Impact Bridge & Academia
A strategic commitment and a key differentiating tool to achieve our mission.
How we engage
with academia
Teaching
- Three employees are associate professors at top-tier universities.
- We deliver impact and ESG training to private banks, investment banks, family offices and other institutions.
Research
- Rigorous academic research on impact investing methodology and measurement.
- Publication of articles in leading academic journals.
Leadership
- We supervise numerous Bachelor’s and Master’s theses at different educational centres.
- We generate knowledge, build awareness of this industry and foster the leadership of young students.
Our university partners
We collaborate with leading Spanish and international universities to promote academic research on impact investing and train the next generation of responsible investors.
Impact Bridge chairs
- Launched in 2022
- Brings together academic research with partners such as Oxford and Harvard
- Focus on investing with a gender lens, impact measurement and social innovation
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship. Has published on women and entrepreneurship; member of the European Commission GECES expert group.
- Launched in 2025
- Backed by Bosch Stiftung, BBK Foundation, Bertelsmann Stiftung & Impact Bridge
- International advisory committee on impact measurement, impact investing and systemic change
Dean of ESADE Business School and leading expert in social entrepreneurship, venture philanthropy, impact investing and impact measurement.
Academic case studies
We turn portfolio investments into teaching material for top-tier business schools.
Moda Re-
Social enterprise founded by Cáritas in 2020 to collect, reuse, recycle and donate used clothing while integrating socially excluded individuals into the workforce.
- 5–10% of global CO₂ emissions come from fashion
- Only 12% of clothing is reused or recycled
- Each person consumes on average 26 kg of clothing per year
Harvard Business School teaching case on circular fashion: how Moda Re- drives relational, structural and cultural change across consumers, regulators, the environment and society.
tuTecho
Social enterprise ending homelessness through its Recycle to Rent model.
- 1,800 people housed in its homes
- 70% cheaper than a shelter or reception centre
- +400 operational homes
Recycle to Rent buys and refurbishes properties to lease them to NGOs and cooperatives at a 30% discount. The NGOs allocate them free of charge or at reduced prices to victims of gender-based violence, refugees, homeless people and other vulnerable groups.
Avinier
Avinier is a blueberry producer in Sub-Saharan Africa focused on sustainable agriculture. Impact Bridge conducted a study to analyse business practices aimed at women's empowerment.
- Blueberry producer in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Focused on sustainable agriculture
- Field study on women's working conditions and empowerment
Business practices for women's empowerment: pledging, bridging, coaching, accruing and peer-bonding. Published in the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.