February 2012

• Pension funds and responsible investing; not a coherent picture

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January 2012

• No sustainable economy without getting out of your comfort zone

  January 31, 2012 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability and the uncertain economic climate

  January 20, 2012 | Comments (0)

• A call for action

  January 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

December 2011

• Tragedy of the committees

  December 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Supply chains, Porter and business opportunities

  December 19, 2011 | Comments (0)

November 2011

• The case for business in developing economies

  November 28, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Greening business is more like a triathlon than a marathon

  November 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Kan waterintensieve productie duurzaam zijn? Een aantal dilemma’s

  November 10, 2011 | Comments (0)

October 2011

• Declining faith in capitalism is bad for sustainability

  October 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

• From business as usual to business as useful

  October 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Egoïsteneconomie; een boek dat je niet voor jezelf moet houden

  October 3, 2011 | Comments (1)

September 2011

• Don’t make camel nor accountant emission count in greening supply chain

  September 26, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Dialogue on engaged share-ownership and ESG; Request for input

  September 14, 2011 | Comments (1)

• Pensions, private equity and public interest; ESG in any case

  September 6, 2011 | Comments (1)

August 2011

• Don’t forget about implementation

  August 4, 2011 | Comments (0)

July 2011

• Sustainability of pensions while generations clash

  July 18, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Google Ideas more than The Economist’s coffee house

  July 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Sustainable investing: glass half full

  July 4, 2011 | Comments (1)

June 2011

• Nudge: new combinations that generate great ideas

  June 24, 2011 | Comments (0)

• The ‘power of three’ instead of sustainability indices

  June 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability in real estate: the new reality

  June 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

May 2011

• Gaga, Steward and the Red Queen Principle

  May 28, 2011 | Comments (0)

• The next hundred years?

  May 24, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Global brands and the impact of green issues

  May 19, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Sustainable growth recognized as the new challenge

  May 18, 2011 | Comments (0)

• As long as the markets want green, transition continues

  May 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

April 2011

• The State of the Climate – a must read!

  April 28, 2011 | Comments (1)

• Strong financial sector is condition for sustainability agenda

  April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Eumedion consistent on ESG: high hopes for impact

  April 6, 2011 | Comments (2)

March 2011

• A line in the sand

  March 9, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Blue print for renewable energy lacks green

  March 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Reduce, recycle or just nuke the place?

  March 1, 2011 | Comments (1)

February 2011

• International trade and diplomacy: complexities of doing business

  February 27, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Stock exchanges and sustainability

  February 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Are The Fair Bank Guide and the Dutch banks heading for a frontal collision?

  February 9, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Softness isn’t the road to a sustainable economy

  February 7, 2011 | Comments (0)

January 2011

• Green companies tend to crack efficiency first

  January 26, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Let’s achieve a real breakthrough with sustainability

  January 22, 2011 | Comments (0)

• Will ESG investing become mainstream in private equity – at last?

  January 14, 2011 | Comments (1)

• Sustainable purchasing is too costly and doesn’t really help

  January 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

November 2010

• Growth, Ferraris Ode and Economist

  November 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Private sector succeeds where aid organisations fail

  November 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability and the pension problem

  November 8, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices meet Brent Spar

  November 4, 2010 | Comments (1)

October 2010

• Companies aren’t charities

  October 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Consuming more is needed for transition towards sustainable economy

  October 20, 2010 | Comments (1)

• Dutch government changes policy: enabling instead of helping developing countries

  October 10, 2010 | Comments (0)

• "Winners Make It Happen; Losers Let It Happen"

  October 3, 2010 | Comments (1)

September 2010

• All Europeans in a Boeing to increase sustainability

  September 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Development Impact and Brand Respect

  September 22, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Not just Shell has a problem now

  September 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Funding students through micro finance

  September 12, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Less sustainabull

  September 5, 2010 | Comments (1)

August 2010

• Supervisory boards should beef up their engagement capabilities

  August 29, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Asia’s middle class growth not only a marketeer’s dream

  August 22, 2010 | Comments (0)

• HollandBelgium bid for 2018 World Championship suffers sustainability schizophrenia

  August 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

July 2010

• Dare to be an optimist. That’s the spirit!

