VULCANO IMPACT

🎬 Martedì si è tenuto il nostro 6º VAIH Talks, l’evento che ha messo in luce temi cruciali come la nutrizione, la sostenibilità e l'inclusività alimentare tramite le parole di esperti ed innovatori del settore. Tanti ringraziamenti sono doverosi, in primis alle aziende per la loro visione: Matteo Angri di MartinoRossi S.p.A., Cristian Mòdolo di Kioene Spa e Silvano Ciani di Dr. Schär. Alle startup che stanno rivoluzionando il settore agroalimentare: Emanuele Bianconi e Roberto Tomei di SQUP, Marta Ottogalli e Inga Jasiuvian di heaven avena®, Matteo Castioni di Ethos Sostenibilità, Andrea Lippolis di Vita Health. Grazie a tutti i partecipanti per aver reso questa serata memorabile! Infine grazie a tutti i partner che rendono possibile questo progetto: Fondazione Cariverona, UniCredit, Eatable Adventures, Confindustria Verona, Veronafiere, Università degli Studi di Verona , Comune di Verona, IUSVE - Istituto Universitario Salesiano Venezia, DREAMERS, Salmon Magazine, JEBV - Junior Enterprise Business Verona, ITS Agroalimentare Veneto

We hebben het boek van Dan Saladino 'Eating to Extinction' (E2e) vertaald en een eigen Nederlandse bijlage samengesteld, van vergeten, verloren en bedreigde voedsel producten, producenten, recepten en verhalen, met als doel onze biodiversiteit te herstellen door te werken aan voedseldiversiteit. Op Wereldvoedseldag 16 okt (19.30 - 21.00) maken we een start, Zwaan kleef aan....Sluit je aan bij ons campagne team en ontvang het boek en de bijlage. Rene Zanderink Hester Looij Natasha Hulst Iris Poels Robin Van Asperen Teije Terhorst Piroska Nijhof Rob Roggema Mark Frederiks Marian Stuiver Joyce van den Berg Reint Jan Renes 🌱Arnold van der Valk Loes Leatemia Kees Klomp Harm Edens Mark Aink Danny Edwards Marta Ottogalli

Siamo entusiasti di annunciare il secondo panel 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 di “NUTRIFOOD: Il benessere in tavola”. Tre startup impegnate a sviluppare prodotti più sostenibili e ridurre l'impatto ambientale. - Marta Ottogalli, Sustainability and Marketing heaven avena® - Matteo Castioni, CTO & Product Manager Ethos Sostenibilità - Roberto Tomei, Co-CEO & Strategy SQUP 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹'𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼: 📅 Martedì 8 Ottobre 2024 🕡 18:00 - 21:00 📍 VECOMP Academy, via Alberto Dominutti 2, 37135 Verona 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀: https://lnkd.in/dWevpsQ5 Con il supporto di: Fondazione Cariverona, UniCredit, Eatable Adventures, Confindustria Verona, Veronafiere, Università degli Studi di Verona , Comune di Verona, IUSVE - Istituto Universitario Salesiano Venezia, DREAMERS, Salmon Magazine, JEBV - Junior Enterprise Business Verona #VeronaAgrifoodInnovationHub #VeronaAgrifoodHub #VAIH #VeronAgrifoodTech #ItalyFoodTechNation #agrifoodtech #Innovazione #sostenibilità #startup #nutrizione

Excited to share that Gloria Fiore and I are joining the Amsterdam Circular Edition #3 as Value Chain Coordinators! We'll be working with a talented group of impact startups, helping them refine their value chains and scale their solutions—focusing on real, sustainable change. If you're not familiar with the AMS Institute, it's worth a look. As a joint initiative of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and two Dutch universities, AMS Institute is tackling pressing agri-food tech, consumer goods, and circular challenges through sustainable innovation. For anyone in my community who wants to learn more about the program, feel free to reach out. Looking forward to getting started! #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #Amsterdam #ImpactStartups

Last week, Marta Ottogalli and I joined Startupbootcamp as Judge and Mentors at their Virtual Fast Track event, where startups pitched for a spot in the accelerator program. The Food & AgriTech Accelerator is tackling some of the biggest challenges in the food and agriculture sector. We are seeing a lot of new technology coming up, and data — its quality, ease of collection, and accuracy — is becoming a key factor in changing how the agri-food value chain works. New trends are pushing us toward smarter farming, better use of resources, and reduction of waste. There's also a growing focus on more sustainable and personalised food options. The goal is to improve the entire food supply chain creating a sustainable future. If you’re working on Food or AgriTech startups, consider applying to this 3 months program to gain access to the most relevant knowledge, connections and opportunities like impact investments. The accelerator is looking for: 🌾 Vertical farming 🚜 Farm-to-table platforms ♻️ Sustainable packaging 📈 Agri-finTech 🥩 Alternative proteins And more For more details visit the link in the comments. You have just a few more days to apply before the official selection happens. To all people in my network that might know interested startups, please share.

