CSDDD: 3 things laid out in this new European sustainability law
Last Wednesday, April 24, after years of negotiations, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was passed by the European Parliament. The CSDDD, also known as the anti-snooping law, regulates at the European level that companies are obliged to know their value chain and take action the moment they discover wrongdoing. This is enforced with […]
IMVO in the supply chain is no longer optional
The OECD guidelines for CSR already stated it, but now the European Parliament is also convinced. If an organization has a trading relationship with another organization in a CSR risk country, it will be required to take action. Globalization has brought about many great and important developments. But we now know that quite a few […]
ESG investing needs impact measurement
Impact investment is growing rapidly. Why? What are the developments? And how does this business model contribute to the transition to a sustainable and inclusive society? In 6 articles, we highlight the developments, opportunities and risks of Purpose & Impact investment. This is the sixth article. By Martin de Jong and Anne Rademaker. This article […]
The puzzle of transforming ‘CSR’ into ‘impact powered’ by impact investors
Impact investment is growing rapidly. Why? What are the developments? And how does this business model contribute to the transition to a sustainable and inclusive society? In 6 articles, we highlight the developments, opportunities and risks of Purpose & Impact investment. This is the fifth article. As the ambition to move from compliance-driven CSR to […]
Impact Investing: How corporate Green and Social bonds lead to improved ESG performance
In 2006, Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Prize for making microcredit great. It was not the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the Nobel Prize for the most prestigious category: Peace. It made it clear that the Nobel Committee recognized that Impact Investment matters. Lending money to small private businesses can be a way out of […]