CALL FOR IMPACTABILITY, the first contest that rewards ideas

The Call for Impactability is the first contest open to all and aimed at identifying the best projects in the field of sustainability, with the objective of highlighting talent and the best ideas for a better and more sustainable future. In this second edition, talents with a strong propensity for change presented ideas and projects capable of generating a positive impact through community involvement and action. Great success for the second edition of the Call for Impactability, devised by 3Bee, a start-up created with the aim of protecting bees with technology. Great partners, 6,500 euro prize money and up to 50,000 euro investment to reward innovation and change.

1st runner-up - 5,000 euros: Finanz with the aim of making the study of finance easy, fun and completely free, through the development of an application. 2nd runner-up - 1,000 euros: Co2nvert, an innovative startup that is developing a technology that produces ethanol from carbon dioxide captured in the atmosphere with the aim of reducing the presence of carbon dioxide. 3rd runner-up - EUR 500: Bankadvisor, the first independent platform specialising vertically in reviews of banks and financial services.

The launch of the second edition of the Call for Impactability showed what 3Bee's core values are: premising talent and supporting innovation. We want to influence sustainability, becoming the company of reference for environmental and social protection,' says Niccolò Calandri, CEO and Co-Founder of 3Bee. The objective of 3Bee's Call for Impactability was to collect and fund innovative ideas aimed at the greater development of social and environmental ethics for present and future generations".

Our thanks go to the partners of this second edition for their invaluable support in financing high-impact ideas: Le Village by Crédit Agricole Milano, the innovation hub of the Crédit Agricole Group; Havas Media Group, one of the leading media and communications groups, present in 150 countries; Altroconsumo, the largest independent consumer organisation in Italy; Uqido, internationally renowned software house with decades of experience in the field of Emerging Technologies; Gruppo Vicenzi, a large family-owned international group that has been bringing the excellence of confectionery art to the world since 1905. Thoughts are also turned to the <a href="https://fondazionernestoilly

"Innovation today is increasingly sustainable and our main objective is to continue our efforts to make these issues, so important, transversal within our activities: this is why we have supported the second edition of the Call for Impactability by 3Bee, our resident startup whose values we espouse," explains Gabriella Scapicchio, Mayor, CEO of Le Village by Crédit Agricole Milan.

Benedetta Tumatelli, People Wellbeing & CSR Manager of the Havas Group, affirms: "The 3 assets on which the finalist projects were based - environmental, community and education - are also concretely reflected in the Havas Media Group (HMG). The environmental one, to which the Group has been committed for several years and for which it has also created an acronym - Havas Positive Impact - under which it gathers all CSR initiatives, not only those related to the environment. The power of communities, which HMG cultivates every day by involving people to share and promote the agency's values and to work together towards common goals. And, finally, the value of educating to share knowledge, skills and experience. The partnership with 3Bee confirms a collaboration based on shared values and a common goal: to act to have a positive impact on society."

"All the projects presented were truly interesting and innovative; in addition, the teams that competed clearly set themselves the objective of responding to very current challenges - such as education, finance, sustainability - by creating a positive and concrete impact not only for individuals but for communities: this is certainly a distinguishing feature of this call, which makes it even more unique in its context," says Federico Cavallo, Head of External Relations at Altroconsumo, who spoke as a member of the jury in the second edition of the Call for Impactability. "I would like to take this opportunity to renew my congratulations to the participants in the competition, first and foremost the winners, and to thank 3Bee for once again proposing this year's initiative to which we were pleased and proud to have contributed".

Pier Mattia Avesani, CEO of Uqido, says: "3Bee reconfirms itself as an extraordinary startup capable of gathering around it projects, ideas, solutions and quality professionals. As Uqido, we are very happy to have supported the Call for Impactability again this year for the second edition of the Call for Impactability 2022, to encourage business models that are sensitive to the needs of the planet and the entire community."

Cristian Mòdolo, Marketing & Communication Director of the Vicenzi Group, reports: "It was surprising to discover the average age of the startuppers, starting with the very young 20-year-old winner of Finanz. I had already been convinced of this after the introductory letter to the Vicenzi Group's annual Social Responsibility Report, signed by the 8 grandchildren who had not yet come of age of Chairman Giuseppe, in which they had highlighted all their proactivity on the subject of sustainability in the company. This contest is yet another positive confirmation that sustainability, also in its meaning of attention to people, is now part of the innate sensitivity of the younger generations."