SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS EUROPE SL

Their core work

Sustainable Innovations Europe is a Madrid-based SME specializing in the business side of sustainability transitions — they help bring bio-based, circular economy, and clean energy technologies from lab to market. Across 24 H2020 projects, they consistently handle communication, dissemination, capacity building, business model development, and SME support activities. Their work spans recycling and waste valorization, bio-based industries, energy efficiency, and advanced materials, always focusing on bridging the gap between technical innovation and commercial uptake. They are a professional project partner that adds exploitation, outreach, and market analysis capabilities to research-heavy consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2018-2019), Sustainable Innovations focused on technical environmental topics — heavy metals remediation, plastics recycling, building-integrated photovoltaics, and printed electronics — serving as a support partner in hardware-oriented research projects. From 2020 onward, their portfolio shifted decisively toward capacity building, bio-based industry promotion, SME business support, and clean energy transitions, with a growing emphasis on CSA (Coordination and Support Action) projects. This evolution suggests a company that has moved from general project participation toward a clearer niche as a dissemination and market uptake specialist for green and circular economy technologies.

Moving toward becoming a dedicated dissemination and business acceleration partner for bioeconomy and green hydrogen projects, with increasing emphasis on CSA-type coordination work.

How they like to work

Sustainable Innovations operates exclusively as a consortium participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project, which is consistent with their role as a support and dissemination partner rather than a research leader. With 270 unique partners across 32 countries, they maintain a very broad network, joining large consortia (typically 10+ partners) where their communication, business modeling, and market analysis skills complement the technical core. This breadth-over-depth pattern makes them easy to integrate into new consortia, as they bring a ready-made dissemination infrastructure without competing with the technical leads.

An exceptionally well-connected SME with 270 unique consortium partners spanning 32 countries, giving them one of the broadest collaboration networks for a company of their size. Their geographic reach is truly pan-European with no obvious concentration in any single region.

What sets them apart

What sets Sustainable Innovations apart is their cross-sector versatility combined with a clear functional specialization: they are not a research lab or technology developer, but a professional dissemination, exploitation, and capacity building partner that can plug into almost any green innovation consortium. Their 24-project track record across food, energy, environment, and manufacturing means they understand the language and market dynamics of multiple sectors — a rare asset when building interdisciplinary consortia. For coordinators seeking a reliable Spanish partner with proven delivery in communication work packages and SME engagement, they are an unusually experienced choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PLAST2bCLEANED
  Their highest-funded project (EUR 336,875) tackling plastics recycling and polymer recovery from electronic waste — a topic with strong regulatory tailwinds in Europe.
• CATCO2NVERS
  Represents their newest strategic direction: converting industrial CO2 emissions into valuable chemicals using integrated catalytic methods, bridging bio-industry and climate action.
• agroBRIDGES
  Directly addresses the business model gap between farmers and consumers through short food supply chains — one of their clearest examples of applied market-building work.