2025年影响力报告（英）

Page / 2 Other Impact partnersKnowledge partnersPlanet+Main partnersImpactCity The Hague is a leading European ecosystem for organisations that combine 'doing good and doing business'. We facilitate innovative entrepreneurs in starting and scaling up their businesses.Dealroom.co is the foremost data provider on startup, early-stage and growth company ecosystems in Europe and around the globe. Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact provides support mission-driven companies working towards the UN SDGs, helping them to expand their businesses and amplify their influence through carefully crafted programs.Page / 2 Page / 3 “For ten years, ImpactFest has been the place where the supply and demand for impact capital come together. At this tenth edition, we look at global trends in impact investing. We see a decade in transition; from 2015 to today. And we look ahead: how is the investment climate evolving, and how can entrepreneurs respond to it?Over the past decade, the field of impact and the Sustainable Development Goals have changed significantly. Around 2015, most impact capital was directed toward goals such as emission reduction, carbon neutrality, and climate action, with a strong focus on long-term transformation, innovation, and the fight against climate change.Today, we increasingly view sustainability and impact through the lens of security, resilience, and independence. Rising geopolitical tensions, scarcer resources, and volatile prices have shifted this focus. This shift exposes deeper vulnerabilities: dependence on governments for energy, food, and water; growing pressure on solidarity, equality, and democratic values; and increasing uncertainty and division in how societies respond.Every entrepreneur or professional working in impact recognizes this growing pressure. What once was an agenda driven by environmental and social challenges and innovation is now inseparably linked to economic resilience, national security, and crisis preparedness. This trend is also visible in the latest figures from the State of Impact, showing that investments in sectors and companies working on the Sustainable Development Goals are again declining this year, while Peace Tech and Defense Tech start-ups are gaining momentum.The Netherlands still has all the right conditions to play a leading role in Europe in technological innovation and impact. And The Hague, as the city of peace and justice, plays a key role in building a livable and just world, anchored in strong networks and institutions.At ImpactCity The Hague, we continue to focus on companies working on sustainable innovation. At the same time, we are addressing todayʼs societal challenges in the areas of peace, security, and national resilience.I am proud of the impact ecosystem that has been built over the past ten years in The Hague with many partners and entrepreneurs, and I look forward with confidence to the next decade - in which, despite growing pressures, we will continue to inno