Impact WISEs

Since 2015, ENSIE with its members has launched the ‘Impact-WISEs’ study in order to measure but also demonstrate the social and economic impact produced by WISEs to integrate disadvantaged people into the labour market. You’ll find here our last results and events related to their presentation.

Measuring the socio-economic impact of WISEs is important for several reasons such as, and first of all, to support the integration of disadvantaged people and local development, to fight still persisting bad stereotypes and empower WISEs, to use data for advocacy purposes and awareness raising and finally, to promote a sustainable production and consumption behaviour in society.

The ENSIE “Impact-WISEs” tool is made by quantitative indicators related to WISEs identification, economic data, human resources, integration pathway, analysis of customers, sectors of activity and their contributions to the United Nations 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.

2022 - Impact WISEs Study results

In 2022, 12 national and regional WISEs networks from 10 European Union’s countries plus Serbia and Moldova took part in the study providing data for the year 2021. In total, the study represents 2 164 WISEs, 118,132 workers (92,364 disadvantaged workers and 25,768 non-disadvantaged workers).

WISEs main sectors of activity: the sectors in which WISEs were the most active in 2022 are transport, followed by waste collection and treatment, temporary staff, agriculture and environment and finally the building, public works and textile sectors. 

Contribution to SDGs: Through the evaluation of WISEs contribution to the United Nations Agenda 2030 for sustainable development goals (SDGs), ENSIE confirms that WISEs do contribute, through their daily activities, to all the SDGs. Most importantly to Goals number 8, 1, 10, 12, 5, 11, 4, 2 and 17.

WISEs economic efficiency: This year, 2,125 WISEs provided their financial data for the study. The total turnover of the study is 1,898,750,448.70 €. Consequently, the average turnover is at 893,529.62€. This shows the economic efficiency of this enterprise model.

WISEs social impact: In 2022, the results for the 80,113 disadvantaged workers, who have followed an integration pathway in 2, 072 work integration social enterprises from 10 countries that provided data on the social impact, are the following ones:

  • 40% - Found a job on the labour market
  • 21% - Became self-employed or started an education program
  • 39% - Other (unemployment, sickness, retirement etc)

Around 61% of disadvantaged people have a positive outcome after following an integration path through a WISE. 

  • WISEs clients: ENSIE study shows that the category which buys the most products and services from WISEs are private customers. However, public procurement is also quite frequent in some countries as Spain, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia and Serbia.

Documents

Impact-WISEs booklet in French Download
Impact-WISEs booklet in English Download
Impact-WISEs leaflet in English Download
Impact-WISEs leaflet in French Download

2021 - Impact WISEs Study results

In 2021, ENSIE only did a short study of Impact-WISEs, that shows, as every year the huge positive impact of WISEs on workers in integration ! This year study is combined with the study of WISEs one year after COVID-19! 

Documents

Impact-WISEs 2021 Leaflet_EN Download
Impact-WISEs 2021 Leaflet_FR Download
Impact-WISEs study 2021_EN Download
Etude Impact-WISEs 2021_FR Download

2020 - Impact WISEs Study results

You can find here the results of the 2020 Impact-WISEs study, based on the 2019 data. This year, 11 national and regional WISEs networks from 10 European countries took part in the study.

In total, the study covers 10 136 disadvantaged workers and shows that, after going through the integration pathway, 79% of the disadvantaged workers found a job in the same WISE, in another one or on the traditional labour market.

Documents

Impact WISEs study 2020 Download
Etude Impact WISEs 2020 Download

2019 - Impact WISEs Study results

You can find here the results of the 2018 Impact WISEs Study, this year, the data is covering 8 EU Member States, Moldova and Serbia, overall 712 WISEs, 50 730 workers and 38 022 disadvantaged workers. 

It showed that 47,19% of disadvantaged workers successfully found a job in the same WISE, another WISE or on the classic labour market, after going through the WISEs integration process whereas, 17,38% became self-employed or found a professional training. 

Documents

Etude Impact WISEs 2019 Download
2019 Impact WISEs study Download

Impact-WISEs 2018

Since 2015, ENSIE with its members has launched the ‘Impact-WISEs’ study in order to measure but also demonstrate the social and economic impact WISEs produce to integrate disadvantaged people into the labour market. Read ENSIE’s recommendation for 2018.

Documents

2018 Policy Recommendation Download
2018 Recommandation politique Download
2018 Impact WISEs Study Download
Etude Impact WISEs 2018 Download

Impact-WISEs 2017

ENSIE has published the new leaflet and booklet containing updates about the impact of WISEs in Europe.

Documents

2017 Impact WISEs Study Download
Etude Impact WISEs 2017 Download
Leaflet Impact WISEs 2017 Download
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