Open innovation pratices and environmental sustainability: a systematic literature review

The concept of sustainability is increasingly recognized as a major imperative in the face of environmental challenges. Although sustainable practices meet government standards, their implementation is hampered by a number of obstacles, such as a lack of knowledge or sustainable technologies. In this context, innovation plays a central role, in particular open innovation, which is based on sharing ideas, resources and knowledge with the various stakeholders, thus facilitating collaboration around a sustainable project. As the link between open innovation practices and environmental sustainability is little explored, our aim is to contribute to the understanding of open innovation practices in the resolution of environmental challenges associated with the implementation of sustainable practices. To this end, we conducted a systematic literature review comprising 71 scientific articles published between 2011 and December 2023. This research was carried out in two parts: a bibliometric part and a qualitative analysis.