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Today, a group of Dutch financial institutions launched the ‘Platform Living Wage Financials’ (PLWF). This platform was created to improve the poor working conditions in the textile industry, where wages are often too low to live on. Founders ASN Bank, […]
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Investing with an eye for the environment
19/09/2018
More and more market parties offer sustainable investment products. A good thing, according to Xander Urbach of the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO). He observes that the sustainable goals and a good return go well together. The […]
Read moreInstitutional investors stop with tobacco
25/07/2018
According to Hester Holtland of the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development, reputation damage plays an increasingly important role in the exclusion of tobacco. ‘We are seeing more and more institutional investors who stop investing in tobacco.’ Read the […]
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Dutch business sector embraces Sustainable Development Goals
27/06/2018
Publication: Act Together - Sustainability Performance of Dutch Stock Listed Companies - AGM Report 2018
The largest listed companies in the Netherlands embrace the Sustainable Development Goals. Research by the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VDBO) at 35 Dutch listed companies shows that important progress was made on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in […]
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AVA Engagement Seminar
27/06/2018
On Wednesday 27 June, the AGM engagement seminar 2018: Act Together was organized at BNP Baribas in Amsterdam by VBDO. VBDO’s latest AGM report – ‘Act Together’ – was presented by Angélique Laskewitz to Robert van Kerkhoff of BNP Paribas […]
Read moreWhitepaper Natural Capital Expeditions
25/04/2018
Publication: Whitepaper Natural Capital Expeditions
Connecting Finance and Natural Capital: A Supplement
24/04/2018
Publication: Connecting Finance and Natural Capital: A Supplement to the Natural Capital Protocol
Climate policy Dutch pension funds aimed at further warming
13/12/2017
Publication: Dutch Pension Funds and Climate Change: Now is the time
Direct risks for portfolios remain underexposed Research of VBDO together with AXA IM among 38 institutional investors shows: 18% have quantitative target reduction of CO2 emissions 26% exclude polluting companies More focus on combating climate problem than relief consequences Fewer […]
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Dutch companies more transparent about tax policy
05/12/2017
Publication: VBDO Tax Transparancy Benchmark 2017
Dutch Pension funds show insufficient attention for Living Wage
21/11/2017
Publication: Living Wage: Overcoming the Challenges | The Role of Pension Funds
Responsible investment by pension funds? Still too noncommittal
03/10/2017
Publication: Benchmark Responsible Investment by Pension Funds in the Netherlands 2017 | Investing for the future
View the adjusted scores on the Benchmark Pension Funds here. The 11th edition of the VBDO Benchmark Pension Funds shows that the trend towards a growing responsible investment portfolio has continued this year. Pension funds increasingly incorporate environmental and social criteria […]
Read more DownloadVBDO Investor Guide: Integration of tax in responsible investment
21/09/2017