  July 26, 2010 | Comments (2)

May 2010

• Companies can become stronger by showing their weaknesses

  May 28, 2010 | Comments (1)

April 2010

• Social Economic Council and social economic action

  April 23, 2010 | Comments (1)

• GRI should reshape its thinking to anticipate integrated reporting

  April 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Dutch Ministry of Defence provides relevant insights and scenario’s for the next two decades

  April 11, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability doesn’t come naturally in business schools

  April 7, 2010 | Comments (0)

March 2010

• ING Equity markets sees third industrial revolution: responsible & sustainable growth

  March 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Marketing; don’t brand your fund green, but leverage independency

  March 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Shipping industry gradually towards sustainability reporting

  March 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

• About climate change, the young and Sarah Palin

  March 11, 2010 | Comments (0)

• ‘Green mafia’ backlash strengthens sustainability business

  March 5, 2010 | Comments (0)

February 2010

• Ethics in business; values for value?

  February 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Linking executive bonuses to sustainability; the logical next step

  February 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Sustainable fashion and the fashion of sustainability

  February 9, 2010 | Comments (2)

January 2010

• Bonus for bankers can become a malus for their business

  January 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

• “Less aid, more investment”

  January 22, 2010 | Comments (1)

• SRI an animal that.....: FT article

  January 18, 2010 | Comments (0)

• Mind over matter

  January 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

December 2009

• CEO FT’s most Sustainable Bank shares his views on 'new banking'

  December 15, 2009 | Comments (0)

• List of most influential people in The Netherlands shows few sustainability leaders

  December 8, 2009 | Comments (1)

• ISO 26000: not the holy grail for sustainability

  December 4, 2009 | Comments (1)

November 2009

• Why would I want to be the best in sustainability?

  November 30, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Is $10 billion a bargain for Africa?

  November 13, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Goldman Sachs CEO is doing God’s work

  November 9, 2009 | Comments (0)

October 2009

• Change attitude by focussing on energy independency not climate

  October 31, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Supercorp and Zeitgeist

  October 21, 2009 | Comments (1)

• Illusion of success?

  October 4, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Advertisement Trafigura stinks

  October 1, 2009 | Comments (0)

September 2009

• Forget business as usual! Think context as unusual

  September 28, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Innovation of human resources; embrace sustainability

  September 23, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Measure jobs!

  September 18, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Creating versus problem solving

  September 6, 2009 | Comments (0)

August 2009

• Investment banks just don’t get it

  August 28, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Pains and gains of sustainable entrepreneurship

  August 24, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Ecological Intelligence is not an essential handbook

  August 14, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Monitoring people performance is not sufficient

  August 12, 2009 | Comments (0)

July 2009

• The geopolitics of emotions

  July 15, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability key for future leaders

  July 6, 2009 | Comments (0)

June 2009

• How the mighty fall

  June 30, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Not quite right about Econcern

  June 27, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Sustainable people management, also in tough times

  June 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Stakeholder accountability and electrical circuits

  June 15, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Audi, vide, tace, si tu vis vivere (in pace)

  June 8, 2009 | Comments (1)

May 2009

• Young bankers propose ideas for viable banking sector

  May 29, 2009 | Comments (0)

• From advertising to sustainability advice; lack of credibility

  May 26, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Not so Barbarian anymore?

  May 24, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Trade barriers after Copenhagen?

  May 18, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Towards a sustainable economy: do instead of doom

  May 13, 2009 | Comments (0)

• - ego + eco

  May 5, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Banking, Starbucks and birds

  May 4, 2009 | Comments (0)

April 2009

• Thought for food

  April 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Better sustainability reporting at lower costs

  April 6, 2009 | Comments (0)

March 2009

• Don’t exaggerate the benefits of transparency

  March 27, 2009 | Comments (1)

• Wise old men: or old men wise too late?

