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Impact Company LAB Impact Company LAB

Putting innovation & intelligence at the service of impact effectiveness.

Today global companies invest over 1 Trillion dollars per year in social & impact related initiatives. Yet the gap between investments and results is growing. We are losing ground… It is absolutely critical to reverse this trend. More than ever, efforts and investments need to move needles on global sustainability challenges in our increasingly asymmetric and changing world. A new generation of bold thinking and evidence based impact solutions are thus absolutely necessary in order to drive forward a just transition.

A new generation of bold thinking and evidence based impact solutions

The Impact Company Lab was created exactly for this. Its objective is to rapidly build empirical evidence and forward looking best practices, to accelerate the impact of companies.

Co-founded by HEC Paris and Schneider Electric in September 2023, the Impact Company Lab is a leading experimentation platform focused on concretely growing companies’ ability to drive a just transition in a rapidly changing world.

It takes an integrated (economic, social, environmental) and future-focused approach to the multi-dimensional topics that companies are tackling as they strive to lead a just transition. It therefore intentionally includes the voices of the people which have most at stake as it designs and promotes potential solutions (eg. the megacities of the Global South).

The Impact Company Lab prioritizes ideas & experiments that address challenges systemically and that can be significantly scaled

The Impact Company Lab thinks, teaches and acts at 4 different levels:

Lab Experiences

Novel immersive learning experiences designed to project participants into the future, bring the voices of the Global South to the center of sustainability-related thinking, planning and action.

Lab T.I.M.E.s (Territorial Impact Multiplier Ecosystems)

Experiments that are designed to concretely build synergies between existing impact initiatives and anchor them in common hotspots.

Lab Clinics

Topical sessions that are focused on problem solving leveraging collective intelligence and hands-on learning.

Lab Experiments

Scientific experiments designed to test and evaluate the societal/environmental impact of specific company practices

REPORTS

Voices of the Future

Summary of Learning Expedition to Kinshasa, DRC by HEC's Impact Company Lab

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2050NOW - Learning Experiences Series

A report on the first edition delivred on April 26th 2024

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News

A large indoor event with a stage and an audience seated in a dimly lit room. A screen displays the message '2050 IS WAITING FOR US' along with the logos of HEC Paris, SO, and Schneider Electric

Jun 24, 2024

HEC Launches Impact Company Lab’s Experiential Approach through 2050NOW

On April 26, over 300 people joined together for HEC’s first immersive learning experience designed to explore how businesses’ ability can drive a just transition in a rapidly changing world. Organized by...

Indoor event with a crowd seated around a central stage, featuring several speakers engaging with the audience, in a room with industrial-style ceilings and multiple screens displaying text

Jul 02, 2024

2050NOW Brings HEC Students Closer to Sustainability Challenges of 21st Century

16 months after launching the Impact Company Lab, HEC delivered an immersive and scenario-based learning experience for students, academics and businesses. These included the global companies Schneider...