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  • Levi’s — Waterless Products

    Levi’s — Waterless Products

  • L’Oréal — La Roche Posay Supply Chain Transparency & Consumer Engagement

    L’Oréal — La Roche Posay Supply Chain Transparency & Consumer Engagement

  • Nature Tech Collective (NTC) — Designing Nature Tech Taxonomy: A New Framework for your Nature Positive Journey

    Nature Tech Collective (NTC) — Designing Nature Tech Taxonomy: A New Framework for your Nature Positive Journey

  • Stone Capital — OASIS Project: Engineering Sustainable Real Estate

    Stone Capital — OASIS Project: Engineering Sustainable Real Estate

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    OASIS Project

    Ongoing project launched in 2022 that consists in the design and construction of a retail park that shares spaces with affordable-rent housing units on a 90k+ m2 plot in Barreiro. Both structures will receive a BREEAM Certification.

    #Sustainbility #RealEstate #BusinessTransformation #Innovation

    Client

    Stone Capital is a real estate developer based in Portugal, founded in 2010, and has been an important player in the rehabilitation of Lisbon’s historic areas. With over 1500 apartments delivered and numerous assets under development, Stone has expanded into other initiatives and different types of projects, such as schools, office buildings and retail parks.

    Recognizing the global environmental footprint of the industry and the growing concern among Stone’s stakeholders regarding climate change and our changing planet, the real estate developer, together with Impact Labs, is leading its first-ever sustainability strategy at group and project-level. Leveraging the expertise of Impact Labs and drawing inspiration from green building certificates, Stone aims to implement construction best practices that prioritize environmental stewardship and allow the quantified reduction of its ecological impact, from Carbon to Water and Biodiversity.

    INDUSTRY
    Real Estate
    CLIENTS
    Mostly individual home buyers, government entities, private businesses
    LOCATION
    Most projects are located in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
    Transformation Mission
    #Sustainability Engineering & Business Model Transformation: Sustainability Strategy at Project Level

    For this project, which consists of constructing a retail park and an affordable housing building, we aimed to tackle sustainability challenges in construction and retail businesses. In both, sustainability poses significant challenges, such as resource consumption, waste management, and environmental impact reduction. To overcome those challenges, Impact Labs, together with Stone, translated a typical sustainability strategy, usually done at the company level, to the project level, with long term goal to provide full autonomy for the project managers to replicate to all projects

    #Sustainability Engineering & Business Model Transformation: Sustainability Strategy at Project Level

    This involved a comprehensive sustainability strategy process to guide the conceptualization and vision of this project. This process included several key components: first, we conducted a materiality analysis to identify critical sustainability topics relevant to construction and retail businesses. Additionally, we developed an Environmental Impact Framework specifically tailored to the retail sector, allowing us to understand and address its unique challenges and opportunities. Utilizing benchmarking and market studies, we gained insights into industry best practices and market trends. Finally, we translated Stone’s sustainability vision into strategic marketing and communication pieces, ensuring alignment between the company’s sustainability objectives and stakeholders’ expectations.

    Finally, Impact Labs supported in converting the sustainability goals of the project into communication pieces to engage key stakeholders, through the creation of guidelines for retailer selection, B2B guidelines for retailer operations and B2C consumer branding and education initiatives. All of these initiatives are core to the creation of an Impact Report that aims to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.

    Support to BREEAM certification strategy

    Introducing the BREEAM certification to new users can become an overwhelming process due to its complexity, with a vast array of credits delving into intricate details. Each credit can present its own set of challenges, requiring a deep understanding of its nuances. BREEAM serves as more than just a label; it stands as a comprehensive framework and guidance for sustainable best practices in construction and its true value emerges when fully integrated within a company’s operations. When embraced holistically, BREEAM becomes a powerful tool to embed sustainability at the core of construction projects.

    Support to BREEAM certification strategy
    Eco-systemic Innovation: Sourcing of key innovative solutions and Partners to achieve Sustainability targets
    Eco-systemic Innovation: Sourcing of key innovative solutions and Partners to achieve Sustainability targets

    In the real estate sector, digital tools play a pivotal role in revolutionizing traditional practices. Construction cost management tools and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software are transformative aids empowering architects, engineers, and project managers that support the optimization of building designs and streamlining construction processes.

