Inside Impact Investing

Alex Sokolowski and Dimitri Willems - The impact potential of small- and midcap companies

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMT

In this episode of Inside Impact Investing, we take a closer look at the impact potential of impact investing in small and midcap companies. Podcast host Rosl Veltmeijer sits down with Alex Sokolowski, Head of Investor Relations at Corbion, and Dimitri Willems, Fund Manager of the Triodos Pioneer Impact Fund to discuss the role small and midcap companies play in a world where sustainability and ESG are under severe pressure, how important they are in driving positive change and what challenges and opportunities they are facing.

Key topics discussed in this episode include:

How important are small- and midcap companies in driving positive change in society?
Are there sufficient investment opportunities in this segment for impact investing?
Does the current ESG backlash influence the strategy of a company like Corbion?
What effect does the changing regulatory landscape, for instance regarding the mandatory sustainability reporting and supply chain due diligence, have on companies like Corbion and impact investors such as Triodos Investment Management?
What are the differences in engagement strategies between mainstream investors and impact investors? and how effective is engagement?

Read more about impact investing in small- en midcap companies here

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Nicky van Dijk and Sven Renon - What's left of the climate commitments of the financial sector?

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:46:25 GMT

In this episode, Karel Nierop assesses how financial institutions are progressing on their emissions reduction targets with Nicky van Dijk, Lead Researcher for the Climate Court Case against ING at the Dutch NGO Milieudefensie, and Sven Renon, Sustainability Researcher at Triodos Bank.

Following the ESG-backlash, financial institutions have abandoned their voluntary climate commitments en masse. Triodos Bank recently also revised its climate strategy and no longer claims to be net zero in 2035. The bank also left the Net Zero Banking Alliance. So where do we stand? Is the financial sector still on track to reach the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement? Has Triodos given up on climate? Or has the time come for more rigorous action?

This is a follow up from the podcast on bank’s climate commitments we recorded in 2024: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jawpf3a08cuEuyTZK5YFh?si=0pJHIMdXT72SVNRzUF-Glw

Learn more about Scope 3 emissions here: What are Scope 3 emissions and why do they matter? | The Carbon Trust

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Joop Hessels and Jeroen van Herwaarden - Does the EU Green Bond Standard deliver on its promise?

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:34:53 GMT

In this episode, Rosl Veltmeijer discusses first experiences applying the EU Green Bond Standard in practice with Joop Hessels, Executive Director and Head of Sustainable Markets at ABN-Amro and Jeroen van Herwaarden, fund manager of the Triodos Euro Bond Impact Fund.

The EU Green Bond Standard is a new standard for use-of-proceeds bonds. Like any other bond label, it is a voluntary standard introduced by the European Commission as part of the broader EU Action Plan. Launched in December 2024 with the purpose of stimulating green investments, it has been tested for almost a year now. A good moment to evaluate how it works in practice with two specialists. Joop Hessels looks at the EU GBS from an issuer perspective whereas Jeroen van Herwaarden approaches the topic from the investor angle.

This episode is a follow-up on a previous podcast we did on the EU Taxonomy and the EU Green Bond Standard: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lOww9NohwzUmIN9wH2faS?si=yKCkdUL3Qv-kkNIXKGt5bw

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Matt Goodwin and Sjoerd Rozing - How investors can contribute to the online safety of children

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:51:52 GMT

In this episode, Rosl Veltmeijer sits down with Matt Goodwin, Head of Sustainable Investing at the Global Child Forum, and Sjoerd Rozing, portfolio manager Future Generations at Triodos Investment Management, to explore the concept of Child Lens Investing from the perspective of online safety for children.

Children are our future - future consumers, workers, innovators and caregivers. Yet, despite their significance, their interests are often overlooked in economic and financial decision-making. Investors play a crucial role in shaping the world that future generations will inherit. By applying a child lens to investing, they can move beyond short-term returns and focus on building a sustainable, inclusive and thriving global economy.

Read more about the concept of Child Lens Investing in this handbook: Investor Handbook Child-Lens Investing

More about Global Child Forum can be found on their website: globalchildforum.org

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David Kuijper and Judith Santbergen - Understanding the impact potential of blended finance

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:56:11 GMT

In this episode, Karel Nierop explores the intriguing landscape of blended finance with David Kuijper, CEO of The Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and Judith Santbergen, Fund Manager of the Hivos-Triodos Fonds, a blended finance instrument avant-la-lettre.

