We believe corporate accountability requires shared infrastructure–making information about how companies affect people, communities, and the planet accessible and useful for everyone it impacts.
Companies are publishing more sustainability information than ever — but most people can't find it, verify it, or trust what they do find. Three in four consumers report little to no trust in corporate sustainability claims. And even institutional investors cite data gaps as their biggest barrier to responsible decision-making.
This isn't a reporting problem. It's a trust infrastructure problem. Impatico was built to close that gap.
Impatico began when Welela and María independently arrived at the same question: What would it take to make corporate sustainability more transparent, participatory, and meaningful to the people it affects?
Welela came from years in corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, governance strategy — working across sustainability reporting, impact measurement, and multi-stakeholder engagement. María came from technology and operations — working with complex data systems and the challenge of creating a shared source of truth. From very different vantage points, they saw the same gap: sustainability information was growing rapidly, but understanding, trust, and meaningful participation were not keeping pace.
They met through the Climatebase Fellowship — and discovered they were building toward complementary solutions to the same problem. Once they brought their work together, a capstone project became the beginning of something much bigger. Researchers, advocates, technologists, and sustainability professionals — working in different contexts and places — started to connect around the same idea. The infrastructure for corporate accountability didn't exist yet, but bringing together people who cared could change that. From the beginning, the decision to build as a nonprofit was intentional — keeping the platform free, independent, and accountable to the public.
Today Impatico is a nearly 20-person team of volunteers who gave their time, skills, and expertise because the idea was worth building. We believe the challenges facing corporate sustainability are too complex to be solved by one sector, discipline, or perspective — and that everyone's voice matters in shaping the solution.
Welela Makonnen
Founder
María F De La Garza
Founder
Impatico is a nonprofit. We don't sell your data or monetize your disclosures.