Innovation Matters: Transformative innovation & entrepreneurship for sustainable development

Over the past decades, countries in the Pan-European region and North America have made significant efforts towards strengthening sustainable growth. However, the region is not on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)by 2030. Innovation is therefore needed to accelerate progress, helping to find solutions to ensure people's wellbeing while managing finite resources and preserving the environment. As a result, there is growing momentum around concepts such as mission orientation, directionality, and the entrepreneurial state - all intended to support a sustainable transformation of our societies. To better understand the nature of transformative innovation and its importance for sustainable development, Innovation Matters shares insights from Barbara Diehl, Chief Partnership Officer at the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND), which was created to look for new answers to the social, ecological, and economic challenges of our time.