Enable impact
Impact Europe has as an objective to mobilise capital and stakeholders to accelerate positive change for people and planet. It does so by connecting the full spectrum of capital and enabling more coordinated, effective and intentional action. Through the network, organizations:
- Move from parallel learning to shared frameworks: reducing costs through faster knowledge transfer and lower cost of capital
- Create credible signals to markets and regulators: by aligning on comparable data, common language, and shared standards that individual voices alone cannot generate
- Compare approaches with peers solving similar challenges: so you don't start from zero; draw on reference points shaped by more than two decades of practice in the investing for impact space
The place for impact people.
Impact Europe provides continuous access to Europe’s impact investing ecosystem. Organizations engage through a mix of:
- Ongoing online and hybrid working groups that keeps learning and alignment moving year-round covering topics such as impact measurement and management and catalytic capital
- High-value in-person working moments, including convenings alongside key ecosystem events
- Leadership-level discussions that support strategic decision-making and collaboration
- Strategic EU engagement ensuring the regulatory environment enables, not constrains, Europe's investing for impact ecosystem
Together, these efforts turn connections into relationships and conversations into sustained collaboration.
2026 in events
Impact Days – June 9-10
Impact Days 2026 is Impact Europe's flagship convening positioning systems change as the overarching imperative for the investing for impact community. Held in Brussels, the event leverages Europe's unique policy environment and EU institutional infrastructure to explore how capital providers can mobilize the full stack of capital, from concessional to commercial, to drive systemic transformation.
Business of Impact – September 15-16
Business of Impact is a 2-day corporate-focused convening in Portugal designed to position impact investing as an economic opportunity and business imperative. The event centers on Resilience as the overarching theme, demonstrating how corporates can strengthen business models, meet regulatory requirements, and create competitive advantage through strategic impact investing.