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INSIGHTS

Insights for Impact

Our insights combine peer-reviewed scientific research and strategic perspectives to deepen understanding of complex environmental and social challenges.

By translating knowledge and practical experience into clear guidance and actionable ideas, we help organizations turn insight into measurable and scalable impact.

Research helps us understand the problem

Perspectives help us navigate the solution.

RESEARCH

Science for Impact

We believe knowledge is the foundation for change. Our team publishes peer-reviewed research and develops independent impact assessments that translate scientific insights into practical guidance for businesses, policymakers, and investors, enabling data-driven and science-based decision-making.

INDEPENDENT REPORTS & APPLIED RESEARCH

Beyond Clean Energy: Offshore Solar as Blue Infrastructure - A Net Ocean Impact Assessment

Empaqtify (2026)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Plastic ingestion by North Pacific garbage patch fishes: highest occurrences and quantities in upper trophic pelagics

Shaw et al. (2026) - Environmental Research Communications

Highly engaged marine users can help monitor marine plastic pollution in under accessed environments

Puskic et al. (2025) - Ocean & Coastal Management

Investigating metal distribution patterns in pristine and ocean-weathered plastics using LA-ICP-TOFMS

Hendriks et al. (2025) - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Concentration gradient of plastic debris larger than 500um detected across the Southwest Indian Ocean

Thibault et al. (2025) - Scientific Reports

Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch

Egger et al. (2025) - Scientific Reports

The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean

Zhao et al. (2025) - Nature

Mind the fragmentation gap

Kvale et al. (2024) - Nature Communications

Densities of neuston often not elevated within plastic hotspots territory inside the North Pacific Garbage Patch

Egger et al. (2024) - Environ. Res.: Ecology

Biodegradation of polyethylene by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album

Vaksmaa et al. (2024) - Science of the Total Environment

Seawater contamination by coring and pore water sampling of marine sediments

Jørgensen et al. (2024) - Chemical Geology

Sulfate distribution and sulfate reduction in global marine sediments

Jørgensen et al. (2023) - Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta

To date, our work has resulted in 21 peer-reviewed publications and and a growing body of independent impact research and applied assessment reports.

Explore our publications below.

Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long-term ecological impacts

Richon et al. (2023) - Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Training the next generation of plastics pollution researchers: tools, skills and career perspectives in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field

Mitrano et al. (2023) - Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: a prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool

Zhao et al. (2023) - PNAS Nexus

Plastic photodegradation under simulated marine conditions

Delre et al. (2023) - Marine Pollution Bulletin

Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Lebreton et al. (2022) - Scientific Reports

Pelagic distribution of plastic debris (> 500 µm) and marine organisms in the upper layer of the North Atlantic Ocean

Egger et al. (2022) - Scientific Reports

Microbial communities on plastic particles in surface waters differ from subsurface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Vaksmaa et al. (2022) - Marine Pollution Bulletin

Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle

Jørgensen et al. (2022) - Earth-Science Reviews

Integrating Bayesian Belief Networks in a toolbox for decision support on plastic clean-up technologies in rivers and estuaries

Leone et al. (2022) - Environmental Pollution

Quantifying floating plastic debris at sea using vessel-based optical data and artificial intelligence

De Vries et al. (2021) - Remote Sensing

Research

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVES

From Insight to Direction

This section brings together Empaqtify’s perspectives on impact, sustainability, and value creation.

Grounded in research and practical experience, these pieces explore how insight can guide strategy, capital allocation, and performance.

From Charity to Capital

As philanthropy becomes increasingly outcomes-oriented, capital is beginning to shift from isolated grant-making toward structured and catalytic models designed to mobilize additional investment, align incentives, and sustain long-term impact. This perspective explores why the future of philanthropy may depend less on how much capital is deployed, and more on how effectively systems are designed around it.

27 May 2026 - Monty Simus

Reframing Offshore Solar

This guest perspective by Brigitte Vlaswinkel (Oceans of Energy) reflects on Net Impact work conducted with Empaqtify. It explores how a Net Impact approach changes the way offshore solar is understood, by examining ecological risks and benefits in context. The result is a more complete view of offshore solar as both energy infrastructure and a contributor to positive ocean outcomes.

08 April 2026 - Brigitte Vlaswinkel

Activating Impact Strategy

After redefining impact through a Net Impact lens, this Perspective focuses on execution. It presents five practical tools that help organizations activate their impact strategies by empowering teams, clarifying ownership, and linking initiatives directly to the Logical Impact Framework. By embedding impact into management routines and daily decision making, it turns strategic ambition into measurable results.

3 March 2026 - Stella van den Berg

They also examine how sustainability can move beyond reporting toward measurable environmental and social outcomes.

Explore our perspectives below.

Making Impact Explicit

This perspective explores why an impact strategy is not a parallel framework but the foundation of strategy itself. It shows how a Theory of Change makes the causal logic between activities, outcomes, and impact explicit, bridging business strategy and capital. The result is greater strategic clarity, stronger alignment with impact investors, and a more investable and scalable approach to growth.

28 April 2026 - Stella van den Berg

This perspective revisits People, Planet and Profit and explores how, in practice, one of the three Ps often has no real voice in decision making. It focuses on Planet and shows how frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can help translate environmental impact into decision relevant signals that inform strategy, innovation, and capital allocation.

24 March 2026 - Stella van den Berg

From ESG to Net Impact

The Net Impact approach reframes sustainability from disclosure into direction. It focuses on translating sustainability ambition into measurable, attributable, and decision relevant outcomes that clarify how organizations contribute to environmental and social change. By connecting impact with strategy, impact measurement, and capital allocation, it enables sustainability to inform real decisions and long term value creation rather than remain a reporting exercise.

13 January 2026 - Matthias Egger

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