Integrate Sustainability and
Innovation to Find New
Opportunities
Five common innovation practices can help leaders pursue sustainability as a
growth strategy.
By Ivanka Visnjic, Felipe Monteiro, Michael Tushman, and Ernesto Ciorra
A SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED BUSINESS
strategy often requires solutions that do not yet exist.
The ambitious bets that companies make on the future,
such as decarbonizing their operations, can seem out of
reach and require innovation to make tangible progress.
Yet, sustainability-driven innovators face two inter-
connected challenges. First, innovation and product
development teams are increasingly required to incor-
porate sustainability criteria without compromising
product performance, particularly ...