Positive Benefits

Name

Positive Benefits

Legal name

Positive Benefits

Website

https://positivebenefits.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements helping clients build RD&I capabilities, adapt skills/mindsets/behaviors for impactful innovation, and improve performance. Consulting is a core revenue stream delivered through a team of innovation experts including researchers, practitioners, engineers, analysts, and designers.
2. Training and Capability Building Programs: Comprehensive training, mentoring, and coaching programs for entrepreneurs and organizations covering impact innovation, sustainable practices, social impact measurement, and organizational development. Includes support for programs like the IES-SBS Bootcamp (trained over 5,000 individuals across Africa, Asia, Europe, and America over 8 years).
3. Incubation and Acceleration Services: Supporting environmental and social entrepreneurs to achieve and sustain innovative impact by creating or developing new products, services, departments, and organizations through impact innovation methodologies. Services include startup support, training, scaling consulting, and spin-off creation.
4. RD&I Project Partnerships and Consortium Participation: Participation in funded RD&I projects and innovation pacts such as PRODUTECH R3, where Positive Benefits contributes specialized expertise in areas such as industrial decarbonization and water reuse. Revenue derived from project consortia funding and specialized service delivery.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Positive Benefits is a regenerative impact innovation consultancy that helps clients build RD&I capabilities, adapt skills and mindsets for impactful innovation, engineer human-centered technologies, support environmental and social investors, and incubate environmental and social entrepreneurs. The firm delivers services through five interconnected practice areas — RD&I, Consulting, Technology, Investment, and Incubation — combined with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, practitioners, engineers, analysts, and designers, applying its proprietary Regenerative Impact Innovation Methodology to drive measurable social and environmental outcomes mapped to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Product overview

