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February 4, 2020

Corporate innovation weekly: sustainable perfume, electric vans and getting rid of managers

This is what Europe's largest corporations got up to this week in terms of innovation. Featuring Axa, Bayer, Siemens, UPS, BP, Reckitt Benckiser and Adidas.


Maija Palmer

5 min read

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