Operators for Impact (Dutch)
NOVEMBER 2025 - JUNI 2026
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Our ecosystems | Fashion
Fashion Ecosystem
Through our ecosystem approach we create the resources that are needed to foster positive change in the fashion sector. Projects include FABB, Province of North-Holland Circulair Textile tour and the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge.
Projects
Ben jij klaar voor de volgende stap? Jouw onderneming maakt sociale impact, maar het opschalen brengt nieuwe uitdagingen met zich mee. Want hoe vergroot je je omzet duurzaam? Hoe scherp je je verdienmodel aan? Hoe bouw je processen die meegroeien met jouw ambitie? Dit programma helpt jouw onderneming verder. Operators for Impact koppelt jouw onderneming…
Boost je Buurt 2025
APRIL - JULY 2025
Ben jij een impact ondernemer die Amsterdam gezonder, inclusiever en duurzamer maakt? Dan is dit dé uitdaging voor jou! De Boost je Buurt uitdaging van de Gemeente Amsterdam omvat een business development programma ter waarde van €20.000,- en een aanvullend ontwikkelingsbudget van maximaal €7.500.
Green at Heart – Build an even more impactful SME
March 2024 - 2025
Green at Heart helps social SMEs close all the loops by building a business that is environmentally as well as socially sound, well-governed, and circular. Through state-of-the-art diagnostic tools, expert guidance, and financial support, we empower you to integrate all aspects of sustainability into the heart of your business and prepare you for incoming ESG…
SoTecIn Factory Open Call for Higher-R Textile Solutions
SEPT 2023 - FEB 2025
SoTecIn Factory is a new project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. This year Impact Hub Amsterdam leads the North-West region of the project. Together with a consortium from the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, France and Luxembourg, we will specifically focus on solving circular textile challenges.
Circular Textile Accelerator – by CIC
8 JAN 2023
After extensive research the Circular Innovation Collective has identified the most urgent innovation gaps to create a circular textile chain. As a result we are scouting Startups and SME – B2B as well as B2C – national or international that are working on high value innovative circular solutions in Refuse, Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Repair.
Impact Nation for Startups | 2022 | Textaafoam
11 NOV 2022
We’ve teamed up with ABN AMRO and TNW to develop Impact Nation, a programme in which we match innovative impact scale-ups with SMEs & organisations to collaborate on implementing innovations at scale.
Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge 2022/2023
Mar 2022 - Q1 2023
We’re scouting for the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge for the fourth year running! The global program aims to support entrepreneurial start-up and scale-up businesses who are developing solutions that promote inclusive and positive change in fashion.
Impact Nation for Startups | 2022 | YAYA
26 OCT 2022
We’ve teamed up with ABN AMRO and TNW to develop Impact Nation, a programme in which we match innovative impact scale-ups with SMEs & organisations to collaborate on implementing innovations at scale.
Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge
Mar 2021 - Q1 2022
We’re scouting for the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge for the third year running! The global program aims to support entrepreneurial startup and scaleup-stage businesses run by BIPOC entrepreneurs who are developing solutions that promote inclusive and positive change in fashion.
FABB | The Sustainable Fashion Accelerator
2020
Fashion Accelerator for Better Business (FABB) gave sustainable startups the chance and skills needed to grow in the fashion industry. FABB offered expert guidance, one-on-one coaching, and peer-to-peer learning in a small group of like-minded entrepreneurs.
Soft-landing Program | Fashion
2020
During our Softlanding Program to Vienna, participants got the chance to present their sustainable fashion brand to various stakeholders in Amsterdam: retail, social enterprises, the municipality, startups, investors, and sustainability experts. The program is an initiative of Impact Hub Amsterdam and Amsterdam Impact.
Business Model Challenge | Fashion
2021
During our Business Model Challenge, Fashion edition, we brought together entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas for the sustainable fashion industry. With experts from organisations such as Accenture, we shared the growth techniques we’ve used to finetune business models of the 350+ startups we’ve incubated to date in our Business Model Challenges!
Stories
24 July
What if businesses existed not just to make a profit, but to create new life – even after death? What if agriculture didn’t deplete the soil but healed it? And what if a humble seaweed plant turned out to hold the key to a regenerative economy?
25 June
Imagine turning industrial smoke into the bubbles in your fizzy drink, or transforming it into a fresh-smelling soap. If you are someone who keeps their finger on the pulse of climate news, then chances are you are familiar with the term ‘carbon capture’, and you may think the meaning is obvious: capturing carbon, right? But what does this mean in practical terms? Where is the carbon captured from, what happens to it, are there drawbacks? And lastly, why does this matter?
19 May
Looking to initiate or expand a circular innovation initiative? The Circular Innovation Collective (CIC) Program Guide offers key insights and strategies from a collaborative effort that united startups, policymakers, and partners to address complex urban challenges. It's a practical blueprint for building impactful, systems-level solutions in any city or organization.
7 May
At Impact Hub Amsterdam, we are wrapping up an extensive deep-dive into the future of regenerative businesses.
In this article, we share our key findings with you. We will explain the origin of the regenerative mindset, its relation to sustainability and the circular economy model and the potential impact. We will discuss some main hurdles entrepreneurs face when looking to adopt regenerative practices, and possible solutions.
10 April
From Nieuw-West to Noord, Amsterdam is buzzing with social innovators, community builders, and sustainability warriors. These are the people driving positive change in their neighborhoods—and Boost je Buurt 2025 is here to empower them to go even further. Ready to meet the changemakers that are shaping the future of Amsterdam's neighbourhoods?
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