Kuijper explains what blended finance entails and how it is needed to get important transitions going, especially in emerging markets. Santbergen elaborates on Hivos-Triodos Fonds' ability to do smaller transactions, focusing on SMEs in high impact sectors in emerging markets. Tailored to meet investors’ requirements - be it fiduciary or regulatory - blended finance can open new markets and offer diversification.

Despite the difficulties in scaling up, both guests see strong opportunities for blended finance. Given the demographic developments with Europe ageing and declining in population while the global south is young and growing, combined with Europe’s enormous amount of pension savings, there is an urgent need to transition European private capital to emerging markets. Blended finance facilities can help change the direction of private capital flows, for example in sectors where blended finance has proven to work like renewable energy and resilient infrastructure.

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Kayoko Lyons and Tim Crijns - Investing in financial inclusion

Tue, 06 May 2025 15:51:05 GMT

In this episode Karel Nierop sits down with Kayoko Lyons, Director of Investments at the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Tim Crijns, Portfolio Manager Financial Inclusion at Triodos Investment Management to explore the world of financial inclusion.

Tim explains how microfinance works, why the actual risks are often lower than perceived, and how local economies show strong resilience. Kayoko shares her investment journey, highlighting the crucial role of financial services in economic development and encouraging new investors to be bold, start small and do something. Together, they discuss future trends, the role of technology, and the importance of maintaining a strong impact mission. The episode closes with practical insights into how investors can contribute responsibly to expanding global financial access.

More information about the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart: Welcome to the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Bringing Christ's love to the world

More information about the benefits of backing financial services in emerging markets: The benefits of backing financial services in emerging markets

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Lewis Johnston and Joeri de Wilde - Could the ESG backlash kill sustainable investing?

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:36:13 GMT

The geopolitical storm we are in has accelerated a development that was already visible for some years: a fierce backlash on ESG. In this podcast, Rosl Veltmeijer discusses the implications of this backlash with Lewis Johnston, director of policy at ShareAction and Triodos economist Joeri de Wilde. Together they analyse the events and circumstances that led to the ESG backlash and try to answer the question if we are witnessing a structural shift away from ESG investing or only a temporary setback.

Read Joeri's column 'No shift away from sustainability' here: BlackRock never really had sustainable ambitions, more and more citizens do

Find out more about the activities of ShareAction here: ShareAction | Harness the power of investment

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David Diallo and Mareike Hussels - Investing in Nature-based Solutions

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:18:39 GMT

In this episode, Karel Nierop discusses how we can make finance work for nature instead of against with David Diallo, founder of Berlin-based startup goodcarbon, and Mareike Hussels, product development manager for Nature-based Solutions at Triodos Investment Management. The term Nature-based Solutions pops up in the news more and more often but is also still a bit vague for most people. Triodos recently made a commitment to provide at least EUR 500 million in investments, loans and contributions to the Nature-based Solutions sector by the end of 2030 as part of its biodiversity targets. The IPCC ranks certain Nature-based Solutions among the most promising ways to tackle the climate crisis.

But what are Nature-based Solutions exactly? Why is the IPCC so enthusiastic about them? And do they represent an interesting investment case? These are the questions that are addressed in this podcast.

Read more about Triodos' commitment to the Nature-based Solutions sector here: Triodos Bank nature-based solutions commitment

More about the partnership with goodcarbon can be found here: investment Hivos-Triodos Fonds: goodcarbon

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Ronald Huisman and Kay van der Kooi - Is the energy transition becoming a victim of its own success?

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:57:49 GMT

In this episode, Karel Nierop discusses the challenges and opportunities of an energy system under construction with Ronald Huisman, Professor for Sustainable Energy Finance at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (amongst others), and Kay van der Kooi, Senior Investment Manager at Triodos Investment Management.

The energy transition in Europe is in full swing. A main component is the electrification of many processes: from transport and heating to highly energy-intensive industrial processes. This means a large buildout of both generation and consumption of electricity. While the process of electrification is taking up speed, the energy system, which was designed with fossil fuels in mind, is squeaking and creaking. Examples include waiting lines for electricity connection in construction projects and negative energy prices during peak electricity production. Will the initial success now threaten to undermine the energy transition?

Interested in learning more about this topic? Read Kay van der Kooi's blog on net congestion here: What’s the hold-up? On the Ins and Outs of Grid Congestion

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Dirk Schoenmaker and William de Vries - Impact investing on public markets

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:22:36 GMT

In this episode, Rosl Veltmeijer discusses how to achieve meaningful impact by investing in stock listed companies with Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance at Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) and William de Vries, Director Impact Equities and Bonds at Triodos Investment Management.