    Moreover, due to the complexity of construction projects and the diverse expertise required, Impact Labs actively seeks out strategic partners. A specialized company in Zero-Energy Buildings (nZeb), is providing valuable insights into the buildings’ environmental life cycle impact and cost considerations, significantly contributing to the project’s sustainability performance. Working with specialized companies can support real estate developers in building more nature-positive cities.

    At Impact Labs, we are dedicated to sourcing the most adapted and groundbreaking technologies that not only align with our sustainability objectives but also resonate with our clients’ needs. A cornerstone of our approach lies in The Digital4Impact Tech Radar, a dynamic map meticulously curated to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of digital technologies driving sustainability forward.

    Impact: This project aims at being an example of best practice in sustainable real estate development. With the guidance of BREEAM Certification and external sustainability expert partners covering the whole real estate value chain, the project reduces its ecological impact while maximizing long-term ROI. Through collaboration with partners, such as Dosta Tec with expertise on low-carbon construction & architecture and leveraging digital tools, the projects seeks to translate sustainability into the user experience, contributing to more nature-positive cities.

  • Biomanity — Building a Path Toward Green Chemistry Leadership

    Biomanity — Building a Path Toward Green Chemistry Leadership

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    Mission

    In today’s fast-evolving world, businesses are increasingly recognizing the need to focus on sustainability and make a positive impact on the planet. One company that is setting itself up to revolutionize the future of green chemistry is Biomanity. With a clear mission to create more sustainable solutions in chemistry, Biomanity recently partnered with Impact Labs 4 Earth to develop an impact roadmap that will help the company launch its first industrial production and position itself as a trusted leader in the sector.

    Client: Biomanity

    Biomanity is an innovative company based in France. They have developed a Super Absorbent derived from chitin, a biopolymer and the second most abundant polysaccharide and one of the main components of crustacean and insect shells. This Super Absorbent is completely biodegradable, microplastic-free, bio-sourced and circular.

    With their chemical innovation, Biomanity helps companies be more circular and face the challenges of ecological transition. The Super Absorbent can replace petrochemical super absorbents in many industries, such as cosmetics, hygiene and agriculture. Find out more about their product on their website.

    Here’s how Impact Labs supported Biomanity in structuring their strategy for success:

    INDUSTRY
    Biotechnology
    CLIENTS
    AgricultureM
    Cosmetics, hygiene and health product developers
    LOCATION
    HQ in France

    The Challenge: Building a Strong Foundation for Growth and Sustainability

    Biomanity had ambitious goals, including:

    • Launching their first industrial production in three years’ time
    • Positioning themselves as a trustworthy and best-in-class impact player in green chemistry
    • Preparing for their next investment round with a strong impact story
    • Developing both a long-term impact strategy and a short- to mid-term impact roadmap
    • Creating tools to assess, monitor, and communicate their impact effectively

      For a start-up aiming to disrupt traditional industries, these goals required a well-defined approach to sustainable growth. Impact Labs stepped in to help develop the structure and tools necessary to achieve these objectives.

    To help Biomanity achieve its ambitious goals, Impact Labs focused on three main areas:

    1. Impact Roadmap

    Impact Labs facilitated a deep dive into Biomanity’s long-term vision by conducting individual interviews with the founders. Through this collaborative process, we defined the key strategies necessary for Biomanity to reach its sustainability and impact milestones. This roadmap also provided actionable recommendations to maximize their environmental and social impact while keeping growth in mind.

    1. Impact Roadmap

    2. Impact Modelling

    2. Impact Modelling

    The next step involved a thorough audit of Biomanity’s existing impact models. Impact Labs applied a simplified Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to assess Biomanity’s processes. We also set up a detailed impact plan with projections, establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) and tools to assess and monitor these metrics effectively.

    On the left: a short-term analysis of the Impact KPIs for Biomanity.

