Impact, Inform, Inspire.

The exchange place for
impact players acting for change

Produced By Skills Air

Show the way for more impact investments

Since 2019, Sustainable Impact in Action was designed to bring support to European impact players,
exchange field experience and inspire new impact initiatives.

Manifesto

We are faced with climate, social and governance emergencies that undermine our balance and security. 

Do we have to wait for all, regulators, governments and investors, to make a move? Or can we engage in concrete projects
and build momentum for change?

There are many impact leaders and impact investment projects making a difference. If they were better showcased, they would certainly inspire more engagement, political change and financial support.

Awards


Impact leaders,
present your projects,
grow your supports

Conferences


Exchange experience with
investors, researchers and
impact influencers

Media


Debate, challenge, share ideas,
to inspire other impact players

With the SIA impact investment awards, the SIA impact conferences and the SIA TV channel, impact players have all means to show the way for more sustainable investments.

SIA
Academy


Support the initiative
for change

Awards
2023 


Submit your
impact project

Impact Conferences


Become a Partner

SIA
TV


Exchange your
impact insights

Impact
Conferences

The impact conferences

Impact, Inform, Inspire.

Sustainable Impact in Action proposes a series of impact conferences across Europe, all supported by leading local media.

After Paris in 2021, Paris and Mainz in 2022, Frankfurt in 2023, the SIA conferences and SIA Award winners’ presentations are organised each year in various European cities.

These impact conferences are attended by an average of 150 investors, impact project leaders, researchers, impact influencers and media.

SIA conferences’ sponsors packs range from 5,000€ to 20,000€ per conference.

These packs will position your brand as an impact leader willing to favour action and engagement. Sponsors will benefit from speaking opportunities, brand visibility, free passes to the Investors-attended conference, and the possibility to submit one “impact project” to the SIA award contest.

Impact
Conferences


Become a Partner

Impact
Investment
Awards

SIA Awards are assigned to impact projects after due diligence carried out by SIA research and reviewed by the SIA Advisory Board, made of independent experts.

They are awarded each year in different categories derived from the United Nations SDGs. 

An eligible project must be supported by at least one European investor, be running for a minimum of one year and bring tangible proofs on 3 criteria.

Award process

 

You will be asked to fill in an application questionnaire on the SIA digital platform. You may submit several projects but will need to complete a separate questionnaire for each one.

 

A screening of all eligible projects will be ensured by AIR researchers and the nominees will be submitted to the SIA advisory board.

 

All award winning projects will be offered a video pitch realised by SIA and presented during all SIA conferences. SIA Award winning projects will be invited to all SIA conferences.

 

Award application fee: 800€*

* 50% of the application fee will be reimbursed to not selected projects.
* Free for projects brought by SIA Academy leaders and SIA conferences sponsors.

 

Another “communication option" (budget 2.000€) is proposed to impact projects looking for large visibility towards the impact community via a booth on SIA Live conferences, a video produced by SIA, an interview on SIA TV and communication via SIA local media partners. Some impact criteria will be required though not as strict as for SIA Awards.

Awards
2024 


Pay your award
application fee

Awards
2024 


Submit your
project

Who is eligible for the SIA awards?

An eligible project must be supported by at least one European investors, be running for a minimum of one year and bring tangible proofs on 3 criteria.

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Impact: Materials and supporting data proving impact must be provided by the project leader.
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Involvement: Effectiveness of engagement with stakeholders and local communities (human impact).
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Replicability: The project can be adapted or reproduced by others.

Why should you submit your project?

The applicant projects will benefit from:

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Large exposure to all SIA Partners

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Free access to SIA Impact Conferences and to network with investors

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Award winning projects are invited to speak at SIA conferences

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Presentation of all award winning projects on SIA website

November 2023 /
January 2024

Project submission

February / March
2024

Preparation of due diligences

April / May
2024

SIA Impact Leaders nominations

Keynotes preparation

September
2024

1st SIA conference in Europe

SIA Academy

The mission of the SIA Academy

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Exchange experience to foster change

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Raise impact investment standards

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Highlight impact finance best practice

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Leverage expertise of SIA advisory board

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Organise annual impact investments awards

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Produce multi-local impact conferences in Europe

SIA Academy partners are European major and influential impact investment players committed to share best practice, bring experience, influence regulation to inspire more impact projects and investors in Europe.