Impact investing is often associated with direct or private investing but is it also possible to invest with impact in public markets (stock listed investments)? And if so, how can this be realised? Dirk Schoenmaker explains that while financing the changemakers is important, it is essential to also finance established companies that are willing to transition in order to shift the system. William de Vries elaborates on the importance of engagement in achieving impact with listed companies. He also emphasises the added value of collaboration with like minded investors. Important takeaway of the discussion: not all impact can be quantified and attributed but the most important thing is that change actually happens.

Interested to learn more about generating impact by investing is listed equities? Read this article

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Esther Griffioen and Jie Chen - Purpose and practice of the EU Taxonomy and the EU Green Bond Standard

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:53:07 GMT

This podcast episode focuses on two pieces of European legislation aimed at supporting the low-carbon transition: the EU Taxonomy and the EU Green Bond Standard. Green bonds play an important role in financing the assets needed for the green transition. With the European Green Bond Standard, the EU wants to set a clear standard for green bonds, based on the detailed criteria of the EU taxonomy to define green economic activities.

Portfolio Manager Rosl Veltmeijer discusses the ins and outs of both policies and how they work in practice with Esther Griffioen, Deputy head of Policy and Risk Management at the Dutch State Treasury Agency and Jie Chen, Investment Analyst at Triodos Investment Management - covering both the issuers’ and the investors’ side of green bonds.

More information about the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities can be found here

More information about the EU Green Bond Standard can be found here

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Quinten Aubineau and Sven Renon - What's behind banks' net zero commitments?

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:00:20 GMT

In this podcast episode, Karel Nierop discusses what's behind the net zero commitments of the financial sector with Quinten Aubineau, Policy Analyst at bank Track, and Sven Renon, Impact Manager at Triodos Bank.

Since the Paris climate agreement, most banks and asset managers have committed themselves to a net zero strategy to be in line with a 1,5-degree global warming scenario. But what does net zero exactly mean? And why is it important for financial institutions to have a net zero strategy in place? Quinten Aubineau explains that having a net zero goal is nice but having a concrete action plan in place to get there is even more important. Sven Renon elaborates on the challenges Triodos Bank is facing on the road to net zero.

More information about Triodos Bank's net zero strategy can be found here

More information about Bank Track can be found here

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Mike McCreless and Rebecca Spohrer - The challenges of Impact Performance Reporting

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:47:18 GMT

In this podcast episode, Rosl Veltmeijer discusses the challenges of impact performance reporting with Mike McCreless, Executive Director at Impact Frontiers, and Rebecca Spohrer, Impact Manager at Triodos Investment Management.

How to report on impact is a much-debated topic within the impact investing industry. To create a common ground for impact reporting, Mike McCreless's Impact Frontiers have created a set of impact reporting norms, based on a public consultation. Together with Triodos Impact Manager Rebecca Spohrer, Rosl Veltmeijer discusses these norms and how they were developed as well as the general challenges and pitfalls of Impact Reporting.

Impact Frontiers' impact reporting norms can be found here

Triodos IMs 2023 impact reports can be found here

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Nancy Bocken - Investing in the circular economy

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:59:22 GMT

Our current linear, growth-based economy uses vast quantities of resources to make things which we consume and then throw away. This system depletes finite raw materials and produces vast quantities of waste. In this episode of Inside Impact Investing, fund manager Rosl Veltmeijer discusses how we can turn our linear economy into a circular one with Professor in Sustainable Business Nancy Bocken (Maastricht University) and Chief Economist Hans Stegeman (Triodos Bank). Together, they analyse the role of the financial sector in enabling this transition which goes against the logic of our current market economy and forces us to fundamentally rethink the logic of markets, including the role of investors therein.

Paper: Pursuing profitability in slow fashion

Fast fashion is a prime example of our current linear economy with a business model relying on consumers endlessly buying more clothes. Its circular opposite is slow fashion, which embodies products that are made to last, and can be serviced to extend the lifespan. But can slow fashion also be profitable? Read the paper by Nancy Bocken and Sasha Sarokin.

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Zoë du Chattel and Hadewych Kuiper - What's next for the SFDR?

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:52:27 GMT

The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which has taken effect in March 2021, was one of the first regulatory initiatives stemming from the 2018 EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan. It is a sustainability-related disclosure framework for financial market participants and financial advisers focusing on the integration of sustainability risk and the consideration of adverse sustainability impact in the investment process. Since the implementation there has been criticism on its effect. In 2023, the European Commission therefor initiated a consultation on the SFDR.

