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STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME THROUGH INNOVATION; OPEN INNOVATION
DR JONATHAN HAGUE
VICE PRESIDENT OPEN INNOVATION
UNILEVER GLOBAL R&D
OUR COMPANY
EUROPE
● €13.6 BILLION
TURNOVER
● 2.6% UNDERLYING
VOLUME GROWTH
● 26% OF GROUP
TURNOVER
ASIA/AMET/RUB
● €22.4 BILLION TURNOVER
● 3.0% UNDERLYING VOLUME
GROWTH
● 42% OF GROUP TURNOVER
THE AMERICAS
● €17.3 BILLION
TURNOVER
● 0.4% UNDERLYING
VOLUME GROWTH
● 32% OF GROUP
TURNOVER
2015 TURNOVER = €53.3 BN
UNILEVER REACH
FAMOUS FOR MANY OF THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE BRANDS
MAKE SUSTAINABLE LIVING COMMONPLACE
OUR VISION TO DOUBLE THE SIZE
OF OUR BUSINESS,
WHILST REDUCING
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT AND
INCREASING OUR
POSITIVE SOCIAL
IMPACT
POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT
DOUBLE THE
BUSINESS
REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT
3 BIG GOALS BY 2020 ● HELP MORE THAN
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH & WELL-BEING
● HALVE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF OUR PRODUCTS
● ENHANCE THE LIVELIHOODS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
2x THE RATE OF
GROWTH
50% OF UNILEVER’S
GROWTH
MORE
PROFITABL
BRANDS WITH A POWERFUL PURPOSE ENJOY
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE
LIVING
BRANDS
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
PURPOSE
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
PRODUCTS
= +
SUSTAINABLE LIVING BRANDS HELP GROW OUR BUSINESS
238,000 WOMEN WITH
ACCESS TO TRAINING &
SKILLS
800,000 SMALLHOLDERS
HELPED & TRAINED
55% SUSTAINABLY
SOURCED
397 MILLION HELP TO IMPROVE HEALTH & HYGIENE
-2% WATER -12% WASTE
+4% GHG UNDERLYING
SALES GROWTH
+21%
MAKING PROGRESS 2010-2014
INNOVATION IN OUR COMPANY
INNOVATION IS IN THE HEART OF THE STRATEGY
INNOVATION GROWING THE CORE BUSINESS
Iron-fortified
Knorr Cubes
Lifebuoy with
Activ Naturol Shield
Dry Spray
Aerosol Deodorants
Cooking ingredients up
>50% in 5 yrs in
emerging
markets
15% growth in 2014 Launch in
US in 2015
35%
2013
INNOVATION DELIVERING RESULTS
Stronger Pipeline Bigger
innovations
More Benefits
2013 Now 2013 Now
+20% +30%
Incremental Turnover
In the funnel
Average project
size
45%
Now
% Projects using
New Technologies
75% of Innovations are Margin Accretive
OPEN INNOVATION
OUR CHALLENGE
POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT
DOUBLE THE
BUSINESS
REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT 2012 2013 2014
1450
1500
1550
1600
1650
1.8
2.3
2.8
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Unilever R&D Spend % Turnover
Ambition remains
High
R&D Spend falling
In Real Terms
Global R&D Spend up
- Biotech
- Advanced materials
- ICT
Global Gross R&D
($Bn)
*Source Battelle Global R&D forecast 2014
MAGNIFYING THE IMPACT OF R&D
Digital R&D
High Throughput
Modelling and
Simulation
Fit to win
Organization
Sharper Category
Innovation Choices
Partnership and Open
Innovation
OUR OPEN INNOVATION MANDATE
Strategic
Science
Group
Categories HC, PC, Foods, Refreshments
Program
Owners
Open
Innovation
Team
Drives
capabilities
Scouting / Technology Intelligence
Deal Architecture
Cross Unilever Strategic Partnerships
IP Agreements Processes and IT
Training
New Capabilities
OPEN INNOVATION IMPACT
30
50
70
90
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
% Deliverables OI Enabled
OI Reliant 54%
Not Reliant
46%
0%
0%
Pipeline Incremental Turnover Reliant on Open Innovation
We have saturated our program
Open Innovation (as we define it) is fully embedded
Focus Now ; Simpler, Faster, More Networked, More Digital, More
Leverage, More Value
WHAT’S WORKED FOR R&D
Partner to Win Science Grid
Innovation Ports Site Ecosystems
PARTNER TO WIN - THE CO – CREATION MODEL Targeted Encapsulation
Unilever
IP on fabric
molecular surface
recognition
Partner
IP on Fragrance
Capsules
Fragrance Design
Winning high performing
fragrance encapsulates
SCIENCE GRID - THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
World Leading > £ 200 M
Million Investment in
High Performance
Computing
Data Analytics
£ X M
Real world applications
Of In Silico First - € Billions
In potential value creation
Translational R&D
Computer Aided
Formulation
Unilever’s spend
accesses a
capability that is
multiple times our
investment
Commercial impact
In Unilever and to
UK PLC Is CRITICAL
to Hartree
Optimiser
Engines
Virtual
Engineering
Processing
Factory Line
Optimization
Virtual
Engineering
Packaging
SITE ECOSYSTEMS CO - INVESTMENT FOR SCALE
Centre for
Materials
Discovery
Micro
Biorefinery
High
Throughput
Formulation
Centre
Advanced
Manufacturing
Centre
Materials
Innovation
Factory
2016 Operational
Over £130 Million invested in Next Gen Capabilities by Unilever and
its Partners
Open Facilities – UK Government has contributed > £20 Million
WHAT’S NOT WORKED FOR R&D
Submissions Portal for unsolicited
product ideas
> 2,000 since launch
Nothing of substance
An Independent New Business
Unit Aimed at Radical /
Disruptive technology Innovation
Incubation Investment horizon too
long + uncertain
THE FOUNDRY
OUR PLATFORM FOR
COLLABORATING OUR FRAMEWORK FOR
EXPERIMENTATION ENABLING OUR BRANDS &
FUNCTIONS TO PIONEER
foundry.Unilever.com
@UnileverFoundry
COLLABORATING WITH INNOVATORS TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE LIVING COMMONPLACE
A framework for experimentation
Pitch – Pilot - Partner
The Brief The Pitch
The Pilot The Partnership
4500
+ applications
received
350+
mentors registered
25+
brands involved
$20m+
invested into pilots
100+ startups piloted
48+ start-ups being
scaled-up
Still at the beginning of the journey
THE LAST WORD ….
Foundry Overview film:
https://youtu.be/MpZGN3vu7wU
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE
THANK YOU