Social Entrepreneurs
The concept of a Social Entrepreneurs is a criteria we have been following in order to decide which entrepreneurs we would spend time on. We have decided to focus primarily social entrepreneurs as they prove to society that a business can be profitable AND environmentally conscious. On this page we aim to describe in more detail who those social entrepreneurs are and what they have achieved.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Kitro
Problem
Problem: Every year, roughly 1/3 of the food we produce is wasted or lost. It accounts for around 1.3 billion tons of food waste, and is the equivalent of USD$1 trillion, which would be enough to feed 3 billion people. Much of this waste occurs in the hospitality industry.​
Solution
Kitro developed an AI-integrated device that photographs, identifies, and records every food item you throw away in a kitchen. As you throw food away, the device analyses every food item that goes inside the bin, and generates precious data that can then be used to highlight cooking practices that need to change, better make orders, and adapt the daily food offer.
Impact
With its automated food waste management system, Kitro helps restaurants, canteens, hotels and medical centers reduce food waste by up to 60% and save up to 8% of their food profit margins.
Mater Foundation
Problem
Problem: In 2019, about 13% of people in Geneva confessed they struggle to put food on the table each month. And the numbers have been growing steadily since 2014. This includes not only undocumented and unemployed individuals, but also underpaid workers, foreigners with official work permits, and even students.​
Solution
Mater is serving nutritionally-balanced meals of high quality, 5 days a week, to people living in situations of precarity or social exclusion, at Refettorio Geneva, for free. The remaining 2 days, the Refettorio offers a unique culinary experience for the paying clientele. During the whole week, the restaurant also serves as a training facility, and a space for local artists to express themselves.
Impact
The Mater Foundation, every year, it’s 20’000 meals for underprivileged people in Geneva, 10 people fed for each paying customer, 5’140 hours of voluntary work, 24 guest chefs cooking for people in need, 10 tonnes of food saved.
Tyre Recycling Solutions
Problem
Solution
Impact
Each year, there are around 2 billion tires that reach the end of their useful life. End-of-life tires (or ELTs) are difficult to eliminate or recycle due to their complex mix of materials that are all compacted together – notably, natural and synthetic rubber, fiber and wire.​
They collect and transform used tires into a precious rubber powder that can be used as a substitute of many material in multiple industries. For example, this powder can be used to build roads, make shoe insoles, and razors or produce fresh new tires.
Every day, TRS receives between 1300-1400 tires at the main factory in Yvonnand, Switzerland. About 5000 tons of rubber powder is sold every year. Currently expanding to other parts of the world, notably in the Middle East and China.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Too Good Too Go
Problem
According to the government, 2.6 million tons of food are wasted in Switzerland each year, that’s 190 kilos per person (source). It’s estimated that 2/3 of it is avoidable. In addition to the millions of families suffering from food insecurity, food waste accounts for about 10% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.​
Solution
Founded in Denmark in 2016, the company developed an app, which allows bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses to save food surplus. It’s a triple win: users get food at an attractive price, local businesses sell their surplus close to break-even while reaching new customers and finally, the planet’s resources are better optimised.
Impact
Currently, Too-Good to Go is the world's #1 app for fighting food waste. They have saved over 5 mio meals in Switzerland and about 119 million globally. They have about 2 mio users in CH and 52 mio worldwide, across 17 countries.
Babette
Problem
Our food system can be considered broken in so many ways. Among some of the most commonly known issues, we can cite child labor, animal welfare, and food waste. Numerous practices within the food industry, such as monoculture, mass production and overseas imports have serious social and environmental consequences.​
Solution
Babette is a restaurant based in Zurich, which helps people reconnect with food and learn about topics such as organic farming, the complexity of biodiversity, and sustainable gastronomy. All the food is organic, local, and almost always sourced directly from the grower, scraps are reused and waste is limited.
Impact
Babette co-founder and head Chef Andi Handke regularly gives presentations in schools, organises workshops with other restaurants, and even advises the local government on how to create meaningful change. Along with + 150 other chefs around the world, Andi has also contributed to the creation of the Chef’ Manifesto, a hands-on guidebook that consists of practical actions chefs can take to follow the SDGs framework.