The partner packs range between €15,000 and €30,000 and allow partners of the SIA academy to participate for free in the 3 pillars of SIA and to display their brand as a benchmark for impact investing (submit impact projects at awards, speak at conferences, participate in video debates on SIA TV, benefit from AIR’s impact research).

SIA
Academy


Support the initiative
for change

SIA TV

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The new impact network

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SIA TV: a unique network to inspire new impact initiatives

  • Sharing the experience of other impact pioneers
  • Getting some practical or financial support to launch new impact initiatives
  • Hearing influencial voices
  • Ask questions, get answers

SIA
TV


Exchange your
impact insights

Producers &
Partners

Sustainable Impact in Action is an initiative produced by SKILLS and AIR, to bring support to European impact players, exchange field experience and inspire new impact initiatives.

AirAdvanced Impact Research (AIR) is a research institute built on strong experience in standard setting and certification within ESG & Impact Investments.
AIR supports transformative change, with comprehensive analysis and evaluation of sustainable
investments beyond regulation, in order to enable stronger impact orientation in financial markets.
«Positive impact is the ultimate objective of our work. We intend to highlight and enable investments that make a measurable contribution to solving environmental and social challenges. This is also the ambition of the SIA Academy that we support with our scientific experience and track record in Sustainable Finance” says Timo Busch, Academic Director of AIR.

Skills 1SKILLS is a communication company specialised in the investment industry (Asset Management, Banking, Insurance…) with a broad client experience in the fields of ESG and impact investing. SKILLS founded Sustainable Impact in Action in 2019, convinced that communicating about concrete impact initiatives, alongside field impact players would inspire a strong momentum for change

Advisory Board

Partners

Partners News

Believe that you can Change Tomorrow Today

Believe that you can Change Tomorrow Today

Submit your impact solution. Apply for the Social Innovation Tournament 2023! Join the most impactful changemakers tackling the world’s biggest challenges.

The SIT rewards and sponsors European entrepreneurs seeking to make a social or environmental impact with projects implemented in Europe. 15 finalists will compete for a 1st prize of €100 000 and a 2nd prize of €40 000 in both the General and Special Categories and an Audience Choice award of €10 000.

Applications are open until 23 February and can cover any of the 17 #SDGs. This year’s Special Category Prizes will go to projects focused on sustainable cities and communities.

European Social Entrepreneurship Monitor (ESEM) by Euclid Netword

European Social Entrepreneurship Monitor (ESEM) by Euclid Netword

Calling all Impact-Driven & Social Entrepreneurs. Fill in the European Social Enterprise Monitor survey 2021 before 31st January.

The ESEM survey provides a unique opportunity to contribute and influence the next generation of social enterprise strategies, legislation, policies and funding. Ensure your voice is heard and stand up for social enterprises and the UN SDGs nationally and at EU level!

The European Social Enterprise Monitor (ESEM) project initiated by Euclid Network, close to 40 social enterprise alliance members, partners and universities, supported by the European Commission, closes the social enterprise data gap in Europe and informs decision-makers in politics, government, civil society and the economy on the needs and barriers that social enterprises face nationally, and at EU-level.

EBAN Impact Investment Survey 2021

EBAN Impact Investment Survey 2021

We are proud to be driving research surrounding impact investing in startups that are dedicated to a societal or environmental cause. This is why we are supporting the EBAN Impact Investing Survey. That way we empower impact investors by giving them the data and the facts to make informed investments.

That’s where you come in: You can help EBAN gather crucial data on impact investing by becoming part of the EBAN Impact Investing Survey. If you are a business angel making investments that have a positive impact on the society and the environment, EBAN needs your insights! Please note that all replies are confidential and we will only use aggregated results and store the replies following all GDPR requirements.