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On November 20th, with the support of PWC, VBDO presents its new Business and Biodiversity benchmark. The report analyses how companies are addressing biodiversity loss, based on the performance of 30 European listed companies. During the seminar, we will present […]
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Seminar Business and Biodiversity
20/11/2025
Seminar Responsible Investment by Dutch Insurers 2025
03/07/2025
NB. This event is in Dutch. During this seminar, we will discuss the most important results from the Responsible Investment by Insurers benchmark 2025 and announce the winner of the Insurers Responsible Investment Award 2025. This year, special attention will […]
AGM engagement seminar 2025
26/06/2025
NB. This event will be hosted in Dutch. Since 1995, VBDO has been asking critical questions about sustainability at the General Meeting of Shareholders (AGMs) of the Netherlands’ largest companies. The three focus themes of our engagement in 2025 are […]
Deep dive webinar: Evaluating Mining Standards: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities
19/03/2025
As the energy transition accelerates, ensuring strong environmental and social due diligence in mining is essential to achieving a just and responsible shift away from fossil fuels. This webinar provides a deep dive into key mining standards, including IRMA, IFC […]
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Biodiversity benchmark pilot key results
24/02/2025
Publication: Business & Biodiversity Benchmark (Pilot): Key Results
We are losing biodiversity rapidly: the WWF Living Planet report concludes that one million species are threatened with extinction. Moreover, 81% of European protected habitats have a poor or bad conservation status. As such, we have studied how Dutch financial […]
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ItaSIF – The plastic crisis: how sustainable finance can drive change
06/03/2025
In the last 20 years global output of plastic doubled, and most plastic waste was dumped into the environment. Plastic has huge impacts on marine biodiversity. Oil-producing countries opposed setting a plastic production reduction target at the late 2024 negotiation to put an end […]
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VBDO 2025 AGM engagement dates announced
17/02/2025
Since its foundation in 1995, VBDO has attended the general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) of Dutch listed companies. During the AGMs, we ask critical questions about three different ESG themes and have kept a finger on the pulse over the […]
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VBDO’s AGM engagement themes 2025
17/02/2025
Since 1995, we have been a loyal visitor to general shareholders’ meetings (AGMs). Every year, we ask critical questions to the directors of around 40 Dutch-listed companies to promote sustainable business operations. The material environmental, social, and governance issues concerning […]
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Why companies must embrace Indigenous knowledge to protect biodiversity
Auteur: Emiek Heemstra, Project Manager Responsible Investment & Sustainability, VBDO - 31/12/2024
From illegal farming on Indigenous land in Brazil to the forced displacement of Indigenous groups in Peru due to logging, recent headlines have continuously highlighted corporate neglect of Indigenous rights and knowledge. This is part of a troubling pattern: companies acting without meaningful consultation […]
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VBDOs 2024 highlights
24/12/2024
A new year is just around the corner. As we reflect on 2024, VBDO is proud to share five significant milestones that have advanced sustainable investment and corporate responsibility: Tax Transparency Milestone: Our Tax Transparency Benchmark 2024 reveals that 93% […]
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The Netherlands would be better off not bearing the clothing and social costs of Shein
Auteur: Kees Gootjes, directeur De Nieuwe Beurskoers en Freek van Til, projectmanager responsible investment & sustainability - 12/12/2024
De Nieuwe Beurskoers (DNBK) and the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) are calling on the Dutch financial sector to ignore the listing of SHEIN. Shein is currently on a roadshow through Europe. The Chinese online budget giant for […]
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Ranking Dutch pension Funds Benchmark 2024
27/11/2024