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This conversation recorded live at Impact Week highlights the importance of supporting early-stage impact entrepreneurs and demonstrate how this support is essential for developing long-term investable projects. Pablo Santaeufemia of Bridge for Billions, Oihane Aldaiturriaga of BBK Foundation, Ainhoa Isla of AUZIKER, Omar Santiago Mayorga of Cobbler Materials and Estanislao Rey-Baltar of Compostree share recent data and success stories, including the collaboration between Bridge for Billions and BBK through BBK Ekin.

How can impact investing help us create a better world where everyone is included? Impact investing is proving to be a powerful tool for addressing global challenges, from social inclusion to environmental sustainability. But how do we ensure that these investments reach their maximum impact potential? What learnings and challenges can we extract from the experiences of different relevant actors in the impact ecosystem who work on this common purpose but from different roles?

The session explored how governance models and engagement can serve to maximising a company's positive impact. Featuring Frank Wagemans (Achmea Investment management), Casper Jones (Krisos) and Willemijn Verloop (Rubio impact); moderated by Impact Europe’s own Inès Mertens.

This session shed light on the catalytic role of public or philanthropic capital to scale impact funds. Featuring Cyril Gouiffès (EIF), Nadia Nikolova (Allianz) and Josien Sluijs (SDG Impact Finance Initiative); moderated by Impact Europe’s own Alessia Gianoncelli.

Marking the release of our collaborative report on Social Procurement, Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Sattva) and Alexandra van der Ploeg (SAP) took the stage with Impact Europe CEO Roberta Bosurgi. 

Download the report here:
https://www.impacteurope.net/insights/paving-way-business-resilience-and-sustainability 

In this session, Clodagh Connolly (B4SI) and Isabelle Messager (Sanofi) explored innovative strategies employed by companies to address inequality within their value chains and broader societal contexts. Moderated by Impact Europe’s own Sophie Faujour! 

Recorded live at Impact Transformers in The Hague, the opening panel covered transformative change from the perspectives of Gary White (Water.org) and Patty O’Hayer (Reckitt), moderated by Impact Europe’s own Sophie Faujour! 

Learn more:
https://water.org/
https://reckitt.com/ 
https://www.businessofimpact.org/thehague/home 
https://www.impacteurope.net/ 

Coming back to the concept of Impact Together, we’re looking back at day 2 of Impact Week and search further for unexpected perspectives and innovative breakthroughs in impact finance, necessary to accelerate the journey, scale up what works and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals together. Together across the continuum of capital, together across the sectors and across the geographies.

Numbers matter – especially when problems outnumber solutions. Data can help impact actors measure, manage and meaningfully improve, but only if we work together and share know-how. Explore the new frontiers of impact with this episode of Stage Right!

People who work in the design, culture and creative industries are no strangers to the power of together. But how can we apply these learnings when it comes to shaping the sustainable and inclusive economy? This panel featuring Marc Rasmussen of DOEN Participaties and Bas van Abel of Fairphone raised big questions about how partnerships fuel impact in design, setting the stage for further workshops on the topic.