“Cleantech innovation overview: The new driver of corporate sustainability in Spain”
This ebook offers an up-to-date overview of the cleantech and sustainability ecosystem in Spain.
Key players, market dynamics, emerging trends and opportunities for startups, corporations and public administrations. A guide to understand what is happening and where green innovation is moving.
What will you find in this ebook?
This is a practical and strategic guide to understanding how corporate sustainability, open innovation, and the cleantech ecosystem are evolving in Spain. Across eight chapters, it covers trends, lessons learned, real-life cases, and an action plan for 2030 designed for executives, innovation teams, and sustainability managers.
You will find a comprehensive overview of the state of cleantech, from the maturity level of companies to the major drivers of change (European regulation, corporate demand, global challenges). It also analyzes the main barriers to implementation, the four types of innovation that companies are currently seeking, and the patterns that explain why collaboration with startups remains key.
This eBook also includes seven in-depth case studies (Renfe, ECOALF, CAPSA, Repsol, Canal de Isabel II, DIRSE, and Letsinnovate), detailing the challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities identified directly in interviews with these corporations. All of this is combined with ready-to-apply models, activation frameworks, governance keys, and strategic levers to scale sustainable solutions within any organization. Finally, an action plan for 2030 is presented, along with an appendix of strategic questions for management teams.
This eBook is a tool created to help organizations move from intention to execution, connect with the ecosystem, and accelerate their transition to a more innovative and competitive model.
Who is this ebook for?
Whether you are defining your sustainability strategy or already have programs in place and are looking to improve them, this ebook will help you make better-informed decisions and identify key allies in the cleantech ecosystem.
This material is designed for people who make decisions about sustainability, innovation, and strategy, but also for those who act as a bridge between corporations and startups. Therefore, this ebook is useful for:
Corporations: Sustainability, Innovation, Strategy, Corporate Venturing, People, and Culture Departments ;
Startups and scaleups: Founders and business teams in verticals such as energy, circular economy, water, mobility, digital ESG, etc.;
Public administrations and regulators: Teams that design policies to promote the green transition and public-private partnership programs;
Hubs, accelerators, and universities: Organizations that connect talent, technology, and the market and want to strengthen their role in the sustainable transition.
Who is behind this ebook?
Tetuan Valley
Accelerator with more than X years promoting entrepreneurial talent in Spain, specializing in programs for technology startups and collaborations with corporations. Through its community and programs, it has supported hundreds of teams in their early stages and designed innovation initiatives with companies and institutions.
This is how this report was prepared.
This eBook is based on a joint study conducted by Tetuan Valley and CleantechHUB, combining ecosystem vision, innovation program experience, and market data. The following actions were carried out as part of the research:
In-depth interviews with leading corporations in sectors such as energy, mobility, food, fashion, water, and sustainability associations;
Analysis of market trends and data based on national and international reports;
Contrast with the direct experience of Tetuan Valley and CleantechHUB in collaboration programs between corporations and startups;
Summary in the form of a practical roadmap for progress toward 2030.
CleantechHUB
An international platform focused on connecting projects, startups, corporations, and institutions that are building solutions for sustainable transition. Based in Barcelona and with a presence in various countries, it promotes projects that combine technological innovation, environmental impact, and multi-stakeholder cooperation.
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