Positive Benefits operates as a regenerative impact innovation ecosystem offering five interconnected core services: RD&I (Research, Development & Innovation), Consulting, Technology, Investment, and Incubation. The company works with clients and partners to diagnose social and environmental problems and develop regenerative solutions. Their service portfolio includes specialized projects such as the PRODUTECH R3 Tech4Decarb initiative for industrial decarbonization, water reuse solutions for municipalities, sports-based social integration programs (Welcome Sports Club, Welcome Cricket Club), and emergency response initiatives like the 2 Breath COVID mask taskforce. Through their incubation arm, they support environmental and social entrepreneurs including the FAM Foundation (ocean conservation) and various social enterprises. The company also supports the IES-SBS Bootcamp training program and has developed partnerships with organizations like P Water, Social Innovations Sports, and Territórios Criativos to deliver specialized impact solutions.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• RD&I (Research, Development & Innovation) Services Helps clients and partners build the RD&I capabilities needed to drive innovation and empower improved capacity building on local stakeholders that have a significant, positive impact on society.
• Consulting Services Supports clients to build and adapt the skills, mindsets, and behaviours required to make fundamental decisions that create impactful innovation and improve performance, delivered by a team of innovation experts including researchers, practitioners, engineers, analysts, and designers.
• Technology Engineering Supports innovative organizations, individuals, and communities to engineer effective, human-centered innovations that advance better performance for high regenerative and sustainable social and environmental impact.
• Investment Support Supports environmental and social impact investors to address the world's most neglected challenges, responding to present needs with regenerative positive impact that sustains future generations.
• Incubation Services Supports environmental and social entrepreneurs to achieve and sustain innovative impact by creating or developing new products, services, departments, and organizations through impact innovation methodologies, including startup support, training, mentoring, coaching, and scaling assistance.
• 2Breath COVID-19 Mask Taskforce Emergency response taskforce that coordinated clinical testing and engineering adaptation of Decathlon Easybreath full-face snorkel masks as non-invasive ventilation equipment and PPE for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Welcome Sports Club (WSC) Sports-based social integration program promoting inclusion of refugees and beneficiaries of international protection, particularly unaccompanied minors, through participation in sports and intercultural events, with a methodology focused on employability and socio-professional inclusion.
• Welcome Cricket Club Sports-based integration program for NPT (National Protection Temporary) citizens including refugees in Fundão and Odemira municipalities, using cricket and intercultural events to foster integration, healthy lifestyles, and community engagement.
• PRODUTECH R3 – Tech4Decarb Work Package RD&I work package focused on carbon neutrality of industrial processes, energy self-sufficiency from renewable sources, and renewable gases such as green hydrogen, including coordination of PPS 7 developing industrial effluent treatment solutions for water supply to green hydrogen production plants.
• Water Reuse Solutions for Municipalities Partnership-based service with P Water to study water reuse potential for municipalities, contributing to sustainable water resource use, circular economy principles, and climate change adaptation through wastewater treatment and reuse.
• Impact Innovation Strategy Consulting (e.g., CBIOS) Strategic consulting engagement implementing impact innovation strategies for research institutions, including internal innovation collection, benchmarking, strategic dimensioning, KPI creation, and brand/communication fine-tuning.
• Social Enterprise Scaling Support (e.g., Revoada) Human-centered design consulting methodology applied to support social and environmental enterprises in developing improved business models for impact innovation scaling, including circular economy applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10-20% savings in energy costs through green energy procurement on the free market (implemented with Lusiadas Saúde over 4 years)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• PRODUTECH ClustercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2023PRODUTECH Cluster leads the PRODUTECH R3 Innovation Pact (2021-2027) for the Portuguese production technologies sector. Positive Benefits participates in the Tech4Decarb work package (WP14), contributing to carbon neutrality roadmaps, renewable energy integration in industry, and industrial symbiosis projects. Positive Benefits coordinated PPS 7 on industrial effluent treatment solutions for water supply to green hydrogen production plants.
• Social Innovations SportscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 February 2023Social Innovations Sports partnered with Positive Benefits to implement the Welcome Sports Club, promoting integration of refugees and beneficiaries of international protection (including unaccompanied minors) through sports, social inclusion, and intercultural dialogue. The partnership uses a quadruple helix approach engaging academia, public organizations, government, companies, and civil society. Social Innovations Sports was incubated by Positive Benefits.
• P WatercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 January 2023P Water partnered with Positive Benefits to support the Municipality of Cascais in studying the potential reuse of wastewater as an alternative water source. This collaboration contributes to sustainable water resource management, circular economy principles, and climate change adaptation in the Cascais municipality. The project evaluated treated wastewater as a strategic local water source alternative to the distant Castelo de Bode Reservoir.
• CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2022CBIOS partnered with Positive Benefits and Territórios Criativos to implement an impact innovation strategy. CBIOS is one of the biggest and highest-impact private research centers in Portugal, created in 2011 as an R&D structure of COFAC/Universidade Lusófona. The engagement focused on internal innovation collection, benchmarking, strategic dimensioning, KPI creation, and brand/communication fine-tuning.
• Territórios CriativoscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2022Territórios Criativos partnered with Positive Benefits to implement an impact innovation strategy at CBIOS. The partnership combines Positive Benefits' innovation expertise with Territórios Criativos' creative methodologies to deliver strategic transformation for the research center.
