RTI Innovation Advisors

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Assessing Access to Mental Health Software Applications for Law Enforcement Officers

Law enforcement officers face a unique set of conditions that can exacerbate mental health challenges, including chronic stressors and acute traumatic experiences. Studies have shown that law enforcement officers are more likely than others outside the profession to experience depression, anxiety, substance use, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Read about RTI’s work by Rebecca Shute, Matthew Mecray, Michael Planty, Jeri …

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Addressing the Complexities of the Medical Waste Crisis Through Global Recycling

With the need to address plastic pollution, we partnered with Medtronic, a leader in sustainability in the MedTech sector, to understand if switching to recyclable packaging would create a meaningful diversion from landfills and oceans. By aggregating available global datasets we identified recycling rates for 204 countries and territories, creating one of the most comprehensive #recycling datasets …

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Reformulating With Natural Preservatives

Preservatives are used broadly in home, personal care, food, and beverage products to ward off pathogenic organisms and slow spoilage. They contribute to extending a product’s shelf-life and ensure product safety. Following years of negative attention on preservatives, brand owners are addressing concern in response to emerging regulatory action and consumer outcry. Federal legislation was …

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Microbiome-targeted ingredients: Opportunities for product line expansions

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in an increased awareness of our microbial environment and of the impacts that our personal microbiomes can have on our gut health, skin health, immune health, and mood. Consumers want to know how to introduce beneficial microbes into their personal and environmental microbiomes via  consumption of nutraceuticals or biotically fortified foods, …

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Reduced Impact Products That Support Line Extension

Over the last several years, innovative concentrated product formats have taken off: gels, liquid cartridges, powder concentrates, and tableted concentrates.  For many of our clients developing cleaning, personal care, and water-based beverages, these emerging formats are of interest because they mitigate a product’s environmental impact by  – reducing plastics use and carbon dioxide emissions associated …

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Empowering Impact Investment Decision-Making

How does a global philanthropic leader—whose investments and influence span the globe—build an effective progress monitoring and learning system to improve impact? Learn how we designed and built a multifaceted monitoring and learning system that supports our client’s work, that is sustainable, and that is flexible. The system improved our client’s internal processes and positioned the organization client—and the projects in which they invest—for greater long-term impact.