Developing a common approach to fostering innovation partnerships between the environmental RI s and the private sector

Stakeholders underuse the environmental research infrastructures (ERIs) represented in ENVRIplus, and their interaction with private sector partners is especially limited despite the knowledge that they build being a fundamental element of maintaining a sustainable economy. Increased integration of environmental RIs with other relevant stakeholders, including private sector partners, would lead to their improved sustainability, and at the same time ensure their continued contribution to the global sustainable development goals (SDGs).