InnoFrugal Association
Our mission is “To foster a global ecosystem of frugal innovation, driving sustainable solutions for pressing societal challenges.”
Who we are
InnoFrugal (previously The Nordic Frugal Innovation Society), founded in December 2013, is the world’s first non-profit to focus exclusively on Frugal Innovation.
Mission
To foster a global ecosystem of frugal innovation, driving sustainable solutions for pressing societal challenges.
Vision
To be a leading platform for frugal innovation, bridging gaps between academia, industry, and communities to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Values
Our core values are Collaboration, Education, Sustainability, Diversity, and Impact.
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EU Funded FRANCIS Project
InnoFrugal is the Communication & Dissemination Manager for the FRANCIS – Frugal innovation by Citizens for Citizens project that receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
FRANCIS’ consortium includes seven partners from six European countries. Fraunhofer from Germany, VTT from Finland will provide scientific support. The Finnish non-profit organization InnoFrugal, The Behavioural Insights Team from the United Kingdom, the French tech startup Agorize and two industrial enterprises, HELIOZ from Austria and Turkey’s BSH Home Appliances, are involved in the project.
InnoFrugal Conference
Join Our 9th Annual Innofrugal Conference between May 10 – 11, 2023.
At InnoFrugal 2023 our program agenda will focus on leveraging AI For Impact, Circular Economy, Open Innovation, and Impact Investing to look at how we can deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals to create a sustainable and inclusive future for all.
Highlight Panel – Our Horizon 2020 EU funded FRANCIS project on how Bosch Siemens (BSH) and Helioz are using open innovation to create frugal innovations and an affordable solution portfolio.
More With Less Podcast
To understand the huge global challenge of sustainable growth and to find solutions to it, More With Less Podcast with Venkata and Jaideep, features conversations with leading business leaders, consultants, entrepreneurs, investors, climate activists, and social impact activists.
The podcast is hosted by
Venkata Gandikota – Co-founder of Innofrugal and works with startups, businesses, R&D organizations, policy makers and non profits concerning Impact investing, Frugal innovation and Circular economy and Jaideep Prabhu – Professor of Marketing, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, and Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
We support initiatives and projects which:
Advance creation of quality, affordable, accessible and sustainable solutions by working with Entrepreneurs, SMEs, Big Businesses and Policy Makers by advancing the knowledge available in the field, and/or creating useful outputs in the form of tools, methodologies, or programs that can be further used by the field of frugal innovations.
Advance the ability of frugal innovation practices, examples, innovations, etc. to be used in the public domain by citizens, governments, and the public at large via AI for Impact, Circular economy, Sharing economy, Open innovation, Inclusive business, Social entrepreneurship, DIY/Maker Movement, Impact Investing and Co-creation processes.
We focus our efforts to reduce inequality via sustainable economic growth.
About Us
InnoFrugal is a Finnish non profit association
We want businesses to respond to limitations in resources; whether financial, material or institutional, and turn these constraints into innovative ideas and practical solutions.
Activities
InnoFrugal organizes many different types of activities. We are involved in creating long-term programs using “Systems Thinking” and “Design Thinking” benefiting emerging economies as well as the developed world in many different areas.
About Us
InnoFrugal is a Finnish non profit association
We at The Nordic Frugal Innovation Society want businesses to respond to limitations in resources; whether financial, material or institutional, and turn these constraints into innovative ideas and practical solutions.
Activities
InnoFrugal organizes many different types of activities. We are involved in creating long-term programs using “Systems Thinking” and “Design Thinking” benefiting emerging economies as well as the developed world in many different areas.