    3. Impact Communication Plan

    Communication is key in raising awareness and securing investor confidence. With this in mind, Impact Labs helped Biomanity devise a plan to clearly and compellingly communicate their impact to potential investors and stakeholders.

    3. Impact Communication Plan

    Key Priorities

    At the core of Biomanity’s impact roadmap there were five critical priorities for 2024:

    • Defining Vision and Values: Biomanity’s success will stem from a clear articulation of their vision, mission, and core values.
    • Preparing for Demonstrator Launch: A key technical milestone, Biomanity will focus on their first rough technico-economic model and securing suppliers and clients.
    • Formalizing Eco-conception Requirements: The eco-design and sustainability aspect of product development will be crucial for ensuring that Biomanity’s products remain at the forefront of green chemistry.
    • Designing a Sourcing Strategy: Securing sustainable suppliers is vital for maintaining eco-friendly operations.
      Setting up R&D and
    • Sales Strategy: Integrating sustainability KPIs into both their research and commercial activities will ensure that Biomanity remains aligned with their long-term impact goals.
    The Impact: Structuring Success and Securing Future Investment

    By providing Biomanity with a structured impact strategy, effective tools for measuring and monitoring progress, and a clear communication framework, they’ve set the company on a path to position themselves as leaders in the green chemistry sector.

    Additionally, by helping Biomanity better valorize its impact, Impact Labs has also prepared the start-up to be more attractive to potential investors and stakeholders in the coming rounds of funding. As Biomanity continues on its journey to revolutionize green chemistry, the foundation laid by Impact Labs will ensure they remain aligned with their sustainability and impact-driven goals.

  • PUR — Integrating Remote Sensing into Nature-Based Solutions: A Pilot with PUR

    PUR — Integrating Remote Sensing into Nature-Based Solutions: A Pilot with PUR

  • Gaia Labs — Designing a Retreat Center for the Emergence of Sustainable Futures

    Gaia Labs — Designing a Retreat Center for the Emergence of Sustainable Futures

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    Designing from scratch one the most Sustainable Building in Iberia to host Personal & Professional retreats to reconnect with Self, People and Nature, providing the frameworks, tools & services to let desirable Sustainable Futures emerge.

    #Purpose #Sustainability #Innovation #Digitalization #BusinessTransformation

    Client

    Deep Retreats is a project managed by KarmaLogix, a company created for Personal & Leaders Development to achieve Sustainable Living & Business.

    The goal of the Mission was to design from scratch one the most Sustainable Building in Iberia to host Personal & Professional retreats to reconnect with Self, People and Nature, providing the frameworks, tools & services to let desirable Sustainable Futures emerge.

    Applying the full Impact Labs process, from Purpose design to Digitalization, most relevant Impactful solutions were selected to stay within budget.

     

    INDUSTRY
    Real Estate, Tourism, Personal Development

    CLIENTS

    Individuals & Company Leaders
    LOCATION
    Portugal
    Transformation Mission

    Purpose design workshops until crystal clear

    Awareness & Purpose Design workshops curated to let stakeholders understand the stakes, frame the opportunity, and express the Purpose of the company that would anchor all activities, with clear Impact in mind.

    Purpose design workshops until crystal clear

    Sustainability: Full Building Life-Cycle Assessment, full Operations Carbon Footprinting
    Sustainability: Full Building Life-Cycle Assessment, full Operations Carbon Footprinting
    To minimize the building & the operations footprint, our engineers have calculated the embodied carbon and other Environmental Impact using Full Life Cycle Assessment with Eco-design specialists, carefully looking the Impact / Cost matrix to achieve maximum Impact within budget constraints.

    Then the team also looked at every single aspect of Operations through precise Measurement & Optimization: from Travel to Accommodation, many choices made to optimize Impact and achieve Net Zero Carbon Operations (minimize Negative Impact, maximize Positive Impact), involving key stakeholders (clients in the first place), and impacting the Business Model.

    Last, the team embedded the usage of Nature Based Solutions to compensate some of the Operations & Regenerative Agriculture to ensure sustainable Food Supply for the retreats.
    Eco-systemic Innovation: Challenging suppliers & clients to contribute to objectives
    Careful analysis & selection of Sustainable Materials & Services providers, with some specific partnerships to achieve some first experiments in the Country (like first Green Concrete & Hempcrete).