Ynsect
Problem
Solution
In 2050, the world population is likely to hit 9 billion people. To meet this demand, industry experts say food production must be raised by 70%. Therefore, it is crucial to rethink the way we produce food, for both animals and humans, increase productivity and reduce the impact on the environment. ​
Ynsect transform beetles into premium, high-value ingredients for pets, fish, plants, and even human beings, in vertical farms fully automated by robots. The end product is a natural, healthy and sustainable alternative protein to traditional livestock farming, using 98% less land and 50% fewer resources. It can also be used as a natural fertilizer.
Impact
Each year, 2000 tonnes of protein and fertilizer are produced to meet the demand of the 1 trillion USD agriculture, animal, and human nutrition market. +30% to 300% increase of yields on wheat, corn, or vineyards compared to chemical fertilizer. 60 innovation and impact awards.
Goodvest
Problem
The money that lies in saving accounts is currently massively invested by banks in harmful sectors such as fossil fuel, agriculture or the fashion industry, and for 11 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Today, there’s only 0.2% of all investments that are considered to be aligned with the Paris agreement. ​
Solution
Solution: Goodvest is a French startup founded in 2020 with the goal of democratizing responsible investing and building the first investment app aligned with the Paris Agreement. To build an investment portfolio, Goodvest experts carefully analyse the entire carbon footprint of companies to make sure both direct and indirect emissions are taken into account.
Impact
Since its foundation in 2021, Goodvest has convinced around 2 200 clients, financing impact-driven firms and saving 10t of CO2 emissions. The start-up already earned 12 awards, including the “Top d’Or” 2022 for the best ISR contract.
GoodPlanet
Problem
CO2 emissions, rising sea levels, degradation of biodiversity, and the consequences of climate change keep multiplying exponentially in an alarming way. ​​
Solution
GoodPlanet is a foundation recognised for public utility, dedicated to raising awareness about social and environmental challenges. They provide advice to companies and governments on how to shift towards more sustainable practices such as reducing carbon emissions, putting in place responsible food policies or monitoring social impact on local communities.
Impact
Since its foundation, GoodPlanet supported 61 projects across 22 countries, creating a positive impact for over 270k people. Their programs notably enabled the construction of 20k biogas tanks, the installation of 12k solar cookers and the plantation of 2 mio trees. About 500k people have already visited their exhibition center and over 6mio people have read the GoodPlanet magazine.
Design-a-Thon
Problem
A big misconception is that only adults are able to drive change. Most education systems aren’t really designed to enable children to design a better world for themselves and for the planet, be part of the change, and take action.​​
Solution
With the help of facilitators, parents, policy-makers, and impact-driven organizations, Design-a-thon created a unique education model to empower 8 to 12-year-olds to drive change. Students learn how to design, create and present their solutions to address at least one of the 17 SDGs.
Impact
Since its foundation in 2014, the Designathon network has reached about 115k children with the help of 2k facilitators through 45 different countries. Designathon students have already designed over 30k solutions to tackle global challenges. Schools using the Designathon method have observed significant change and municipalities have also started to use children’s solutions.
Fairphone
Problem
Every year, 1.4 billion phones are sold worldwide and most aren’t built to last or be repaired. The telecom industry is likely to account for 14% of global carbon emissions by 2040. In addition, the mining of key materials to produce lithium-ion batteries, such as cobalt, poses human rights concerns such as child labor and poor working conditions.
Solution
Fairphone is a smartphone company based in Amsterdam, whose mission is to completely change the industry of electronics, putting people and the planet at the core. Since 2013, they’re committed to building the most ethical smartphone on the market. The concept is simple: produce entirely repairable phones from materials sourced as transparently and ethically as possible.
Impact
In 2020, Fairphone sold around 95k devices (+76% compared to 2019). So far, about 11’000 people have benefited from Fairphone social, environmental or economic interventions. Fairphone has also partnered with electronic giants such as Orange or Vodafone to scale their impact. All these efforts earned the company multiple awards including the World’s greenest electronics manufacturer prize from Greenpeace and a feature in Time’s Magazine list of best innovations.
Winnow
Problem
Solution
Impact
Roughly 1/3 of the food produced for human consumption every year, is either wasted or lost. In addition to the dramatic social and environmental impacts, food waste costs the hospitality industry over 100bn annually. Professional kitchens waste up to 20% of food purchased, often equivalent to their total net profits. ​​
Winnow a tech company founded in 2013 in London, with the mission to run more productive, profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half. Winnow is teaching a machine to scan the food that’s being thrown away, using AI. The device takes pictures of the food as it goes into the bin to train a computer vision model and identify food items in real time.This generates analytics displayed on the Winnow platform, which allows to pinpoint waste and take better decisions
Winnow has already produced analytics for over a thousand kitchens in over 40 countries, building a massive database of millions of food waste images. Since their foundation, they saved over 36 mio meals, accounting for £42 mio and 61k tonnes of CO2 emissions. Winnow notably helped IKEA UK save 1.2 mio meals and allowed Hilton hotels to save 65’000£ in food purchases.
