio to address global water challenges.