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Impact Entrepreneurship

Does your business idea solve a social or ecological problem? We support young entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in society with their project idea.

Would you like to gain practical insights into sustainable start-ups?

Take part in the sustainability safari to expand your network and gain valuable insights into the startup ecosystem. Be inspired to develop and implement your own ideas for sustainable solutions.

Would you like to turn your sustainable idea into a successful start-up?

As part of the Sustainability Booster program, you will learn about new approaches to business models and design thinking in coaching sessions and workshops while working in teams and developing ideas. With a promising idea, you have the chance to win prizes and be included in the "Runway" sustainability incubation program.

What do impact entrepreneurs do?

Impact start-ups have big ambitions and want to tackle, for example, social problems such as poverty and inequalities or ecological problems such as climate change and environmental pollution in an entrepreneurial way. Their goal is to solve these problems sustainably and thus contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First and foremost, they maximise social benefits rather than their own financial gain. Nevertheless, social businesses also generate revenue and operate efficiently and profitably. To implement the impact idea, impact entrepreneurs depend on money and long-term motivated employees and partners. Only in this way can the innovative ideas be anchored and thus bring about lasting good in society. The topic of "impact" has become an integral part of our everyday lives and is constantly gaining importance in society - and thus also for each and every one of us.

Impact entrepreneurship activities cannot be limited to individual sectors, disciplines, or fields. Instead, they spring from the diversity of many different areas of life. Examples are:

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