Blogs

Our consultants share fresh perspectives on impact, finance, sustainability and regulation. Through blogs, we unpack trends, insights, and lessons learned from working at the intersection of business and society. Dive in to see how we think, challenge, and contribute to the global impact dialogue.

Blogs

15 December 2021

Hawaii should focus its climate agenda on prioritizing adaptation to the most serious climate risks

Date: November 30, 2020 This article was originally published in the Honululu Star-Advertiser on December 12th, 2021 Last month, delegates of Hawaii’s state government attended the 26th UN Conference of…
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15 December 2021

A five-step guide to reducing emissions in portfolio (and achieving net zero)

Since the Paris Agreement, governments, scientists and organisations have introduced an increasing number of measures to reduce emissions. The most common approach is defined in three words: “Net-zero by [2020-2050]”…
Pauline Brunner
Director Asia and Head of Singapore Office
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15 December 2021

Why climate risk management is much more than a hygiene factor

The climate crisis has significant implications for financial institutions (FIs). These days, portfolio managers are asking: How does my portfolio impact climate and how do I drive effective climate action…
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13 December 2021

Conversation series: The dilemmas in climate and development

Welcome to our Conversation Series, where we discuss topics relevant to our work around impact and sustainability. In this piece, our consultant Beatriz talks to our partner René about how climate…
René Kim
Partner
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23 November 2021

How a top-down approach to GHG footprinting can help financial institutions overcome data hurdles

The COP26 has been a time to reaffirm commitments, but the focus now needs to be on operationalizing these commitments and putting action behind words. Financial institutions (FIs) can play…
Pauline Brunner
Director Asia and Head of Singapore Office
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12 November 2021

A feminist approach to climate action: Why should investors embed gender in their climate strategy?

What if achieving gender equality is a key success factor for effective climate action? In a context where addressing the climate crisis is the priority, what if both concepts –…
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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 that meet markets’ needs more than those of society and the thin ‘layer’ of ESG…
Wouter Scheepens
Founding Partner and Senior Advisor to Team
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8 October 2020

Sustainability in the Boardroom

Members should adopt sustainability as a key part of their corporate strategies. Just to be clear: with that I don’t mean ‘nice to have’ charitable initiatives, but sound business models…
Wouter Scheepens
Founding Partner and Senior Advisor to Team
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9 June 2020

Four Sustainability Consultants on Climate and Covid-19 

Four Sustainability Consultants on Climate and Covid-19  Locked at home staring at the outside world from behind our windows (and screens), along with many others around the globe, one question has been on our minds: What…
Sybren Fennema
Director Impact Studies
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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 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is an unprecedented situation, and frankly speaking, it is impossible to…
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23 April 2019

Using IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management to your advantage

Forget the rubber stamp and turn it into a meaningful tool for advice IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management are a great step towards transparent and accountable impact measurement. But…
Willem Vosmer
Partner
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18 June 2018

Partnerships for sustainability: let’s learn from the plover bird and the crocodile

How large corporations and small businesses work together for more sustainability My reasons for this blog In the last chapter of my book Duurzaamheid in de Boardroom (Sustainability in the…
Wouter Scheepens
Founding Partner and Senior Advisor to Team
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6 December 2017

What is the link between power and economic development?

Senegal generated about 3,600 GWh of electricity in 2016. This is just about enough to power one fridge for every 4 of its people. Despite improvements brought to the sector…
Teodora Nenova
Partner
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2 November 2017

Impact investors: want to improve data quality? Stop asking random questions!

How investors should first look in the mirror if they want better data quality. To prove a social return on investment, an impact investor needs data; good data. Many impact…
Willem Vosmer
Partner
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17 October 2017

The fundamental but avoided question of attribution in impact investing

In the rapidly evolving impact investment field there is an increased focus on adequate impact measurement and management – and justifiably so. However, one fundamental question still is largely avoided:…
Matthijs de Bruijn
Partner
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26 September 2017

A mingling of tribes that reflects a happy collision of interest

Recently Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times, seemed surprised about ‘the growing number of business executives keen to sign the United Nation’s latest ‘pet project’ (her wording)-…
Wouter Scheepens
Founding Partner and Senior Advisor to Team
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6 April 2015

Why private equity boosts developing economies

The private equity (PE) model is increasingly being used as an instrument for sustainable private sector growth in developing countries, despite its critics. Why? I see four main characteristics of the…
Matthijs de Bruijn
Partner