Author Archives: The IMPACTIN Team

IMPACTIN listed in Best Database Startups Worth A Follow In 2021

We are pleased to annouce that IMPACTIN was nominated as one of the Best Database Startups Worth A Follow In 2021 by The Startup Pill! Thank you for the support! We empower investors with solutions to measure the impact of their investments, and to comply with sustainable finance regulations. The full list features 73 worldwideContinue reading “IMPACTIN listed in Best Database Startups Worth A Follow In 2021”

Taxonomies: DBS and EU approaches

Among the 2020 initiatives worth noticing in Sustainable Finance, DBS bank engagement deserves a closer look. DBS is a Singaporean bank, regularly awarded, and one the biggest bank in Asia, outside China. Last June, the bank published its own taxonomy for sustainable and transition finance, which defines sectors considered as sustainable activities. The DBS initiativeContinue reading “Taxonomies: DBS and EU approaches”

SESA 2020: South Europe Startup Awards ceremony announced

The Virtual-Reality Grand Finale & Awarding Ceremony of SESA 2020 has been announced—do not miss this opportunity to discover the winners of this startup competition: Register here on EvenBrite to assist to the virtual reality ceremony, which will leverage Virbela VR technology, used to build engaging virtual worlds for remote work, learning, and events. Meanwhile,Continue reading “SESA 2020: South Europe Startup Awards ceremony announced”

IMPACTIN joins TechQuartier FinTech community!

We are thrilled to announce that we joined TechQuartier‘s leading FinTech community, following our participation in the recent Female FinTech Competition 2020. TechQuartier is based in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, in Germany. Germany is indeed a very interesting market regarding Sustainable Finance, with a high potential: despite the fact that the country isContinue reading “IMPACTIN joins TechQuartier FinTech community!”

Celebrating one year of impact!

What a year… 12 months ago, we launched IMPACTIN with the mission of providing investors with a concrete measure of the ESG impact of their investment portfolios—and we did it! After a first customer in Singapore, we continuously took feedback from the market and from our business leads in order to challenge our business vision,Continue reading “Celebrating one year of impact!”

3 key takeaways on the PRI taxonomy tests

The PRI released early September a report with case studies from 37 Asset Managers—including e.g. BlackRock, Crédit Suisse, Amundi—, which agreed to test their funds regarding the Green Taxonomy compliance, to be mandatory by the end of 2021. Beyond the exercise itself, positive and necessary, what are the results, and what can we learn? HereContinue reading “3 key takeaways on the PRI taxonomy tests”

Positive Impact Iceberg Model: Why you probably overlooked 90% of your company or positive impact portfolio

The “Positive Impact” thinking has been making the buzz for a while now, but the approach is often mixed up with the more restrictive notion of “Positive Social Impact”, or limited to the direct impact linked to a company “Business Model”, and, by doing so, it misses 90% of a company impact—and, incidentally, of aContinue reading “Positive Impact Iceberg Model: Why you probably overlooked 90% of your company or positive impact portfolio”

5 ways to better engage on ESG—through impact

ESG Engagement is not limited to Proxy Voting policy! Are you a responsible investor willing to influence the ESG performance of a company you invested in ? Then “Engagement” is probably one of the tools you are using to try to achieve this end. But the fact is that, today, Engagement has little or noContinue reading “5 ways to better engage on ESG—through impact”

3 incoming regulations in Sustainable Finance—will investors be ready ?

Within the coming two years, several regulations on Sustainable Finance will come into effect, which will directly affect the Asset Management, Insurance, and Pension Funds activities. All of those evolutions are emerging from the overall “EU Green Deal” context, and from EU working groups on Sustainable Finance and Sustainable Insurance. But will concerned businesses beContinue reading “3 incoming regulations in Sustainable Finance—will investors be ready ?”

Portfolio ESG Impact scorecard—the IMPACTIN way

Are you an Asset Manager or an investor wanting to understand the real impact of your fixed income or equity portfolio ? Or maybe do you want to measure the physical risk and mitigation or transition impact of your Real Estate portfolio ? Do you need to measure the alignment of your portfolio vis-à-vis theContinue reading “Portfolio ESG Impact scorecard—the IMPACTIN way”