Impactr is a tech-based impact start-up that aims to mainstream and contribute to the adoption of sustainability. We have been founded with a fierce eagerness to make an impactful change towards accelerating sustainability, which incorporates the ´triple bottom-line´ philosophy as part of our foundational management approach. We believe that it is both a necessity and a possibility to align profit with being good for both planet and people.
At Impactr, we believe that being a good citizen should be at the core of every business. Why? Because no matter how we put it, all organisations have impacts on people and planet. As such, this calls for a process that enables you to manage your impacts accordingly.
Being an ‘impact start-up’ entails that managing our impacts, intentional as unintentional and negative as positive, is a natural component of our corporate identity.
For this reason we’ve developed and implemented an impact management framework, inspired by international standards on responsible business conduct and methodologies for measuring, assuring and creating positive impact.
Living in an era where the merit of the old ‘make-use-lose’ model of industrial design is questioned and were the depletion of natural resources, as well as severely failing to meet a growing population’s basic needs is reality, transitioning towards sustainable business models is a necessity. For this reason, We at IMPACTR only expect that the principles underlying impact management will formalise as institutional requirements as well as be the foundation for operating on the market in years to come.
We believe that managing impacts accordingly can translate into:
With the growing focus on sustainability and the spreading of knowledge detailing the levels of needed change we need to make, action has remained largely immobilised.
We’ve heard too much talk, and seen too little process towards ensuring sustainable development. But who is to blame?Is it corporation’s inability to integrate sustainability into their business operations? Is it consumers unwillingness to reduce their consumption and change habits? Is it politicians’ aversion towards enforcing regulations that would enable the market to steer in a more sustainable direction?
No matter who you believe is at fault, we all have a responsibility to make sustainability the ‘new normal’ – and it starts one step at a time. As consumers we can change our habits and demand change from the brands we love. As corporations, we can incorporate ethics and integrate all bottom- lines into the forefront of decision-making and our operations. And as politicians we can create a supportive enabling environment around sustainability for both businesses and citizens to engage with .
A new world is possible. It starts with action.
We´d like to thank Christopher Macias Escalona for his contributions in compiling Impactr´s Impact Model 2020.