Thred
Problem
Too naive, not experienced enough, under qualified. As a youngster, it’s hard to be taken seriously and activate your ideas, as many often underestimate the power of youth to drive change. ​​
Solution
Thred is a new kind of media that is shaped by youth culture and powered by social change. They’re currently UK’s biggest digital media platform for Gen Z, where young, passionate, creative, and curious people can inform themselves about challenges that are relevant and important to their generation. Thred covers topics such as climate change, tech, culture, and entrepreneurship.
Impact
Impact: Thred is building a global community of like-minded people and aspiring change makers. As of today, more than 250k Gen Z influencers, activists, journalists, and entrepreneurs willing to build a better future have joined the movement. Thred is available in 17 languages, spread out across more than 180 countries, and is consulting for companies such as Microsoft, Google and the UN.
Clink
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Problem
Today, if life is tough in prison, it’s sometimes even worse after it. You don’t get many opportunities, people judge you very quickly and it’s easy to fall back into criminality. In the UK, 75% of ex-inmates reoffend within nine years of release. They cost on average £18 billion to the British taxpayers every year.
Solution
In 2009, Clink opened the first ever public restaurant within the walls of a prison. The goal is to give offenders the chance to pick up new skills by working in a professionally-run prison kitchen, transforming their lives and giving them a second chance.
Impact
Each year, Clink offers different trainings to about 500 inmates spread across 8 prisons. In its first years, The Clink Charity was so successful at reducing reoffending rates that it expanded all over the country. As of February 2022, they received over 60 awards such as the Social Enterprise Award.
Europe
North America
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Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
At school, we’re told very little about everything that has yet to be built, explored, or discovered. In many cases, traditional education models aren't optimizing human potential or empowering young people to tackle global issues such as hunger, climate change, or quality education.
Solution
TKS is a leading global mentorship program, which empowers 13 to 17yo to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using emerging technology. Students are exposed to breakthrough innovations, develop real-world skills, learn about important mindsets, and get to consult for big companies such as Neuralink, Microsoft or the UN.
Impact
TKS currently holds in-person programs in North America and runs a Global Virtual program. As of March 2023, the company counts 2500+ alumni and students across 40+ countries and 200+ cities. TKS was notably recognized as a "School of the Future" by the WEF in 2019.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In Mexico, overfishing, has had dramatic effects on the environment. It doesn't only affect the life balance in the oceans, but also the social and economic well-being of local communities who depend on the fishing industry. About 40% of Mexican fishermen live below the poverty line, mainly because of the long value chain (up to 12 middlemen).
Solution
Smartfish is dedicated to restoring México’s marine ecosystem by helping fishermen increase their income while adopting eco-friendly practices. Smartfish brings more steps to producers, allowing fishermen to get paid 40% to 250% more. In exchange, they impose a greater commitment to suppliers in terms of fishing techniques and traceability.
Impact
To date, Smartfish collaborates with around 700 fishermen, and purchased over 70 tons of sustainable seafood in 2021 only. They won the "Best Small Business" award at the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021.
Latin America
Impaakt
Problem
Historically, Colombia's traditional financial system has created more opportunities for agricultural companies located in urban versus rural areas. In Colombia, 6 out of 10 farmer families do not own the land they operate in. Many of them lack the knowledge, skills, and financial resources to develop and grow.
Solution
Agrapp is a web financing platform that connects investors with small and medium-sized rural projects to empower producers and develop the agricultural sector within the country and in Latin America. In addition to financial support, the company helps these farmers better structure, manage and operate their businesses.
Impact
To date, Agrapp has helped to finance over 80 small and medium-sized farmers through 400 investors. They reached 900k USD in investments for these communities, created 250 jobs, and increase farmers' income by up to 400%.
Impaakt
Problem
Currently, a large part of the country's energy supply still depends on the consumption of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. Many people and businesses would be inclined to switch towards cleaner energies but they often have limited budgets and opportunities to invest in infrastructure.
Solution
Unergy strives to democratize solar energy and energy efficiency in Latin America, allowing people and companies to generate, consume and invest in clean energy. Through their digital platform, investees notably receive tips to track the energy production, reduce and monitor consumption for each of their electrical appliances.