  March 16, 2009 | Comments (0)

• The “Sustainable 100”: a good initiative

  March 9, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Electric cars: for the near future?

  March 6, 2009 | Comments (1)

• Skip the FT sustainable banking awards this year

  March 2, 2009 | Comments (4)

February 2009

• The value and values of corporations

  February 23, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Reckless conservatism

  February 16, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Private equity companies sign up to UN principles

  February 12, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Banks and coffeeshops: obligatory "joint ventures"

  February 9, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Profit to be proud of

  February 2, 2009 | Comments (1)

January 2009

• Sustainability separate agenda item of shareholders’ meeting

  January 26, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Dirk Scheringa is an example for Gerrit Zalm

  January 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

• Shell soon to follow Philips in sustainability equity-investments

  January 15, 2009 | Comments (0)

• “Everything has its price”

  January 12, 2009 | Comments (0)

• An interesting 2009

  January 5, 2009 | Comments (0)

December 2008

• No annus horribilis, but the year of the paradigm shift

  December 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The future of finance; not very inspiring

  December 17, 2008 | Comments (2)

• Hostages of sustainability: or lack of business focus?

  December 14, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Milestone confirmed! Sustainability in the Dutch corporate governance code

  December 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

• CSR in EU competitiveness report will not inspire anyone

  December 8, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Also for a sustainability dialogue it takes two to tango

  December 1, 2008 | Comments (0)

November 2008

• Sinterklaas shares some of his sustainability dilemma’s

  November 27, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Solarworld or Solardream: taking over Opel?

  November 20, 2008 | Comments (0)

• “Hot, flat and crowded”: the messenger even more important than the message?

  November 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Advice: Sustainability to be included in Corporate Governance Code

  November 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Agilty never more important

  November 3, 2008 | Comments (1)

October 2008

• Crisis? What crisis?

  October 29, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability and governance

  October 27, 2008 | Comments (2)

• What every CEO’s priority should be now

  October 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

• One-armed bankers?

  October 13, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Privileges and principles

  October 6, 2008 | Comments (1)

September 2008

• Especially now: accelerate, don’t downsize your sustainability efforts

  September 29, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The value of aid instead of the cost of aid

  September 24, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Chain reactions on financial markets: example of private equity investment

  September 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Lessons from financial sector disaster?

  September 18, 2008 | Comments (2)

• Triple Value’s happy birthday

  September 15, 2008 | Comments (1)

• Is nuclear energy posing new dilemmas?

  September 8, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Business should reach out to NGO’s in The Netherlands

  September 1, 2008 | Comments (0)

August 2008

• Making sustainability work for developing and emerging markets’ financial institutions

  August 25, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Anti oil rhetoric: empty words add CO2

  August 18, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Segway’s green image at risk?

  August 4, 2008 | Comments (0)

• To BP or not to BP

  August 1, 2008 | Comments (0)

July 2008

• “The US is the Saudi Arabia of wind power”

  July 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Facts and fiction on climate change: ‘how to make up my mind as a consumer?’

  July 7, 2008 | Comments (2)

June 2008

• How to make sustainability reports more exiting?

  June 30, 2008 | Comments (0)

• “Co2 offsetts and knifing someone to death”

  June 25, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Private equity companies blind for sustainability premium?

  June 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Bio-energy debate too complex for quick fix politics

  June 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

• YouTubing towards sustainability: StakeholderTube

  June 9, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Municipality of The Hague’s unsustainable investments

  June 3, 2008 | Comments (1)

• An inconvenient truth – the opera

  June 2, 2008 | Comments (0)

May 2008

• Less appetite for green initiatives?

