Blogs
23 November 2021
From climate commitment to climate action: how a top-down approach to GHG footprinting can help FIs overcome data hurdles
The COP26 has been a time to reaffirm commitments, but the focus now needs to…
12 November 2021
A feminist approach to climate action: Why should investors embed gender in their climate strategy?
By Morgane Fleury What if achieving gender equality is a key success factor for effective…
14 June 2021
Is your board colluding with E(rratic) S(uperficial) G(reenwash)?
ESG is booming but the industry risks becoming complacent. Fund managers are creating new products…
08 October 2020
Sustainability in the Boardroom
Board members should adopt sustainability as a key part of their corporate strategies. Just to…
09 June 2020
Four Sustainability Consultants on Climate and Covid-19
Four Sustainability Consultants on Climate and Covid-19 By: Beatriz Ramos, Max Markrich, Silvia Binet, Sybren…
17 March 2020
Consequences of corona: a change of landscape?
Right now, communities, societies and economies worldwide are being tested by the impact of the…
23 April 2019
Using IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management to your advantage
BY WILLEM VOSMER Forget the rubber stamp and turn it into a meaningful tool for…
18 June 2018
Partnerships for sustainability: let’s learn from the plover bird and the crocodile
BY WOUTER SCHEEPENS How large corporations and small businesses work together for more sustainability…
06 December 2017
What is the link between power and economic development?
BY TEODORA NENOVA Senegal generated about 3,600 GWh of electricity in 2016. This is…
02 November 2017
Impact investors: want to improve data quality? Stop asking random questions!
BY WILLEM VOSMER How investors should first look in the mirror if they want…
17 October 2017
The fundamental but avoided question of attribution in impact investing
BY MATTHIJS DE BRUIJN In the rapidly evolving impact investment field there is an…
26 September 2017
A mingling of tribes that reflects a happy collision of interest
BY WOUTER SCHEEPENS Recently Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times, seemed…
06 April 2015
Why private equity boosts developing economies
BY MATTHIJS DE BRUIJN The private equity (PE) model is increasingly being used as…