Impact
As of today, Unergy avoided 315’000 kg of CO2 emissions. They installed over 6k solar panels and contributed to around 1.2 mio USD in solar projects financing In 2021, Unergy entered Forbes' list of the 100 best colombian startups.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
The textile industry is one of the most polluting in the world. It accounts for 10% of CO2 emissions, 20% of the polluted water streams, and releases 500k tonnes of microfibres into the ocean every year. The social impacts of the industry are also devastating: precarious conditions for workers, indecent wages, child labor, and more.
Solution
Ecocitex sells 100% recycled textile products to more than 250 women-led businesses across Chile, with the mission to eradicate textile waste in the country. Ecocitex recycles used textiles into new materials, employing women and low-income communities in the process.
Impact
Each year, Ecocitex recycles between 60 to 70 tons of clothes, recirculating over 30’000 clothing items in the industry, and considerably reducing carbon emissions. The company regularly donates a significant portion of its recycled goods to vulnerable communities.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Today, in Brazil, with a population of 212 mio people, there are around 12 mio people without a job, and about 116 mio people suffering from food insecurity. While Brazil has made significant progress over the past 20 years, with covid, food security has become a major challenge once again.
Solution
Gastromotiva is striving to fight hunger, democratize sustainable culinary training, and support aspiring entrepreneurs in underprivileged areas of Brazil. Co-founded in 2006 by renowned chef and social entrepreneur David Hertz, the organization offers professional cooking training and mentorship to young people from low-income communities.
Impact
Gastromotiva has already trained over 6500 students, with 80% now employed or running their own businesses. Since March 2022, 2 mio meals have been distributed in 70 communities, thanks to 20 solidarity kitchens across 6 different cities. About 300 tonnes of food waste has been avoided.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Africa
Impaakt
Problem
Communication between healthcare workers and specialists is a big challenge in emerging countries, especially in rural areas. In South Africa, local doctors often have to deal with poor communication systems, long hours of paperwork, frequent load shedding, and an overall stressful environment.
Solution
Vula Mobile facilitates referrals between healthcare workers and medical specialists, allowing them to manage patients’ cases remotely. Specialists have access to structured information about the patient, allowing them to assess their needs, and send back medical advice in a short period of time.
Impact
As of May 2022, more than 26k healthcare workers were registered on the Vula app, benefiting over 750k patients. Vula's impact translates into an average saving of 2.3 million USD for patients for not missing out on work, and another 3.2mio USD saved in unnecessary costs for medical experts.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In Kenya, mothers are confronted with a tough decision every day: where do they leave their children when they go to work? They often have no choice but to bring their kids to a cheap informal daycare center, where they often suffer from poor nutrition, lack of hygiene, and very little stimulation to develop their cognitive skills.
Solution
Kidogo is a leading network of quality, affordable childcare centers in East Africa's low-income communities. They've developed a franchise model which empowers aspiring female entrepreneurs to run their own centers and cover all the basic needs of children while stimulating their curiosity.
Impact
Kidogo has become the largest childcare provider in Kenya, with over 500 centers reaching nearly 11k children. 80% of the kids enrolled in Kidogo centers perform better than the average in terms of development. Kidogo notably became the subject of business cases in Harvard and Stanford courses.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Cities are growing exponentially, especially in emerging economies, and it only worsens the problem of poor waste management. In Nairobi, over 2k tons of organic waste is disposed of every day in open dumps or landfills. This directly contributes to a rise in CO2 emissions, an increase of polluted waters, and consequently, health issues within communities.
Solution
Sanergy transforms the way booming cities manage their waste, turning organic and sanitation waste into high-quality agriculture and energy products. They safely collect 150 tons a day of organic waste from municipal, commercial, sanitation, and agricultural sources across Nairobi.
Impact
Sanergy removes over 50k tons of waste every year from Nairobi. In the next 5 years, they expect to collect 1mio tons of waste annually, benefiting 50k farmers and offsetting half a million tons of C02. They're currently the largest producer of organic fertilizer and insect-based protein in Kenya.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In Africa, 80% of families depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, and only 4% have access to irrigation systems. With today’s climate crisis, it has become increasingly difficult to predict rainfall and as a result, many smallholder farmers lose their crops. Some of the major obstacles they face include low productivity, lack of infrastructure and technology.
Solution
SunCulture helps small farmers grow food without relying on rainfall, thanks to solar-powered irrigation systems. Over the past 8 years, they’ve been developing an off-grid solar technology to provide farmers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging.
Impact
SunCulture is currently the largest solar pump distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa, positively impacting tens of thousands of farmers in 4 countries. On average, they allow farmers to increase their income by up to 10 times, increase yield by up to 5 times, and reduce water usage by 80%.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
UAE
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
South Asia
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In India, there's approximately one toilet for every 15k individuals, with 450 million people lacking access to adequate sanitation. The few existing facilities are usually filthy, non-hygienic, and easily vandalized. As a result, many people practice open defecation on a regular basis.
Solution
GARV Toilets is developing affordable sanitation centers in low-income urban communities, which notably include portable toilets, water ATMs, laundry machines, and a kiosk for sanitation products. Each toilet is equipped with solar-powered LED lights, a sensor flush, and bio-digesters, which turn sanitation waste into organic fertilizer.
Impact
As of June 2022, GARV has installed over 2k toilets across India, Bhutan, Ghana, and Nigeria, in collaboration with the government. Over 60k liters of water are recycled and about 850Kg of CO2 emissions are saved daily. GARV notably earned the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award in 2018.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In India, only 36% of women have access to sanitary pads. Girls are missing out on school, women are missing out on work. Existing sanitary products are expensive, difficult to access, and usually made of plastic or wood pulp, which causes skin irritation. The 12 billion pads produced annually in the country, generate over 100k tons of non-biodegradable waste.
Solution
Saathi has developed the first-ever 100% biodegradable and compostable sanitary pads, using bamboo and banana tree fiber waste. They've set up extractions stations in farms all around the country, allowing farmers to extract fibers from their own crop waste, sell it, and earn extra income
Impact
Since 2015, Saathi sold more than 1 mio products, positively impacting over 200k women and over 18k farmers. From 2019 to 2022, the company has saved 25 Mt of plastic waste, 30 Mt of CO2 emissions and created over 2k jobs. Saathi received multiple awards, including a feature in Forbes’s Top 100 inventions in 2019.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
In Pakistan, 1/3 of the natural gas produced is either wasted or lost. Currently, the efficiency of hot water heaters (also called geysers) reaches an alarming 25-30% in the country. As of today, it costs around 1.75 USD a month for gas, which is arguably too cheap to encourage efficiency.
Solution
Kyther Tech is developing tech-enabled thermostats for home geysers, helping consumers save up on gas bills through reduced wastage and automation, while allowing Pakistan to preserve its natural gas resources. Their app makes it easy to schedule, monitor, and optimize gas consumption.
Impact
KytherTech products contribute to reducing domestic gas bills by up to 60%, and domestic gas wastage by up to 30%. Their goal is to deploy 100k units by 2028, saving customers 100 cubic meters of unnecessary gas consumption per month. KytherTech solutions are expected to help Pakistan reduce its gas imports by at least 2 Billion USD, every year.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Central Asia
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Every year, around 1.7 mio tons of trash is generated in Kyrgyzstan, with plastic accounting for 21% of all waste. Most people aren't educated on the importance of recycling. Consequently, a lot of the trash ends up burning in landfills, polluting the soil and liberating dangerous toxic fumes.
Solution
In December 2021, BeGreen started to manufacture bottle-shaped trash cans at scale to encourage the population to recycle plastic. They later opened their first plastic recycling plant, where the plastic waste they collect is cut into tiny flakes, which are then exported and notably up-cycled into textiles, carpets, and construction straps.
Impact
BeGreen currently produces 10 Mtons of flakes out of recycled plastic bottles every year. Most of it is exported to Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan to be up-cycled into different kinds of products. BeGreen is among the leaders of the Green Revolution slowly gaining traction in the country.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.
Impaakt
Problem
Efficiently monitoring and measuring businesses' overall impact on people and the planet is essential to accelerate change, but it’s complicated. Which metrics to use ? Should we rely on data from the companies themselves or do we make our own assessments? How do we avoid green washing and measure the real impact of a company ?
Solution
In 2018, Impaakt launched a peer-review platform to measure the true level of sustainability of major companies worldwide. Thanks to ratings and analyses made by the +20’000 certified community members, they’re building company scores with the goal to create the ultimate resource of objective, quality impact information for investors and consumers.
Impact
Since 2018, 40’000 people joined the Impaakt community. 400k ratings have been made covering the impact of over 1500 companies.