Innovation Spotlight is Colectivo’s series dedicated to real-world solutions already reshaping how our systems function, from materials and energy to nature and value chains.

Rather than speculating about the future, we focus on what is already being built, tested, and deployed, and translate those insights into strategic signals for organisations navigating regulation, risk, and long-term resilience. In this edition, we turn our attention to one of the most underestimated pillars of system stability: biodiversity.

This is not about protecting nature for optics; it is about understanding what your business quietly depends on and what happens when those foundations erode.

Fashion Week Spotlight: Turning food byproducts into fashion

Innovation Spotlight is Colectivo’s series authored by Lena Boudart, powered by insights from Going Green Media, dedicated to tracking real-world innovations already reshaping industries, from materials and energy to nature, infrastructure, and consumer systems.

As Fashion Weeks unfold around the world, they don’t just set aesthetic trends, they send powerful signals across supply chains, sourcing strategies, and consumer expectations. In this special Fashion Week edition of Innovation Spotlight, we turn our attention to this disruptive shift in fashion today: next-generation leather made from vegetables and food waste.

The world feels stuck.
But innovation isn’t.

At Colectivo, we’re launching the Innovation Spotlight Series to focus on real solutions already shaping how organisations adapt, not future hype. 

Our first Spotlight, drawing on insights from the World Economic Forum, highlights two signals worth watching: