Climate change has been on the agenda of Dutch pension funds and insurers since the Paris Climate Agreement. But are they doing enough to prevent an abrupt transition? The short answer is ‘no’, according to new research by the Association […]
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Pension funds in the Netherlands outperform insurers on climate change
Publication: Dutch Institutional Investors and Climate Change - Institutional investors are taking action, but are they doing enough to win the race towards net zero?
NN Group winnaar Tax Transparency Award 2021
NN Group has won the Tax Transparency Award for the third year in a row. NN scored 32 out of 35 points, the same as last year. Second place goes to Philips (31 points). The results of the VBDO Tax […]
Read moreVBDO applauds growing Dutch tax transparency and use of GRI 207: Tax standard
Publication: Tax Transparency Benchmark 2021 - A comparative study of 77 Dutch listed companies
Sustainable investing by pension funds does not yet translate into a sustainable world
Publication: Benchmark on Responsible Investment by Pension Funds in the Netherlands 2021
Many Dutch insurers lack climate policy
Publication: Benchmark on Responsible Investments by Insurers in the Netherlands 2021
Athora Netherlands most sustainable insurance company
Today, the results of the new benchmark Responsible Investment by Dutch Insurance Companies 2021 showed that Athora Netherlands is the most sustainable insurer in the Netherlands. The VBDO congratulates Athora with this well-deserved title! Annemarie Mijer, CRO of Athora Netherlands […]
Read moreTax Transparency Seminar 2021
NB. This event is hosted in Dutch. The seminar focuses on sharing the results of the Tax Transparency Benchmark 2021. We hope that through this seminar companies, investors and advisors can further implement the theme. Program (tbd) 15:30 – 15:40 […]
Read morePresentation Benchmark Responsible Investment by Dutch Pension Funds 2021
NB. The spoken language of this event is Dutch. The benchmark itself is published in English. We are pleased to announce the publication and presentation of the VBDO Benchmark Responsible Investment by Pension Funds in the Netherlands 2021. The presentation […]
Read moreJacqueline Duiker (VBDO) about sustainable investing
Jacqueline Duiker (sr. project manager VBDO) recently spoke with De Nederlandsche Bank and CACEIS about responsible investment by pension funds. Her sustainable investing vision is summarized as: “Sustainable Investing goes beyond limiting financial risks in your investment portfolio. Actually, that […]
Read morePresentation Benchmark Responsible Investment by Insurance Companies in the Netherlands 2021
NB. The spoken language of this event is Dutch. On September 2, we presented the main results and publication of the Benchmark Responsible Investment by Insurance Companies in the Netherlands 2021: Welcome to the real world. The presentation took place […]
Read moreThe sustainable impact of investments
Pension funds are increasingly taking sustainability into account in their investment portfolios, but does this have an impact in the “real” world? The Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) annually examines the performance of the responsible investment policy of […]
Read morePresentation Benchmark on Responsible Investment by Pension Funds in the Netherlands 2020
On October 26th 2020, Angélique Laskewitz, VBDO’s executive director van de VBDO presented the foremost results from and the publication of our Benchmark on Responsible Investment by Pension Funds in the Netherlands 2020 – From Boardroom Governance to Portfolio Implementation: […]
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