Net-Zero Solutions for SMEs
Our Mission
Impactwave was founded to help European SMEs find practicable net-zero solutions towards more sustainable growth.
We can help you improve your organisation’s environmental and economic sustainability whilst reducing your emissions footprint. We support you in defining the impact that you want as a part of your mission and in implementing the transformation across your value chain, choosing the metrics and developing the support systems your team needs.
OUR SERVICES
Drawing on the experience of industry experts, we are able to offer a broad range of bespoke services in sustainability consulting.
With considerable experience in embedding sustainable social and environmental agendas at the core of business ventures, we add value through working directly with founders and executive teams to design the sustainability strategy and develop implementation plans.
We help you understand the biggest levers in your business and your ecosystem and together, we develop solutions together to reduce your organisation's environmental footprint, prioritising the options for maximum impact as well as economic value. We accompany you in carrying out scanning, measuring and benchmarking processes and bring in the frameworks and a strategic lens that allow us to challenge existing assumptions and validate new ideas.
A project usually starts with a current state analysis across the complete value chain. We analyse the relevant processes from materials and energy sourcing to production, distribution, recycling processes and waste. During the project, we typically help you define the most appropriate metrics using established KPIs. We often build an index of sustainability that is specific to your business and is benchmarked against industry standards and certifications whilst meeting CSRD and double-materiality requirements. We review or set-up the data collection and analysis that will allow you to monitor progress.
CLIENT PROJECT EXAMPLES
FROM RECENT WORK
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industrial manufacturing: process waste reduction
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small manufacturing plant: energy-related cost reduction (switched suppliers, taking advantage of tax incentives)
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software company: reduction of hardware delivered to end customers (electronic waste) and development of a coherent recycling system; strategically recentring the company’s offering on software value
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textile/fashion manufacturer: ecosystem assessment
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organic food farming: marketing strategy with focus on packaging, distribution to retail and recycling concept
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logistics and transportation provider: risk assessment metrics build in the strategic planning process, quantification of ecosystem risks such as climate change, energy crisis and ensuring regulatory compliance
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main providers of a renewable energy source: competitive analysis and business plan for a potential US market entry
our FOCUS
OUR FOCUS
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We work primarily with C-level management, VC/PE owners and company boards
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Our projects tend to be of a strategic nature, engaging with top management and covering functions from operations to marketing and distribution
ABOUT US
NETWORK & EXPERIENCE
Impactwave draws on a wide network of individuals and partner companies with specific subject matter expertise. If we don’t have the knowledge in-house, we will identify and hire the experts that do. Our experience comes from decades of advising European SMEs on strategic and sustainability issues, investing in green economy startups as well as holding board positions with a particular focus on regulatory compliance.
About the founder
Fabienne Serfaty
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Fabienne founded impactwave.org to address the pressing need of SMEs in her ecosystem for practicable net-zero solutions towards more sustainable growth.
She is an experienced business entrepreneur and investor, committed to environmental sustainability, decarbonisation, and social inclusion. Passionate about fostering systemic solutions and taking them to scale, she has engaged at the intersection of social, environmental and business challenges for decades, and has an in-depth understanding of how transformation, circularity and systems-thinking come together to produce breakthrough solutions.
Fabienne draws on thirty years of experience in strategic consulting, including a career with McKinsey, and as an investor in mid-sized industrial companies and startups across Europe. She has advised and directed large European corporations seeking to develop a meaningful sustainability agenda; worked with and directed several cutting-edge institutions in the field of impact investing, social entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, and social justice; and supported generations of social entrepreneurs to develop their business plans and scaling strategies.
She currently serves on the board of several publicly listed and private European companies. She is a frequent lecturer and speaker on entrepreneurship and sustainability. An economist by background, she holds an MA in Econometrics, an MA in International Economics, and an MBA in Finance.