Both the Dutch financial market authority AFM and Triodos IM published a position paper on how to improve the SFDR. In this podcast episode, Portfolio Manager Rosl Veltmeijer discusses the overlap and the differences between the two positions with Zoë du Chattel, Senior Supervision Officer at AFM and Hadewych Kuiper, Managing Director at Triodos Investment Management.

One of the conclusions is that both the AFM and Triodos IM are in favor of a minimum level of disclosure for all funds to create a level-playing field and that both would like to convert the current transparency regime into a labelling regime so retail investors can easily see which product is more or less sustainable.

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Ingrid Robeyns - The case for limitarianism

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:11:37 GMT

Ingrid Robeyns holds the Chair in ‘Ethics of Institutions’ at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University. She is specialised in applied and "non-ideal" ethics and political philosophy and works on the development of normative frameworks, theories, and methods. In this podcast episode, she discusses her new book “Limitarianism. The Case Against Extreme Wealth” with Chief Economist Hans Stegeman. Together they explore why extreme wealth is problematic and why it is so difficult to address limits. They also look at possible solutions, especially from within the financial sector.

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Jennifer Hinton - Post-growth economics

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:22:29 GMT

Jennifer Hinton is a systems researcher and ecological economist. She is also a co-director of the Post Growth Institute, a global network of researchers and activists seeking pathways beyond the growth-based economic system. Her work focuses on how societies relate to profit and how this relationship affects global sustainability challenges. In conversation with Hans Stegeman, Jennifer elaborates on the key insights of her research into post-growth economics. Together, they explore the role of finance in the current unsustainable economy and which role it should play in the transition to a post-growth economy.

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Sasha Zoueva and Rebecca Spohrer - How to manage and measure impact

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:35:11 GMT

Impact investing is gaining ground rapidly. With capital inflows growing and regulation increasing, there is a need for clear definitions and standard practices in impact management and measurement (IMM). In this episode, fund manager Rosl Veltmeijer discusses some essential questions with IMM experts Sasha Zoueva, Director of Strategic Learning and Impact at the Rockefeller Foundation and Rebecca Spohrer, Impact Manager at Triodos Investment Management: What is impact, exactly? Can it be measured and managed? What do regulators expect from us? What are the challenges and what is the quality of current impact data?

Useful links

Operating Principles for Impact Management: https://www.impactprinciples.org/9-principles

Impact Management Platform: https://impactmanagementplatform.org/

GIIN’s IRIS+ taxonomy: https://iris.thegiin.org/

The Social Value International principles: https://www.socialvalueint.org/principles

Theory of Change: https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/ten-steps/

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Bas Eickhout - The role of politics in creating a greener Europe

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:49:35 GMT

As a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch political party GroenLinks (green left) and vice-chairman of the Environmental Committee, Bas Eickhout works on European climate policy among other topics. He is convinced that Europe must and can take the lead in combating climate change. Besides being a member of the European Parliament, Bas is also a climate scientist. That’s why he is committed to an ambitious EU Green Deal. In conversation with Hans Stegeman, he elaborates on the political reality in Brussels and how sometimes you need to accept a bad compromise to create an opportunity to improve it later on.

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Gaya Herrington - How to avoid global collapse

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:53:52 GMT

In 2020, Gaya Herrington made global headlines with her master’s thesis at Harvard University. In her research Update to Limits to Growth, she assessed whether the predictions of the original Limits to growth report from 1972 are supported based on today’s data. Her conclusion: the predictions made back then still hold through today. Without major changes to our use of resources, economic growth will peak around 2040 and then rapidly decline. In this conversation with Hans Stegeman, she elaborates on the systemic changes that need to happen to bend the curve and avoid a global collapse.

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Elena Arveras and Nikkie Pelzer - A deep dive into SFDR

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:19:52 GMT

As part of the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) requires asset managers to assess and disclose how sustainability risks are considered in their investment processes, and how they consider investment decisions that might result in negative effects on sustainability factors. In this episode, fund manager Rosl Veltmeijer discusses the reasoning behind the regulation as well as its implementation so far with Elena Arveras, legal officer for sustainable finance at the European Commission, and Nikkie Pelzer, impact manager at Triodos Investment Management. They also look ahead to see which next steps and further developments the sector can expect.

