The Switchers
Eco-Innovation
Turning environmental challenges
into circular value
into circular value
The Switchers Eco-Innovation helps turn environmental challenges into practical solutions that can be tested, adopted, and scaled up
We help territories, companies, and public institutions address environmental and sustainability challenges through innovation, collaboration, and real-world action.
Two ways to turn challenges into action
Innovation Matchmaking
Have a challenge?
Have a challenge?
Find the right solution
We connect companies and public institutions facing concrete environmental challenges with entrepreneurs and innovators who can address them.
Through our matchmaking approach, challenge owners can discover relevant green and circular solutions, connect directly with potential solution providers, and test selected solutions in real operational settings.
Value Chain Innovation
Have a systemic challenge?
Have a systemic challenge?
Rethink the value chain
Some environmental challenges cannot be solved by one organisation alone. They require collaboration across the value chain.
We bring together key actors to co-develop circular pathways that keep products and materials in use, strengthen value chains, and create new opportunities for sustainable value creation.
Open challenges
Discover environmental challenges across Mediterranean value chains
Explore the challenges currently open to innovators and solution providers, and apply before the deadline.
An open innovation approach, built for the Mediterranean
Environmental challenges rarely stop at the boundaries of a single organisation. They run across supply chains, sectors, territories, and communities.
Our work connects actors across Mediterranean value chains to identify opportunities for innovation and circularity.
Identify→Connect→Test→Scale
Sectors we work in
- Agri-food & food systems
- Textile, fashion & fibres
- Tourism & hospitality
- Packaging, plastics & retail
- Water & resource management
- Blue economy