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Legrand India Launches Challenge for Sustainable Packaging Innovation
Group Legrand India has started a challenge to find better packaging materials.
The challenge focuses on reducing and eventually eliminating single-use plastics.
Students, researchers, startups and other innovators can work on ideas together.
Their solutions should be practical, scalable and useful in the market.
Legrand wants the alternatives to be more than 90% biodegradable.
Universities, government officials and industry experts will help guide the work.
The HiiVE initiative connects these groups so they can solve real-world problems.
The partners also signed an agreement to support research and turn good ideas into products.
Group Legrand India launched the HiiVE Legrand Innovation Challenge in Maharashtra on September 21.
The initiative seeks alternatives to single-use plastics that are more than 90% biodegradable.
Students, researchers, startups and innovators will develop scalable, market-ready packaging solutions.
Legrand partnered with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Shivaji University and the Government of Maharashtra.
A Joint Declaration of Cooperation established long-term collaboration on research, incubation and commercialization.
- Who
- Group Legrand India, universities, the Government of Maharashtra, IICARE Foundation, researchers, students, startups and innovators.
- What
- They launched the HiiVE Legrand Innovation Challenge to develop sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic packaging.
- Where
- The launch took place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with participating institutions from Maharashtra.
- When
- The challenge was launched on September 21.
- Why
- The initiative aims to advance circular-economy goals, support carbon neutrality and develop scalable, market-ready packaging solutions.
Key facts
- Initiative
- HiiVE Legrand Innovation Challenge
- Lead organization
- Group Legrand India
- Focus
- Sustainable packaging and single-use plastic elimination
- Target material
- A Made-in-India alternative that is more than 90% biodegradable
- Partners
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Shivaji University, the Government of Maharashtra, and IICARE Foundation
- Collaboration framework
- A Joint Declaration of Cooperation covering research, innovation, incubation and commercialization
- Participants
- Students, researchers, startups, innovators, academic leaders, government officials and industry experts
Quotes
Santosh Bhosale
Joint Secretary to the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
“At Legrand, sustainability is embedded in our purpose and in the way we innovate. Through the HiiVE Legrand Innovation Challenge, we aim to bring together industry expertise, academic research and entrepreneurial thinking to develop practical and scalable alternatives to single-use plastics. This initiative reflects our commitment to improving lives while advancing our sustainability goals.”
theprint.in
“Maharashtra has a tremendous opportunity to emerge as a leader in sustainability-driven innovation by harnessing the collective strength of its universities, research institutions, communities, entrepreneurs and collaborative innovation ecosystems.”
theprint.in
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