Impact Bridge Asset Management
Investor Area
ENES

Impact Bridge & Academia

A strategic commitment and a key differentiating tool to achieve our mission.

Academic approach

How we engage
with academia

  1. 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.

  2. Research

    • Rigorous academic research on impact investing methodology and measurement.
    • Publication of articles in leading academic journals.

  3. 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.

How we collaborate

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.

Academic chairs

Impact Bridge chairs

  • IE

    IE Chair in Social Entrepreneurship & Impact Investing

    • 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

    Rachida Justo

    Chair Director

    Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship. Has published on women and entrepreneurship; member of the European Commission GECES expert group.

  • esade

    ESADE Chair in Social Impact

    • Launched in 2025
    • Backed by Bosch Stiftung, BBK Foundation, Bertelsmann Stiftung & Impact Bridge
    • International advisory committee on impact measurement, impact investing and systemic change

    Lisa Hehenberger

    Chair Director

    Dean of ESADE Business School and leading expert in social entrepreneurship, venture philanthropy, impact investing and impact measurement.

Case studies

Academic case studies

We turn portfolio investments into teaching material for top-tier business schools.

  • Circular fashion

    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.

    Fighting fast fashion

    • 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

    Academic case Harvard

    Harvard Business School teaching case on circular fashion: how Moda Re- drives relational, structural and cultural change across consumers, regulators, the environment and society.

  • Affordable housing

    tuTecho

    Social enterprise ending homelessness through its Recycle to Rent model.

    Ending homelessness

    • 1,800 people housed in its homes
    • 70% cheaper than a shelter or reception centre
    • +400 operational homes

    Academic case advantere

    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.

  • Women's empowerment

    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.

    Study on women's empowerment

    • Blueberry producer in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Focused on sustainable agriculture
    • Field study on women's working conditions and empowerment

    Academic case Oxford

    Business practices for women's empowerment: pledging, bridging, coaching, accruing and peer-bonding. Published in the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.

Publications

Selected publications