• FAM FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2022FAM Foundation is a non-profit family-based private foundation established in October 2020 by Ana Mendonça, focused on conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources. Positive Benefits supported the foundation's creation and continues to support implementation. FAM Foundation focuses investment on SDGs 14 (Life Below Water), 6 (Clean Water), 4 (Quality Education), and 3 (Good Health). In 2022, it piloted grants and awards, evaluating 300 impact innovation best practices down to 5 finalists from an initial pipeline.
• KPMGminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022KPMG engaged Social Innovations Sports (a spin-off incubated by Positive Benefits) for a team-building event branded as Social Innovation Sports Day. The event served as a platform to foster team cohesion, promote physical and psychological well-being, and introduce good practices from sports social innovators in a corporate setting.
• Municipality of FundãocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022The Municipality of Fundão is a key municipal partner in the Welcome Cricket Club project, targeting integration of NPT citizens including refugees and beneficiaries of international protection in the Fundão municipality. The project combines sports activities with intercultural events to promote inclusion and community engagement.
• Municipality of OdemiracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022The Municipality of Odemira is a key municipal partner in the Welcome Cricket Club project, targeting integration of NPT citizens including refugees and beneficiaries of international protection in the Odemira municipality. The project combines sports activities with intercultural events to promote inclusion and community engagement.
• Cruz Vermelha (Portuguese Red Cross)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Cruz Vermelha (Portuguese Red Cross) is a social partner in the Welcome Cricket Club project, working on day-by-day journey support and complementing all beneficiary needs with a focus on personal skills development for NPT citizens and refugees.
• YMCA PortugalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022YMCA Portugal is a social partner in the Welcome Cricket Club project, contributing to the development of personal skills and integration support for NPT citizens and refugees through sports-based community engagement.
• Hospitals Consortium (20+ hospitals)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2020A consortium of over 20 Portuguese hospitals participated in the 2Breath taskforce coordinated by Positive Benefits, testing the adaptation of Decathlon Easybreath full-face snorkel masks as emergency PPE and non-invasive ventilation equipment during the COVID-19 crisis. Partners include Hospital de Braga, CHLO, CUF, Lusiadas Lisboa, Hospital de Cascais, CHMT, HFF, Santa Marta, CHBV, CHTMAD, Hospital de Guimarães, Santo António, CHLeiria, CHUC, IPO Porto, Hospital São Bernardo, CHSJ, ULS, and ULSNE.
• Engineering Companies Consortium (10+ companies)majorTechnology or Integration · 20 May 2020More than 10 engineering companies from across Portugal supported the 2Breath COVID-19 taskforce, contributing technical expertise for mask sealing, filter performance, CO2 buildup testing, and clinical usability assessment. Engineering partners include University of Aveiro, INEGI, Critical Software, IPG, FAN3D, Indumel, and Tyco.
• Universities (taskforce support)majorTechnology or Integration · 20 May 2020Universities supporting the 2Breath taskforce included University of Minho (coordinating through Prof. Jose Miguel Pego for test report implementation), and University of Minho's DONELAB. Universities provided scientific rigor, testing protocols, and ethical committee validation for the emergency mask adaptation project.
• Lusiadas SaúdemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2020Lusiadas Saúde partnered in the 2Breath COVID-19 taskforce and was a client for Positive Benefits' 4-year sustainability methodology implementation. Lusiadas Saúde represents a major healthcare system in Portugal with hospitals in Lisbon and Porto.
• Decathlon PortugalminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 May 2020Decathlon Portugal provided Easybreath full-face snorkel masks free of charge for adaptation as emergency PPE and non-invasive ventilation equipment during the COVID-19 crisis in Portugal. Decathlon contributed equipment support without charging for the masks, enabling the 2Breath taskforce initiative.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Impact Hub: Global network of impact-focused innovation hubs offering incubation, consulting, and community programs for impact entrepreneurs; overlaps with Positive Benefits across incubation services, RD&I capacity building, and multi-stakeholder engagement.
• Forum for the Future: International sustainability non-profit working with business, government, and civil society on regenerative strategies; closely comparable in delivering sustainability and innovation consulting across multiple sectors and geographies.
• Yunus Social Business: Global social business support organization applying Muhammad Yunus's methodology to incubate impact ventures; Positive Benefits explicitly partnered with Yunus Social Business on the Revoada scaling project in Brazil, reflecting directly comparable focus on social entrepreneurship and impact incubation.
• Ashoka: Global organization supporting leading social entrepreneurs with fellowship, incubation, and system-change programs; directly comparable in mission to support environmental and social entrepreneurs achieve sustainable impact.
• B Lab Global: Nonprofit network certifying and supporting B Corporations and regenerative businesses; both organizations focus on driving corporate and entrepreneurial behavior toward positive social and environmental outcomes through frameworks and community building.
• Territórios Criativos: Portuguese creative-strategy consultancy that explicitly partnered with Positive Benefits to deliver the CBIOS impact innovation strategy, sharing a similar Iberian SMB consulting footprint and regenerative-impact orientation.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole: Large global climate solutions and sustainability consultancy providing climate strategy, carbon credit, and advisory services to corporates; operates in the same sustainability consulting space as Positive Benefits but at significantly greater scale.
• Quantis: International sustainability consultancy helping companies measure and reduce environmental impact across products, operations, and value chains; comparable environmental consulting practice but with substantially larger team and global footprint.
• BSD Consulting: International sustainability and ESG advisory firm supporting companies on strategy, reporting, and transformation; comparable sustainability consulting offering but operating at broader scale across more markets than Positive Benefits.
• EcoAct (Transcarbon / part of KPMG): Climate consulting and advisory firm (now part of KPMG) helping organizations develop carbon reduction strategies and sustainability programs; operates in the same environmental consulting category as Positive Benefits but as part of a much larger advisory platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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