Count what counts, and save what matters: Action for an ambitious ESRS

Last week marked the deadline for the regulation feedback period of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) – First set of Draft, the backbone of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The industry lobby has pressured the European Commission to make changes in the proposed set of drafts that were put together with [...]

By |2023-08-22T14:10:25+02:00July 13th, 2023|News, Events, Articles|Comments Off on Count what counts, and save what matters: Action for an ambitious ESRS

Jellie Banga to join the Executive Board of Invest-NL; Adrian de Groot Ruiz to succeed her as CEO of Impact Institute

Jellie Banga will leave Impact Institute on September 1st, 2023 to join the Executive Board of Invest-NL, with Adrian de Groot Ruiz succeeding her as CEO on July 1st. Additionally, Impact Institute will start the search for a non-executive Chair to succeed Jellie in that capacity on September 1st. In her new role [...]

By |2023-09-07T14:38:20+02:00May 22nd, 2023|News, Events, Articles|Comments Off on Jellie Banga to join the Executive Board of Invest-NL; Adrian de Groot Ruiz to succeed her as CEO of Impact Institute

Chief Value Officer of the year Award

The Impact Economy Foundation created the CVO of the year award with the aim of celebrating those who care as much about social and environmental value as financial value. We believe that it is possible to combine sustainability and profitability in business. The Impact Institute is proud to work with the IEF on this [...]

By |2023-08-22T14:06:20+02:00April 19th, 2023|News, Events, Articles|Comments Off on Chief Value Officer of the year Award

How the integrated value model enriches corporate decision-making and promotes sustainable business

We recently published a whitepaper in close collaboration with the Erasmus Platform for Sustainable Value Creation: a platform with leading sustainable finance players in the industry and academia, including ABN AMRO, PGGM, DNB, Triodos, NWB, Robeco, Deloitte, the Rotterdam School of Management, and the Impact Economy Foundation. The whitepaper discusses the risks of [...]

By |2023-08-11T15:01:44+02:00March 24th, 2023|News, Events, Articles|Comments Off on How the integrated value model enriches corporate decision-making and promotes sustainable business

The Global Impact Database by Impact Institute wins Environmental Finance Impact Awards 2022

Impact Institute’s Global Impact Database (GID) has won Environmental Finance Impact Awards 2022 in the category Award for impact measurement and metrics! Environmental Finance's Impact Awards seek to recognise and reward the work within the impact investing market and highlight emerging pockets of best practice, across all asset classes and geographies. An [...]

By |2023-02-16T15:23:01+02:00December 12th, 2022|Biodiverstity blog, Articles|Comments Off on The Global Impact Database by Impact Institute wins Environmental Finance Impact Awards 2022

Research of ABN Amro and Impact Institute show that the Dutch society causes nearly 40 billion euros in damage to biodiversity

According to the recent report published by ABN AMRO, based on a cross-sector research by the Bank and Impact Institute, the Dutch economy is responsible for about 40 billion euros worth of damage to ecosystem services. The calculated damage corresponds to approximately 5 percent of the Dutch GDP in the year 2020, [...]

By |2022-12-14T15:51:30+02:00December 12th, 2022|Articles, Biodiverstity blog|Comments Off on Research of ABN Amro and Impact Institute show that the Dutch society causes nearly 40 billion euros in damage to biodiversity

Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) in SFDR regulation explained

What are PAIs? Since Q2 2021, in an effort towards increasing transparency and integrating sustainability risks, the  Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) imposes mandatory ESG disclosure: investors must report on Principal Adverse Impacts (PAIs) of their portfolios. PAI consist of a list of sustainability factors that firms need to take into account [...]

By |2022-12-07T16:13:19+02:00October 12th, 2022|Articles|Comments Off on Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) in SFDR regulation explained

Importance of biodiversity for financial institutions

Why is biodiversity relevant to the financial sector? “Financial institutions have a crucial role to play in preventing further biodiversity loss and restoring nature. The role of banks, insurers, asset managers and investors is becoming increasingly relevant due to pressures such as strengthening liability regimes, intensifying scrutiny of supply chain practices and shifting consumer [...]

By |2022-12-13T13:54:37+02:00October 1st, 2022|Articles, Biodiverstity blog|Comments Off on Importance of biodiversity for financial institutions

True Value of Food: An inspiring dinner at World Economic Forum

By Max Christern What is the true value of our food? And do we pay that same price for it? Due to the rapidly growing global food crisis, food features are at the top of international agendas including the World Economic Forum in Davos. At the forum, Impact Institute, Rabobank, and [...]

By |2022-06-14T15:40:28+02:00June 8th, 2022|Articles|Comments Off on True Value of Food: An inspiring dinner at World Economic Forum

The CFO’s impact reporting – Climate change

The third article of the series De maatschappelijke jaarrekening van de CFO - The CFO's impact reporting is out now. Michel Scholte talks about climate change, CO2 prices and the real price for pollution. For the original article (in Dutch) click on the link. READ ON CFO MAGAZINE Keep reading [...]

By |2022-06-23T17:29:10+02:00March 2nd, 2022|Articles|Comments Off on The CFO’s impact reporting – Climate change
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