NZAOA Archieven - Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development

Discussion between the VBDO and Athora Netherlands – Insurer joins Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA)

Auteur: Jan Willem de Vaal, Sustainability manager at Athora Netherlands, Ruud Hadders, Responsible Investment Officer at Actiam - 10/11/2021

During the past year, VBDO together with WWF brought the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) to the attention of the Dutch financial sector. The members of the NZAOA commit themselves to a transition of their investment portfolio to net-zero […]

We would have loved to have been at the COP

Auteur: Mart van Kuijk, Project Manager Sustainable Investment, VBDO - 09/11/2021

Currently, the COP26 in Glasgow is in full swing. I look back on a year of campaigning with WWF NL to bring the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) to the attention of Dutch asset owners. The goal of our […]

VBDO official supporter of Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

09/06/2021

The VBDO has been proudly named by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) as an official supporter of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZOAO). NZAOA activities At the end of last year, we organized an online introduction […]

Dutch asset owners must make 1.5°C pledges to catch up with European peers

Auteur: Mart van Kuijk, Project Manager Sustainable Investment, VBDO & Nicolas Poolen, Green Finance Advisor, WWF-NL - 17/05/2021

While the Netherlands is seen as a leader in responsible investing, only one Dutch asset owner has joined the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Only three Dutch asset owners have, at the time of writing, disclosed that they will limit […]

Webinar NZAOA: Real impact & initiatives

30/03/2021

In the run up to COP26 in November this year, many climate related initiatives are aiming to go the extra mile on the race to zero. The most ambitious standard is set by the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. The […]

WNF-NL & VBDO present the UN Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance – an introduction

13/10/2020

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, an introduction The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), initiated by the UN, is an ambitious group of asset owners. The alliance has made a public commitment to transform investment portfolios to reach Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions […]