Barcelona4Impact mobilises the city’s impact ecosystem with a week-long programme of more than sixty activities

Barcelona4Impact, an initiative led by Esade, Norrsken and Ship2B in collaboration with Barcelona City Council, today unveiled the programme for its inaugural edition. From 9 to 16 October, the city will host more than 60 activities organised by 72 organisations, companies and other entities from the impact ecosystem.

The initiative aims to connect and raise the profile of Barcelona’s existing impact ecosystem, fostering new connections among entrepreneurs, investors, businesses, universities, social organisations and institutions, and encouraging knowledge sharing and opportunities for collaboration.

Over the course of a week, the city will host more than sixty events addressing some of the key social, environmental and economic challenges, covering topics such as climate and sustainability, health, education, equality, technology, impact investing, entrepreneurship and the circular economy, among others.

The programme is expected to attract more than 8,000 participants, including professionals from a range of sectors, entrepreneurs, investors, students and members of the public interested in learning about and taking part in the events.

The economic scale of the initiative is also reflected in the investment capacity of the participating ecosystem. The impact investment funds active in Catalonia that are represented at the various events hold approximately €1.5 billion in capital in total.

Barcelona4Impact is also expected to contribute more than €4 million to the city’s economy, taking into account both spending on organising the events and expenditure by people travelling to the city specifically to attend them.

Barcelona4Impact was founded with a goal shared by its three founding organisations, which highlight the need to connect Barcelona’s existing ecosystem, facilitate knowledge sharing and create new opportunities for collaboration among initiatives working in different fields to generate impact.

With this inaugural edition, Barcelona is demonstrating the strength of an ecosystem that already brings together organisations, talent, knowledge and capital committed to the impact economy. This critical mass reinforces the city’s ambition to establish itself as a European impact hub.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

22@Network Barcelona, 4WARD, ACCIÓ, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Alma Angels, Amics de la Unesco, ATTRIM Impact Technology Group, Banco Sabadell, Barcelona, Activa, Barcelona Permaculture Hub, Be Collective, Bloc4BCN, Bolseta BCN, Caixabank, Carbonfix, Change4Legacy, CIEE Barcelona (Council on International and Educational Exchange), Climate Dialogues, COFIDES, Col·legi Agronòms de BCN, Corehaus, Diputació de Barcelona, Diputació de Lleida, Edutech Cluster, Educo, El Bien Social, Energia Local, Epoch Biodesign, Esade, FECETC, Forever Sustainable, Fundació Catalunya Cultura, Fundación Banco Sabadell, Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso, Fundación Repsol, Fundación Ship2B (Ship2B Foundation), GBSB Global – G-Accelerator, Generalitat de Catalunya, Growing Tomorrow, HearstLab International, Hub BStartup Barcelona, ICEX, IESE, Impact Bridge, Impact Food Brands, Inclimo Climate Tech Fund, InnerFlow, Juno House, MazeWorks, Microbank, MOB Bailén, Nactiva, Naked Innovations, Noima Sustainability Strategies, Norrsken Evolve, Norrsken Foundation, Norrsken VC, Obertament, OONA COLLAB, Rizoma CoLab, Rockstart, Sepra, Sewing The Landscape, Ship2B Ventures, Soho House Barcelona, SOMA AI, SpainNAB, Stealth Strategic Consulting, Systems Innovation Network, TeamLabs, Tech Barcelona, TermsOfCreation.org, The Bloom, The RegenLAB for Travel, Think Differently, Unlock VC, Wake-Up Africa, WAS, WE Barcelona, WHOLE Healthspan, whynotsustainable