    Responsible Sourcing. Cascading Sustainability Objectives to suppliers.
    Eco-systemic Innovation: Challenging suppliers & clients to contribute to objectives
    Impact Analytics: Using latest eco-design technology solutions
    Impact Analytics: Using latest eco-design technology solutions
    The Designers used the latest eco-design technology solutions to achieve low embodied carbon, near-zero energy and net zero operational carbon.

    We supported the whole architecture & engineering teams to use Virtual Twin (Building Information Management system) integrated with LCA solution to understand holistic Impact of the building, from low carbon materials to water savings & waste management.

    Also conscious arbitrage of the most relevant Tech that drive real Impact, favoring Low-Tech of even No-Tech when possible, by using careful passive Eco-Design solutions.
    Eco-systemic Innovation: Future B-Corp, Sustainable Business Model engineering

    We designed with Teams a native B-Corp, with careful Sustainable Business Model engineering
    that delivers Profits with Purpose, and shared value across stakeholders of the value chain.


    From Top to Bottom line, understanding and designing the Sustainable P&L that create Sustainable Revenues, some decreased operating Costs because of efficiency, other increasing ones because of some Externalities integration, potentially decreased A&P, increased SG&A for better Social Impact, decreased Cost of Debt, and finally Profits with clear Purpose, with better Stakeholders Value sharing to embody the new Sustainable Economy.

    Eco-systemic Innovation: Future B-Corp, Sustainable Business Model engineering
    Impact: First Net Zero touristic business in Portugal
  • The Resilience Institute — Building employees’ Resilience for Resilient businesses on a Resilient planet

    The Resilience Institute — Building employees’ Resilience for Resilient businesses on a Resilient planet

  • Quantis — Digital Transformation of an environmental consulting leader

    Quantis — Digital Transformation of an environmental consulting leader

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    Implementation of an Acceleration Program with a focus on integrating digital technologies for analysis into their sustainability strategy
    #Sustainability #Impact Analytics #Digitalization
    Client

    Quantis is a leader in Sustainable Transformation for leading consumer goods and financial services organizations. They combine the latest science with business astuteness in order to create businesses that operate within the planetary boundaries.

    We supported Quantis in the implementation of a 3 month-long Acceleration Program, to help them analyze and integrate digital opportunities into their sustainability strategy. This enabled them to improve the measurement of emissions of GHG across all scopes (1, 2 and 3), optimize their business processes, better support eco-design, and accelerate the achievement of targets across business units.

    INDUSTRY
    Impact Consulting
    CLIENTS
    Large Corporations in several industries
    LOCATION
    9 countries
    Transformation Mission
    Sustainability: Consulting Services Digitalization to increase productivity & scale
    Sustainability: Consulting Services Digitalization to increase productivity & scale
    Understanding the Consulting process, tools and capabilities to define what can be automated, accelerated, and with which technologies & new processes. The main goal was to unleash the time of consultants on repetitive or low value-added tasks (especially on optimized Data acquisition) to let them focus on value-added recommendations and solutions for Carbon reduction in the supply chain. Analyzing leading & emerging Software Solutions on the Market to support the Consulting process. Also a focus on Knowledge Management to regroup critical knowledge across industries.
    Impact Analytics: Digital & Data Solutions for Clients
    Impact Analytics: Digital & Data Solutions for Clients
    From a existing rich set of Digital & Data solutions with some good functionality & Client adoption, complete analysis of the internal Capabilities and the Market, from custom tools of Consulting Competitors to specialized SaaS Software Pure Players, allowing to better understand the best Capabilities / Clients / Market fit, and where to focus developments, prioritizing features with highest Impact and lowest Complexity, putting together Agile development processes and Client facing Product Ownership.
    Digitalization: Digital Strategy & Roadmap definition for Scale

    Putting it all together into a meaningful Digital Strategy & implementation Roadmap to support the 2x Acceleration of growth.

