Collaborative innovation for sustainable development incorporating the environmental perspective in innovation processes

Abstract

In recent decades, the world has experienced socioeconomic development unprecedented in history. However, this development model, although it has allowed companies to create value, is having a negative impact on the environment. It is therefore necessary to promote a change of perspective towards new, more sustainable development models, so that the artificial environment can coexist with the natural environment, allowing its survival and development over time. To achieve this transition, the involvement of the whole society is necessary. In this respect, innovation is postulated as a fundamental tool, as well as the pooling of resources and capabilities by different agents and individuals, in favor of the successful achievement of the innovation processes undertaken. It is concluded that social awareness is essential to promote a change of paradigm, which allows laying the foundations for a new model of sustainable socioeconomic development.