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Impact France unveiled the 2025 winners of the Impact 40/120 index at the ChangeNOW trade show on Thursday April 24, bringing France's most promising impact start-ups into the spotlight. This new promotion testifies to the resilience and maturity of an ecosystem that, despite the prevailing context, stands out for its dynamism. And it confirms that, while AI is already shaping the present - and future - of entrepreneurship, a new generation of leaders is being built resolutely around impact.

The Mouvement Impact France, France Digitale and Bpifrance Le Hub worked together to produce this year's 5th edition of the mapping of French impact startups, revealed on April 9 at the Go Entrepreneurs event. In less than two years, the ecosystem has grown: +10% impact startups, +7% jobs created in France, +8% funds raised. Above all, the startups have demonstrated their robustness, gaining in commercial maturity and now aiming for internationalization. A good sign, proof if proof were needed, that corporate solutions responding to the SDGs have a bright future ahead of them, despite the international context of reduced environmental and societal ambitions!

With the Fast Fashion law soon to be examined by the Senate, Impact France welcomes this decisive step towards the final adoption of a crucial text to protect made in France from unfair competition from fast-fashion, and warns of the importance of maintaining its initial ambition to guarantee its full effectiveness.

In the face of an unacceptable attempt by the U.S. administration to force French companies to abandon their diversity and inclusion policies, Impact France is calling for active support for our companies in maintaining and strengthening their SED commitments.