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Impact investment is growing rapidly. Why? What are the developments? And how is this sector driving the transition to a

Many organizations have a clear vision for sustainability. But the daily reality is also that strategic, tactical and operational decisions

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.

How do you ensure that the old economy actually transforms into the new green economy? I think that is the

More and more companies are seeing an opportunity to finance their corporate investments by issuing a corporate bond because of