Impact investing: From a corporate agenda (ESG) to a global agenda (SDG)
Impact investment is growing rapidly. Why? What are the developments? And how is this sector driving 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 third article, previously published on: Sustainable Investing By Martin de Jong & Anne […]
Impact investing: The ultimate balance of risk and opportunity
Impact investment is growing rapidly. Why? What are the developments? And how is this sector driving 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 second article, by Martin de Jong and Anne Rademaker. While most organizations focus […]
Less choice stress with impact scenarios
Many organizations have a clear vision for sustainability. But the daily reality is also that strategic, tactical and operational decisions are approached only financially. Difficult decisions are often postponed because insufficient “impact” information is available. And this causes decision-makers choice stress. In this article, we advocate an integrated view of scenario analysis in which organizations […]
“Doing good and getting good from it”: ESG investing is booming business
Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) information aims to be transparent on the sustainability performance of a company and is considered as relevant information by all organizational stakeholders. More specifically, investors are using this information for impact investing as it’s shown that ESG companies financially outperform the non ESG companies. Next to this ESG companies show a better impact on the global acknowledged issues such as climate change. As ESG is booming, so are the issues. Unmatched data, compliance focuses, ESG washing and superficial ESG assessments by rating agencies. These issues show plenty of room for improvements within organizations. ESG should be in the core of the strategy and vision. Translated to product design and operations. Managed with internal teams and data-systems leading to internal insights and progress reports, which should be part of recurring Board and discussions. Being in the top of their industry is no longer enough for organizations to be more attractive for investors, they need to financially outperform the market in the long-run and to create the societal value of a company.
Impact measurement enables transition from ‘old’ economy to the ‘new’ green economy
How do you ensure that the old economy actually transforms into the new green economy? I think that is the most important question of the next 10 years. There has never been so much support for making our economy and business more sustainable and social. That support is among employees and customers of companies. But […]