  May 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

• EU protectionism keeps cows out of the business class

  May 26, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Lessons from tourism for any industry

  May 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The new Asian hemisphere

  May 19, 2008 | Comments (2)

• Oil consumption, braveness and ambition

  May 13, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Here they come: emerging markets' companies win reporting awards

  May 9, 2008 | Comments (0)

April 2008

• Corporate life is no pacman game

  April 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Greener cars from China will find their way to Western markets

  April 24, 2008 | Comments (2)

• Straightforward self-interest serves ‘survival of the best fitting’

  April 21, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Big companies lift millions out of poverty through jobs

  April 18, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Optimists always have the last laugh

  April 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Boxers, referees and stakeholders

  April 7, 2008 | Comments (0)

March 2008

• Humour and sustainability

  March 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

• BOP success through deep pockets not deep listening

  March 24, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Why is the EU looking for even bigger climate change challenges?

  March 17, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Moral considerations can hamper scaling up of Microfinance

  March 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands provides lessons for business

  March 11, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Sustainability and main stream banks: an expectation paradox?

  March 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The multinational’s tax bill and transparency

  March 3, 2008 | Comments (0)

February 2008

• Important statement from Children’s children; “stop worrying about us”

  February 26, 2008 | Comments (0)

• "It is the elites who are threatening to cause the system to collapse."

  February 18, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Sustainable purchasing: what becomes of the broken-hearted?

  February 15, 2008 | Comments (1)

• Economic turmoil a blessing in disguise for sustainability?

  February 11, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Global warming leaves the poor out in the cold

  February 6, 2008 | Comments (1)

• Compensate CO2 in education not in trees

  February 4, 2008 | Comments (1)

January 2008

• Defeating the two-headed monster: a plea for an integrated approach to CSR and Compliance

  January 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

• The Economist on CSR: “real good, or feel good”?

  January 22, 2008 | Comments (1)

• Sustainability information needs sharper focus

  January 21, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Mighty trees, poorly rooted

  January 18, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Fear paralyses and hope inspires

  January 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Globalisation makes Dutch success Sustainability Indices an increasingly tough challenge

  January 14, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Increase of shareholder activism in 2008: it’s ESG stupid!

  January 9, 2008 | Comments (0)

• Supercapitalism: a splendid book which I advise you to read

  January 7, 2008 | Comments (0)

• A last salute to ABN AMRO Bank; unfortunate contributor to sustainability

  January 3, 2008 | Comments (0)

• As from now we will be blogging in English

  January 1, 2008 | Comments (1)

December 2007

• Wij wensen u een gelukkig kerstfeest en een duurzaam 2008

  December 21, 2007 | Comments (3)

• ABN AMRO India publiceert eerste duurzaamheidsverslag Indiase financiële sector mbv Triple Value

  December 9, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Golfballetjes en bier

  December 4, 2007 | Comments (0)

November 2007

• Slapen als een baby; goede nachtrust?

  November 27, 2007 | Comments (0)

• BOP concept inspireert bewindslieden bij arbeidsparticipatie en diversiteit

  November 20, 2007 | Comments (0)

• “Bedrijfsleven; vertel ook wat je niet kunt waarmaken.”

  November 9, 2007 | Comments (0)

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development rapport verdient aandacht

  November 5, 2007 | Comments (0)

October 2007

• Emerging giant India laag op ranglijst globalisering; maar let op!

  October 29, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Ontwikkelingsbanken zetten in op governance

  October 22, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Gore for President en Nobelprijs economie voor Lomborg

  October 17, 2007 | Comments (0)

• AVA als platform voor alle stakeholders?

  October 8, 2007 | Comments (0)

September 2007

• “Tanken bij Tango en plassen bij Shell”

  September 30, 2007 | Comments (0)

• MVO-onderzoeken van banken nuttig voor bewustwording kansen en noodzaak

  September 25, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Blessed unrest voorbij richting co-creation

  September 17, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Nederlands succes in Dow Jones Duurzaamheidsindex door globalisering minder vanzelfsprekend

  September 11, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Uitzien naar SER advies over globalisering

  September 4, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Goliath en Leviathan op zoek naar het belastingparadijs

  September 3, 2007 | Comments (0)

August 2007

• Gastblog van Olivier Vanden Eynde Close the Gap – bridging the digital divide

  August 29, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Quo Vadis, India?

