Questionnaire KBM MSI [English]

Einleitung

Questionnaire for the Benchmarking Study
Managing Sustainable Innovations

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Your benefit from participation

Free, anonymous evaluation of the study results

Award for the five most successful companies as "Successful Practice", incl. participation in company visits

Raffles among the study participants:
- 1 x participation in the RWTH certificate course "Chief Innovation Manager".
- 2 x participation in the Complexity Management Congress 2023
- 2 x participation in a freely selectable seminar from the seminar program of the Complexity Management Academy

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Greetings

Which strategy enables companies to operationalize sustainability for their own context and how can the fulfilment of sustainability goals be measured? How can products, services and business models be developed and aligned with ESG criteria? How must the innovation and development process be designed to promote the development of sustainable innovations? What organizational and cultural preconditions are needed to anchor sustainability in the company?

More than ever, these are central questions in the innovation management of manufacturing companies. A modern and holistic understanding of sustainability in innovation management is therefore of decisive importance for the success of strategic decisions. Especially in times of economic volatility, many challenges arise, but equally promising potentials.

Therefore, we, the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL | RWTH Aachen University and the Complexity Management Academy, in cooperation with an industry consortium, would like to identify field-tested and successful practices for the management of sustainable innovations.

Use the benchmarking study "Managing Sustainable Innovations" to critically examine your own approach, to receive further impulses and to inform yourself about successful methods based on the study results.

We look forward to your participation!

With best regards

Prof. Dr. Günther Schuh
Director of the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL | RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

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The industry consortium

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The VDMA is a partner of the study.

The questionnaire study

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Definition

"Managing Sustainable Innovations describes, within the framework of the consortium benchmarking, the adaptation of the innovation management of manufacturing companies with regard to the sustainability goals Finance, Environment, Social and Governance (F-ESG).

The overarching goal is thus the creation and profitable implementation of sustainable product, process and business model innovations. To this end, the aim is to reduce the environmental impact during the production, use and recovery of products without restricting the level of innovation. At the same time, the aim is to extend the usage life of products through continuous innovation and value-enhancing upgrades."

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Framework of the study

The structure of the questionnaire is based on the following framework, which you will find on the following pages highlighting the respective topic area. For a better classification of your answers, general company-related information is initially requested.

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14% of survey complete.