    • Digital Marketing
    • Sales
    • Technologies
    • Internal Capabilities
    • Partners
    Digitalization: Digital Strategy & Roadmap definition for Scale
    Impact: The leader in SUSTAINABLE Corporate Information now digitalizing its consulting process & impact
    Quantis aims to transform businesses so they operate within planetary boundaries. To integrate their values into their operations they worked with ImpactLabs Earth in the implementation of the Acceleration Program.
  • Ekimetrics – AI for Sustainability at Scale

    Ekimetrics – AI for Sustainability at Scale

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    3 months Transformation Program to define internal Sustainability Strategy, to reach Net Zero faster than Industry peers, and to build a new Impact Offering to help their Clients measure and decrease their Environmental Footprint at Scale, using Data & AI.
    #Sustainability #Impact Analytics #Business Transformation
    Client

    Ekimetrics is a Data Science Consultancy leader in Europe, specialized in Marketing Intelligence, Customer Intelligence, Supply Chain Optimization, and Data Science Platform Engineering. They serve Fortune 500 clients across the globe to increase their Business Performance.

    The goal of our 3 months Transformation Program was to define internal Sustainability Strategy to reach Net Zero faster than Industry peers, and build a new Impact Offering to help their Clients measure and decrease their Environmental Footprint at Scale, using Data & AI.

    Following the Strategic Playbook, we now support the Transformation process through an ongoing steering commitee.

    INDUSTRY
    Data Science Consulting & Solutions
    CLIENTS
    2 Large Corporations in all Industries WW
    LOCATION
    FR, UK, USA, HK
    Transformation Mission
    Sustainability: Best in Class CSR strategy in Tech Industry
    We worked with the Taskforce team and Executive Committee to define a clear Purpose for Ekimetrics, that would originate from the company values, further define the company mission. “We empower our Clients with Data Science & AI to drive their Sustainable Transformation in every Business Units and achieve Impact @ Scale to meet their Net Zero targets”.

    With the development of new Client offerings in Carbon Measurement & Reduction, it was obvious for Ekimetrics to measure its own footprint, and establish an ambitious reduction pathway to reach Net Zero ahead of the Consulting & Tech industry that is aiming at 2030. The process allowed them to develop critical knowledge for their Clients.

    Last, becoming a B-Corp was also a logical conclusion of the process, evaluating the 5 key dimensions of Sustainability for Ekimetrics: Purpose & Governance, Workers, Community, Environment and Customers. The process helped to maximise the already good scoring on most dimensions.
    Impact Analytics: Sustainabilization of existing Core offering
    Sustainability: Best in Class CSR strategy in Tech Industry
    Impact Analytics: Sustainabilization of existing Core offering
    As a leader in Data Science applied to Marketing & Customer Intelligence, as well as Supply Chain Optimisation, Data Science Platform Engineering, we ran several workshops with teams to look at how to integrate Sustainability in Ekimetrics existing practices.

    We developed Green Customer Intelligence, allowing Companies to better understand the needs & wants of their Clients. Further integrated Carbon as an optimization constraint for the Supply Chain Optimization, for instance for last mile delivery, with efficiency gains of up to 20%. Enhanced Demand Forecasting to avoid up to 20% wastage for some categories. And last, we co-developed Marketing Intelligence to help Companies optimise their Marketing Mix to substitute sales of classic Products with Greener ones, understanding the ROI of Sustainable Transition.
    Business Transformation: Creation of a new “AI for Sustainability” offering
    Business Transformation: Creation of a new “AI for Sustainability” offering

    We supported the development of a double Technology & Service offering: Impact Data Science Platform for automated Impact Measurement, and ESG Intelligence, to help Companies better understand the Climate Risk, the related Financial Risk on their Assets, and help them navigate their Sustainable Business Transformation, for instance by optimizing the Footprint of their Real Estate assets… and the economics of such Transformation. After careful Market & Competition analysis, we have advised for the right “Make or Buy” strategy to achieve maximum Impact with maximum effectiveness, leveraging existing players of the Impact ecosystem when relevant.

    Impact: Million tons of emission reductions or avoidance at scale