  August 27, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Een tijd van komen…

  August 20, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Kinderarbeid ook dicht bij huis

  August 15, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Rode Kruis onder vuur genomen door “Johnson & Johnson”

  August 13, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Klamer en kwel?

  August 10, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Wat is de Wat

  August 7, 2007 | Comments (0)

July 2007

• Luchtbel dreigt voor duurzaamheid

  July 30, 2007 | Comments (2)

• ASN kan uitsluiten dankzij mainstream banken

  July 23, 2007 | Comments (3)

• Reorganisatie Fair Trade Original

  July 19, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Hebben corporate governance, duurzaamheid en Kennedy iets met elkaar te maken?

  July 16, 2007 | Comments (0)

• De Tour de France en niet zo biologische champignons

  July 11, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Is duurzaamheid nu vooral elitair?

  July 5, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Akkoord van Schokland: schot in de roos?

  July 2, 2007 | Comments (1)

June 2007

• Nieuwe directeur VEB moet met duurzaamheid aan de slag

  June 28, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Pensioenfondsen moeten oppassen voor schijnoplossing

  June 25, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Brundtland, dankjewel. Nu verder.

  June 20, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Kaas-metafoor belangrijk voor duurzaamheid

  June 19, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Kamer van Koophandel: hét ondernemersloket voor duurzaamheid

  June 14, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Gastblog Herman Mulder, sr adviseur UN Global Compact en WBCSD; India moet af van koudwatervrees

  June 12, 2007 | Comments (0)

• FT Sustainable Banking Awards: duurzaam bankieren groeit

  June 7, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Prahalad bij Tegenlicht over BoP

  June 5, 2007 | Comments (2)

• MVO verstopt in advies Monitoring Commissie Frijns

  June 3, 2007 | Comments (0)

May 2007

• Gastblogs dragen bij aan platform voor discussie en opinie

  May 28, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Aandeelhouders manen ExxonMobil over klimaatverandering

  May 24, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Coöperaties: “aandeelhouders” lachen als een boer met kiespijn

  May 22, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Gastblog Willem Lageweg, directeur MVO Nederland: MVO hoort, moet en loont

  May 20, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Jonge bankiers gaan hun sector verder verduurzamen

  May 16, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Geen vis, geen hengel, maar mobieltje

  May 14, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Tweekoppig monster vergt geïntegreerde aanpak van duurzaam ondernemen en compliance

  May 10, 2007 | Comments (0)

• MVO geen paard van Troje

  May 7, 2007 | Comments (0)

• VNO/NCW lijkt de Tegenpartij van deze tijd te zijn

  May 4, 2007 | Comments (0)

• CO2 compenseren in onderwijs niet in bomen

  May 1, 2007 | Comments (0)

April 2007

• Barclays Children’s Investment Fund

  April 27, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Borstklopperij of inspirerende advertenties?

  April 23, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Verdwijnen ABN AMRO zou klap zijn voor duurzaamheid

  April 19, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Waarom een weblog?

  April 18, 2007 | Comments (1)

• Vragers van duurzaamheidsinformatie slaan plank nog vaak mis

  April 11, 2007 | Comments (2)

• Klimaatverandering zet armen in de kou

  April 11, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Angst is verlammend en hoop doet leven

  April 11, 2007 | Comments (0)

• Machtige bomen, slecht geworteld

  April 11, 2007 | Comments (0)

March 2007

• Duurzame Auto Rai; onduurzame leaseconstructies

  March 30, 2007 | Comments (10)

• De blinde MVO-ambitie van het Europees Parlement

  March 21, 2007 | Comments (0)