🌱 Join us at #AgriHackathon2024, the largest virtual gathering to drive agricultural innovation! Create, Connect, Collaborate from July 30 - August 3. 🚜💡 #FutureOfFarming #AgriTech REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3LEAXzR AGENDA: https://bit.ly/4c0jo8f Website: https://lnkd.in/dczxnpFt Mail: climatesocial.forum2020@gmail.com Santosh Khawale Avantika Innovation and Incubation Center I4NATURE VULCANO IMPACT Marta Ottogalli Jesca Muzamhindo Pauline Owiti Dennis Odero Tigist Endashaw Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(fbsc) Tanzania Conservation Voices Patrick majige NGIN Maria Virginia Solis Wahnish

Is B Corp certification worth the investment? As newly trained B Corp leaders, we've noticed cost and time concerns are top of mind for many companies who are considering this certification. While the certification process can be resource intensive, especially for larger firms, most businesses find the benefits outweigh the costs. A research study on the brand awareness and perception of B Corp Certification shows that the BCorp certification: 🎯 Enhances brand perception and consumer trust B Corp certification significantly boosts brand image. 56% of Dutch consumers familiar with B Corp say it positively influences their purchasing decisions. This translates to increased customer loyalty and market share. 💼 Attracts top talent The certification is becoming a magnet for skilled professionals. 42% of Dutch respondents agree that B Corp status influences their employment choices. In a competitive job market, this edge in talent acquisition is invaluable. ...that’s not it! BCorp businesses believe there is added value in: 💰 Investor appeal B Corp certification is catching the eye of investors. It's seen as a comprehensive lens to evaluate a company's social and environmental performance, signalling lower risk and better management. Some investors now actively seek B Corp, viewing them as more resilient and future-proof investments. 🔍 Benchmarking and continuous improvement The B Impact Assessment provides a robust framework for companies to measure their social and environmental impact, identify areas for improvement, and track progress over time, this is a key differentiator against other companies and lead to more efficient operations and cost savings. 🤝 Accessing a supportive community B Corp certification opens doors to a network of like-minded businesses, fostering collaboration, idea-sharing, and potential partnerships. As the business landscape evolves, this certification may well become a new standard for corporate excellence. Are you interested in learning more about BCorp? Send us a LinkedIn DM. #BCorp #SustainableBusiness #CorporateResponsibility #InvestmentTrends

Our drShake crowdfunding campaign is closing tonight, and here are my key learnings from this experience! For the past three weeks we have been live with our crowdfunding campaign. And today I want to share my top 3 learnings on running a successful reward base (pre-ordering of products) crowdfunding campaign: 💡 Linkedin is a key channel for conversion, as it makes it easy to find “innovators”. So to my fellow crowdfunding campaigners, I suggest to spend a good amount of time, and possibly budget, on this channel; 💡 Offline engagement using a bike with integrated sink was a great way to collect insights and to get visibility, but didn’t trigger direct conversion, as the kickstarter set up was a huge blocker to complete transactions; 💡 Word-of-mouth, challenges and partnerships (with influencers and brands) have been the most effective ways to start building the follower base of our IG page, which brought us some free conversions. So What’s Next? Today is the official closing of our crowdfunding campaign. We may still keep the Kickstarter page open a little longer for sustainability innovators who did not manage to contribute yet. However, as team we will now switch our focus to looking for VC investments and to incorporating all our learnings into our future media plan. If you are interested in pre-ordering our products and supporting the launch of drShake, please check the link in the comments. Or if you are planning your own crowdfunding campaign and are interested in getting more insights, feel free to send me a DM.

🇪🇺𝗜𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 (𝗖𝗦𝗥𝗗)? 💡 Carbon data and sustainability standards become a crucial reporting element. More businesses will be required to report comprehensive and detailed information on #sustainability. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝟯 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆: 👉 Compliance Requirements: Large and listed EU companies must report with specific compliance dates based on company size and status. Non-EU companies with large or listed subsidiaries in the EU also need to comply. 👉 Double Materiality Assessment: Companies must engage stakeholders to assess and report how sustainability issues impact the company (outside-in risks) and how the company impacts society and the environment (inside-out risks). 👉 European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS): Companies affected by CSRD must use ESRS for reporting, which include general requirements, general disclosures, and topical standards on ESG. Do you want to know more? Read the full summary in our new 1-2-Taste blog, “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directing (CSRD) explained”. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/exD947U6 #CSRD #Sustainability #ESG #Reporting

We are trained B Leaders! 💪 Last week Gloria Fiore and I attended a training with a wonderful group of inspiring change-makers, all eager to contribute to the vision of Business as a Force for Good.⚡️🚀 👉 B Leaders play a crucial role in advancing the B Corp movement and helping businesses adopt sustainable and socially responsible practices. I look forward to enable the holistic sustainable growth 🌱 of all the businesses that we will have the pleasure to support through our work at VULCANO IMPACT. A special thanks to the organisers Carlos Polo-Barceló, Floor Meeder, Ian Enserink! 🥰 So much love and attention was put in the organisation of the event, moderation of the panel discussions - and let's not forget the super fun energisers 💃🏽 B Lab #bcorp #bcorpcertification #forceforgood #sustainability #bleaders