Manuel Alonso es cofundador de Maat Impact.
Inclusion

Manuel Alonso

Co-founderMaat Impact

Why Corporate Volunteering Needs to Stop Being Managed in Excel?

10:47·4 June 2026

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Manuel Alonso is the co-founder of Maat Impact, a startup that helps companies find, manage, measure, and report their corporate volunteering actions in collaboration with NGOs through a digital platform.

At just 23 years old, Manuel Alonso leads a tool that aims to transform how companies understand their social responsibility. "Many companies propose volunteering initiatives for employees to sign up… and that's about it," he explains in Impact Info.

For Alonso, that's not enough. The real challenge is to ensure that volunteers return, that they see the concrete impact of their hours, and that their commitment doesn't just remain a note in the sustainability memory.

Today, Maat Impact works with companies taking their first steps in volunteering as well as large corporations that still manage their actions with spreadsheets. The platform centralizes all management and allows for the generation of precise reports, with the goal of enabling more companies and more employees to contribute in a real and measurable way.

María Díaz Valderrama
impact.info journalist
Published on 4 June 2026
Photo credit — Manuel Alonso es cofundador de Maat Impact.