Impact Lab
Solving the biggest challenges
With a focus on Environmental, Social and Governance, Impact Lab not only aims to solve some of the biggest issues faced by the world today, but challenges set by BAT to support its sustainability agenda and tap into its network of global experts. It’s something we’ve been doing since 2020 and will continue to expand on and refine.
We find solutions to scale
We identify entrepreneurs who have the skillset and ambition to create solutions with power to make a change at scale.
We create a match
We collaborate with changemakers at BAT, harnessing its expertise, scale and global presence to create impactful strategic partnerships.
We invest to scale
We invest in the strongest graduates of the programme to strengthen the strategic ties and support growth plans.
Active & Upcoming Labs
Previous Labs
AgTech
Working in collaboration with BAT’s innovation centre in Brazil, the seventh Impact Lab aimed to identify new technologies that enhance remote sensing capabilities and biotechnologies.
Sustainable Packaging
Identifying novel sustainable alternatives to petro-chemical plastics to support the long-term innovation strategies, our sixth Impact Lab spanned a wide range of technological segments and packaging applications.
Investor Sustainability
Our fifth Impact Lab focused on enhancing BAT’s investor engagement through innovative ESG reporting and feedback tools, including AI-driven data analysis and natural language processing.
Responsible Marketing
Our fourth Impact Lab identified solutions that supported youth access prevention initiatives by focusing on online verification, physical verification and track and trace technologies.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Addressing important human rights and community challenges for BAT’s farming communities, our third Impact Lab featured three pilot projects in Africa.
Child Labour & Education
Our second Impact Lab addressed child labour challenges across the global value chain and identified solutions in childcare, education, root-cause analysis and identification.
End-of-life & Social Impact
With five pilot projects across Africa, South America and Asia, BTV’s first Impact Lab focused on solving industry-wide circularity and climate challenges. Check out some of the participants in the cohort.
Inspired to make change?
Register your interest in Impact Lab.
Learn more about BTV Impact
To help build A Better Tomorrow ™, we actively seek to make a positive impact in everything we do as a business.