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Timothée Parrique - Should we be afraid of degrowth?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:11:15 GMT

Degrowth has become a popular term over the past years but what exactly is it? According to ecological economics expert Timothée Parrique, degrowth is a voluntary contraction of an economy for a very specific reason. In conversation with Chief Economist Hans Stegeman, Parrique addresses the popular misconceptions about degrowth and post-growth by explaining how it works. They also discuss the role of the financial sector in a post-capitalist economy.

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Macro Monthly #9 - Will 2023 be another year of polycrisis?

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:16:04 GMT

Impact Investment strategists Maritza Cabezas, Joeri de Wilde and Hans Stegeman discuss current economic topics and political developments and how they relate to sustainability. Though some of the discussed topics might turn out to be market moving events, this podcast is not to be taken as investment advice. It's intended to provoke your thoughts and spark a discussion.

In this episode:

Hans’ frustration of the month: crazy but influential people
Looking back on 2022 and forward to 2023 - will it be another year of polycrisis?
Bet of the month: who is the overall winner of the year?

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Macro Monthly #8 - Who is the boss?

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:07:38 GMT

In this episode:

Hans’ frustration of the month: the IMF's view on climate policies
Who is the boss: who will steer the (world) economy in the coming months: Central Banks? Governments? Xi Jinping? Or Putin?
Data of the month: how wil the ECB rate develop?

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Sasja Beslik - Sense and non-sense of impact investing

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:25:19 GMT

From a niche, ESG investing has quickly become mainstream. More recently, impact investing is also gaining traction. Are they the solution to the many challenges we are facing - inequality, loss of biodiversity, climate change? Are we on the right track and will we be able to allocate enough capital to finance the necessary transitions?

These are the questions that Sasja Beslik, Chief Investment Strategy Officer at SDG Impact Japan and Chief Investment Strategist Hans Stegeman discuss in a new episode of our podcast series Inside Impact Investing.

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Macro Monthly #7 - Recessionomics and wellbeing

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:29:48 GMT

In this episode:

Hans’ frustration of the month: trickle-down policies in the UK
Recessions and wellbeing: what is a recession and what does it mean for the average person? Are recessions in advanced economies different from recessions in emerging markets?
Data of the month: the Italian spread - higher or lower, after the election outcome?

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Xavier Baeten and Fabian Meijs - Executive remuneration: enough is enough

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:16:14 GMT

Inequality is a pressing issue in today’s world, and the gap in the wealth and income distribution has reached unsustainable levels. In this episode Xavier Baeten, Professor of Management Practice in Reward & Governance at Vlerick Business School, Fabian Meijs, Investment Analyst and remuneration expert at Triodos IM, and Chief Investment Strategist Hans Stegeman discuss executive remuneration practices and how the trend of excessive CEO pay can be curbed.

In their discussion, they touch upon the following topics:

Inequality: how is it linked to executive remuneration
What is the impact of executive remuneration?
Differences between different payment models
Which remuneration approaches lead to a better company performance, both financially and on ESG level?
The role of boards and finance committees in CEO compensation

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Macro Monthly #6 - Energy and poverty

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 08:46:33 GMT

In this episode:

The rising problem of energy and food poverty
Hans’ frustration of the month: central banks’ monetary policies
Data of the month: gas prices – will they increase further?

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Karin van Dijk - Investing in biodiversity

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:25:15 GMT

Biodiversity loss is one of the most urgent and complex systemic risks we are currently facing. Hans Stegeman and Karin van Dijk, fund manager of ASN Biodiversity Fund, discuss the matter from the perspective of the financial sector. Their conclusion: the financial sector has a key role to play. Biodiversity is investable, and investing in it a must.

In this podcast, Hans and Karin discuss the following topics:

The problem of biodiversity loss
Which role can the financial sector play?
How do ASN and Triodos Investment Management approach the issue?
Practical dilemmas and concrete investment examples

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Macro Monthly #5 - Good bubbles, bad bubbles

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:14:18 GMT

In this episode:

The phenomenon of bubbles: what is a bubble, and are they always bad?
Hans’ frustration of the month: the stubborn belief in green growth.
Data of the month: S&P 500 - will the bear market continue?

