The Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate Foundation and im-perfect®: an alliance committed to a model that transforms surpluses into opportunities

The collaboration between the Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate Foundation and es im-perfect®, launched in 2025 and initially planned to last three years, reflects a shared commitment to social inclusion, sustainability, and creating positive impact. This alliance strengthens an innovative model that demonstrates how environmental and social challenges can be transformed into real opportunities for people and the region.

Transforming surpluses into opportunities

im-perfect® is a social enterprise that transforms agricultural surplus into high-quality preserved vegetables, preventing food waste and creating inclusive employment for people in vulnerable situations. Its approach combines a circular economy, social and professional integration, and civic awareness, demonstrating that economic activity can be a tool for social transformation.

For its part, the Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate Foundation, committed to high-impact social transformative and sustainable initiatives, has found in es im-perfect® a project aligned with its mission to support innovative proposals with growth potential that generate value in a comprehensive way.

Promoting a sustainable and replicable model

The support of the Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate Foundation allows es im-perfect® to consolidate its productive and social activity over the next three years, improve processes, strengthen support for employees, and lay the foundations for its growth. This collaboration helps create a more solid and efficient model, with the potential to be replicated in other regions.

In addition to financial support, the Foundation provides high-value technical assistance in areas such as strategy, impact, business, finance, leadership, etc.

An alliance that generates change

The collaboration between the Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate Foundation and es im-perfect® is an example of how cooperation between foundations and social economy projects can generate a real impact. Together, they are moving towards a fairer and more sustainable model, where food surpluses are transformed into opportunities and the economy serves both people and the planet.

This alliance demonstrates that scaling up impact models is possible when efforts are combined, values are shared, and projects that combine innovation, social commitment, and a vision for the future are supported.