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Shaping the Future of Impact and Sustainable Development Investing- Impact Summit Europe 2017

Shaping the Future of Impact and Sustainable Development Investing- Impact Summit Europe 2017

dinsdag 21 maart 2017

Impact investing is the fastest growing investment strategy in Europe and a precursor to our belief that investment capital can and should address some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With global leaders agreeing on a universal 2030 sustainable development agenda, it is imperative that each individual, organization, and country contribute to societal change. 

The Impact Summit Europe is an investor- and invitation-only conference that aims to catalyse private institutional capital to support the financing of the SDGs and the mainstreaming of impact and sustainable development investing.

The Impact Summit Europe does not only offer an inspiring platform for investors to share knowledge, exchange best practices and challenge each other but also creates networking opportunities in the impact investment space, thereby making the experience enriching, fruitful and educational. The summit also provides a capital introduction and match-making platform across all asset classes to impact fund managers.

FMO is for the third time in a row a proud sponsor. FMO's CIO Linda Broekhuizen will join a panel discussion on the perceived risks of impact investing.
The panel discussion will be followed by Al Gore, who will address the audience with his view on how mobilizing private capital will strenghten the fight on climate change.

The event will take place in the Peace Palace in The Hague March 21 and 22. More information is avalable here: http://www.impactsummiteurope.com/ 

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Blogs

  • The new IRR - 4 ways to define impact

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    Last year I posted a blog called “The new IRR - Impact, Risk and Return”. With almost 900 viewers, this blog is my best read post to date and triggered many enthusiastic reactions. In essence, I advocated a new IRR: looking at every investment taking into account its Impact, Risk and Return.

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  • Towards a more inclusive top 100

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    "Influential people from emerging market countries make up a far smaller share than emerging markets’ 85% share of the world’s population, their 75% of global land mass or their 55% share of global GDP."

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  • Impact investing as a stable alternative

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    “Well, emerging markets were down 3% again today.”  This is how an institutional investor kicked off a meeting with one of my colleagues recently.

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  • 4 IDEAS on HOW TO CHANGE FOR IMPACT

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    The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted as a useful framework for impact investing. Really? 

    The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted as a useful framework for talking about impact investing. Really!  

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  • Daar waar het verschil echt gemaakt kan worden

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    Na het succes van de eerste close van het NN FMO Emerging Markets Loans Fund zijn afgelopen week de eerste investeringen gedaan. Maureen Schlejen, hoofd institutionele relaties NN Investment Partners en Yvonne Bakkum, Managing Director van FMO Investment Management gaan in op de achtergronden van deze succesvolle launch.

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Vlogs, Video's & more

  • Raising the bar @Harvard

    On October 26th, 2017 Yvonne Bakkum lectured impact investing classes at Harvard Kennedy school.  
    Watch her vlog and share her experience.
    Visting Harvard

  • BNR Newsradio Interview

    On November 13, 2017 Yvonne Bakkum was a guest in the studio of BNR newsradio - a well known and renowned Dutch radio station for the business comunity.

    The interviewed focussed on impact investing and how investors can create more impact by investing via FMO Investment Management.

    Listen to the whole interview (in Dutch) here. BNR News Radio - Zakendoen  

  • Research covering 2000 studies on ESG vs CFP

    The search for a relation between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria and corporate financial performance (CFP) can be traced back to the beginning of the 1970s. Scholars and investors have published more than 2000 empirical studies and several review studies on this relation since then. This study extracts all provided primary and secondary data of previous academic review studies.
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  • More interesting things

    Of course there is much more interesting information to find on the web.

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Some real examples

  • A catalyst to the underserved

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    Vistaar Financial Services was the idea of two first-generation entrepreneurs who had witnessed first-hand the lack of both financial and non-financial support for smaller enterprises and businesses across the country. It was clear that a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it came to financing wasn’t sustainable or practical in the long run; to truly help the local economy boom, customized products needed to be offered.

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  • Een duurzame toeleveringsketen is een veerkrachtige keten

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    De agronomische ondersteuning die wordt geboden door Agri Commodities & Finance (ACF) omvat  het efficiënt gebruik van kunstmest, bodembeoordeling en opslag en transport na de oogst, waardoor de boeren de middelen en kennis krijgen om hun opbrengst te maximaliseren. Een belangrijke pijler van ACF is het verbeteren van de levensstandaard van boeren in hun toeleveringsketen.

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  • Filling the gap

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    This project is situated in the south-eastern part of Pakistan in the province of Sindh. Its provincial capital, Karachi, is the largest city of Pakistan and among the world’s largest megacities. The solar project financed by FMO makes use of innovative bi-facial solar panels, which increase total energy generation. This is the first time that bi-facial solar panels are utilized in Pakistan 

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  • Making the most out of limited resources

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    The irrigation works of the Olmos Irrigation Project were completed in November 2014. Since then Pampa Baja was able to develop their land in Olmos into fertile soils generate additional substantial employment opportunities for the local community with 500 permanent and 1200 seasonal jobs.

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  • Als de grootste zijn betekent dat je verandering kan brengen

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    Onlangs begon Access Bank haar horizon te verbreden om beter de mmkb-sector te bedienen als onderdeel van haar pan-Afrikaanse groeistrategie. Zo breidde de bank haar ondersteuning in het retail segment uit om via het scheppen van banen de lokale economie te ondersteunen, en werd ze een koploper op het gebied van vrouwenfinanciering en -dienstverlening. 

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