ING was again named to CDP’s Climate A-list of 117 companies leading on climate change action. ING is among 5% of companies participating in CDP’s climate change programme to be featured on the 2017 Climate A-List. This recognises our actions […]
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René van de Kieft was keynote speaker at the United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is a partnership between United Nations Environment Programme and the global financial sector created in the context of the 1992 […]
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De finalisten van de Nederlandse MoMo Challenge 2017 zijn bekend geworden. De finale zal op het 17de Nationaal Sustainability Congres plaatsvinden (9 november a.s.) waarbij de finalisten voor een panel en andere belangstellenden gaan pitchen. MoMo is een initiatief van IUCN NL, […]
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More entities are looking to green bonds to fund sustainable projects, and demand from investors is keeping pace. The upshot: Returns keep pace as well. Companies, municipalities and countries are getting serious about building a low-carbon future, and they’re increasingly […]
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Bedrijven zijn non-stop op zoek naar manieren om een duurzame bedrijfsvoering te kunnen doen. Dat is goed ook. Duurzaamheid is nog nooit zo belangrijk geweest als vandaag de dag, vooral omdat er steeds meer controle op is en bedrijven er […]
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GRESB, the global ESG benchmark for real assets, today launched the GRESB Real Estate Pre-Assessment: A standalone ESG evaluation for companies and funds that are capital raising, undergoing due-diligence, have a short hold strategy and those that have recently begun […]
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During UNGA week Convergence and the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution launched the report Impact Bonds in Developing Countries: Early learnings from the field. As of August 1, 2017, there were nearly 90 impact bonds contracted in […]
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Nearly three-quarters of investment professionals worldwide (73 percent) take environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors into consideration in the investment process, according to a CFA Institute ESG Survey, Global Perceptions of Environmental, Social and Governance Investing, conducted in May 2017. […]
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De vergroening van de transportsector krijgt een extra steun in de rug. Het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu maakt 30 miljoen euro vrij voor bedrijven die innovaties ontwikkelen, zoals een vuilniswagen op waterstof, het opzetten van pakjesbezorging met elektrische busjes […]
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In its new Impact Study 2017, an extended new edition of an earlier study from 2013 on the influence of the responsible capital markets, oekom research sees a clearly positive development. The impact that responsible investors, banks and rating agencies […]
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Hoewel momenteel ‘impact beleggen’ veel wordt besproken onder pensioenbeleggers laten Nederlandse pensioenfondsen impactfonds FMO links liggen, zo vertelt directeur vermogensbeheer van ontwikkelingsbank FMO Yvonne Bakkum vandaag in het FD. Dit komt, zo denkt zij, waarschijnlijk door de strikte mandaten die […]
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The UK National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (UK NAB) has highlighted the opportunity to unlock an additional £300 billion in investments that directly address social and environmental challenges, and establish the UK as a global hub for impact investing. […]
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