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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
