INSEAD Hans H. Wahl Impact Entrepreneurship Programme

The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded by Cartier in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.

The Social Innovation Tournament recognises and supports the best European social entrepreneurs. It promotes innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that contribute to creating social, ethical and/or environmental impact. Typically, it covers projects in the areas of education, healthcare, the environment, circular economy, inclusion, job creation, ageing and many more.

YLA is a partnership effort of Cartier and its global entrepreneur community, RED CLUB x Cartier to recognize, support and scale timely and socially impactful businesses. Initiated in 2022, the Young Leader Award has been developed as an annual international entrepreneur’s prize, open to emerging social entrepreneurs, aged from 20 to 40 years old, running impact driven businesses or non-for-profit organizations, as founder or owner and in which they are holding an executive.

InTent’s vision is a fair and sustainable future for people and the planet. Its mission is to accelerate sustainable solutions for businesses, people and planet by building bridges and connecting people.

InTent acts in 3 areas of focus. Within these areas, InTent acts through action-based programmes that bring measurable net contributions to society.

InTent also acts through advocacy, carried out on its communication channels and social media platforms and through a wide range of events.

Launched in 2018, the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge is an annual programme to discover and accelerate the work of the world’s most innovative and impactful fashion start-ups. Through mentoring and financial support, the THFFC aims to help the best ideas break through.Now in its fourth year, the challenge supports Tommy Hilfiger’s commitments towards inclusion, diversity, and acknowledging the gap in equity and equal opportunities.

Innovate 4 Nature's (I4N) mission is to scale 100+ certified Nature-based Solutions (NbS) by 2030. To this end, I4N has created a unique marketplace bringing together start-ups, companies and investors together to demonstrate the business case for biodiversity and scale NbS. I4N’s services range from scouting and screening to matching NbS with investors and working together with partners to accelerate them. By providing NbS with access to a broad network of investors and experts, as well as assistance in the form of coachings and technical know-how, I4N ensures the quality of these solutions.

Hans H. Wahl was Director of the INSEAD Social Impact Initiative during 2007-2020. His remarkable 35-year plus career saw Hans work across education, management, and economic and political development. He founded several organisations and wrote about, and worked on, issues of civil society development, human rights, and capacity building in over 50 countries worldwide.

At INSEAD, Hans played an instrumental role in leading the Social Impact Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurship Programme. He later joined the Hoffmann Institute where he brought his passion and experience to deliver on INSEAD’s mission to bring together people, cultures and ideas to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society.