Impact Festival 2021
We’re attending the Impact Festival on 16/17 September in Frankfurt. Our CEO, Steph Locke, will be speaking on the EIT Manufacturing panel on The Future of Sustainable Manufacturing. Steph will be joined on the panel by representatives of Orbis, P&G, Triangle Ventures and Provadis Hochschule. Â
The Impact Festival is a new event that aims to create a platform for sustainable technologies and innovations. The event welcomes a wide range of speakers and experts from various fields including clean technology, resource efficiency and sustainable services.Â
The organisers want to accelerate green transformation by connecting thought-leaders of sustainability, especially innovators like green start-ups, with corporates and investors. The festival is the first community-based platform of its kind in Europe and is a fantastic opportunity to bring together organisations of all types and sizes to work towards a common goal.Â
We are very excited to attend and to have the opportunity to contribute to the conversation surrounding sustainability in manufacturing.
Find out more about the event over on their site.
FAQs
What is the panel: The Future of Sustainable Manufacturing?
Steph Locke joined representatives from Orbis, P&G, Triangle Ventures, and Provadis Hochschule on a panel addressing one of the most pressing questions in manufacturing: how does the sector reduce its environmental impact without sacrificing the output that businesses and customers depend on?
The panel brought together perspectives from manufacturing operations (P&G), investment (Triangle Ventures), research and education (Provadis Hochschule), and technology (Nightingale HQ via GoSmarter). This breadth of perspective is important because sustainable manufacturing is not a single problem with a single solution — it requires changes in how materials are procured, how processes are run, how emissions are measured, and how technology is deployed.
Steph’s contribution to the panel drew on Nightingale HQ’s direct work with manufacturers: the practical reality of what sustainability means for a business that is trying to cut its scrap rate, reduce its energy consumption, and meet customer demands for greener supply chains — all without disrupting production or damaging margins.
What is Impact Festival?
Impact Festival is an annual event focused on sustainable technologies, clean innovation, and the business of environmental impact. Based in Frankfurt, it brings together startups, investors, corporates, and researchers working on solutions to the world’s most significant environmental challenges.
The event reflects a broader shift in the business conversation around sustainability: from compliance and reporting to active innovation and commercial opportunity. Companies attending Impact Festival are there because they believe sustainability is a growth strategy, not just a regulatory requirement.
For GoSmarter, the invitation to speak at Impact Festival was recognition that its work on material efficiency and carbon reduction in steel manufacturing belongs in the sustainability conversation — not just the manufacturing one.