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Macro Monthly #4 - Solutions for a tight labour market

Tue, 31 May 2022 11:17:13 GMT

In this episode:

Policies to address tight labour markets
Hans’ frustration of the month: the EC's proposal to sell carbon rights to pay for the energy transition
Data of the month: the euro-dollar exchange rate

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Macro Monthly #3 - Inequality as an obstacle for change

Tue, 03 May 2022 07:06:59 GMT

In this episode:

Why sustainability challenges can't be tackled without addressing inequality
Hans's frustration of the month: inequality in the Metaverse
Bet of the month: consumer trust figures and upcoming rate hikes

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Macro Monthly #2 - Transitions in uncertain times

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:42:34 GMT

In this episode:

Inflation, interest rates, and investment
How does the war in Ukraine affect the energy, resource and food transition?
Hans’s frustration of the month: Arms and ESG

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Macro Monthly Special - War in Ukraine

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:00:26 GMT

In this special edition of Macro Monthly, investment strategists Maritza Cabezas, Joeri de Wilde and Hans Stegeman discuss the economic and political implications of the war in Ukraine:

What are the effects on financial markets?
What is the macroeconomic impact?
What does it mean for the energy transition?

As the conflict is still unfolding, it’s impossible to paint a complete picture. Although short-term effects are beginning to show, long-term implications depend largely on the length of the war and its aftermath. All we can say for sure is that the human tragedy is already enormous.

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Macro Monthly #1 - Ukraine and inflation

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:44:16 GMT

In this episode:

How will central banks deal with rising inflation rates?
What could happen in Ukraine and how would this affect markets?
Hans's frustration of the month: the EU taxonomy

Disclaimer: This podcast episode was recorded before Russia started its attacks on Ukraine.

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Angeles Toledo - Financing Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:00:02 GMT

Emerging markets and developing countries are facing a dual challenge. These countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change because they lack the financial power to deal with climate change. At the same time, they also need a dependable and affordable energy supply to stimulate further socio-economic development. Up until 2030, the strongest growth in power demand is expected to come from non-OECD countries, due to population growth, economic development, and current electricity deficit.

In this podcast Hans Stegeman discusses the business case for investing in renewable energy projects in emerging countries with Angeles Toledo, Fund Manager at Triodos Investment Management.

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Reset the economy Part IV: Ulrika Hasselgren - The role of private capital

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 03:00:59 GMT

COVID-19 and the subsequent social and economic crises have underlined once more that we must urgently address the severe shortcomings in our present-day economies and societies. In a series of articles and podcasts Hans Stegeman, Chief Investment Strategist at Triodos Investment Management, explores the contours of a future-proof economy, and the ways to get there.

Investors play a crucial role in the transition to a new economy, providing the capital needed to realise real and profound change. The investment choices they make can have a positive impact on our planet and on society, and at the same time safeguard their chances of solid long-term investment returns.

In this fourth and last episode of the series Reset the economy, Hans Stegeman and Ulrika Hasselgren, Partner at sustainable intelligence company Arabesque and co-founder of Ethix SRI Advisors, discuss the tools we have to bring about a system change and the role of private capital therein:

What is the biggest problem in the reset? Transparency, liquidity, regulation?
What is needed, from an investor perspective, to make impact investing the new standard?
How can we transition from doing less bad to regenerative/positive investments?
What should be the contribution of impact investing to a reset of our economy?

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Reset the economy Part III: Sandrine Dixson-Declève - The moving target of impact investing

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 03:00:27 GMT

In this third episode, Hans Stegeman and Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of the Club of Rome and co-author of the book "Quel monde pour demain", discuss the tools we have to bring about a system change and the role of the financial sector therein:

What are the main trends in public and private investment, and what are the main gaps in the investment landscape
Are we doing enough; European Green Deal, Bidens investment plan in the US
How does regulation contribute to building a sustainable economy
How can we transition from doing ‘less bad’ to regenerative/positive investments

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Reset the economy Part II: William Burckart - The changed investment environment

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 03:00:43 GMT

COVID-19 and the subsequent social and economic crises have underlined once more that we must urgently address the severe shortcomings in our present-day economies and societies. We must intensify our efforts to combat climate change, loss of biodiversity, and rising inequality, and build an economy that is fit for the future: one that is more resilient, more sustainable, and more inclusive.

Investors play a crucial role in the transition to this new economy, providing the capital needed to realise real and profound change. The investment choices they make can have a positive impact on our planet and on society, and at the same time safeguard their chances of solid long-term investment returns.

In a series of articles and podcasts Hans Stegeman, Chief Investment Strategist at Triodos Investment Management, explores the contours of a future-proof economy, and the ways to get there.

In this second episode, Hans Stegeman and William Burckart, President and COO of The Investment Integration Project and co-author of the book 21st Century Investing, discuss a new approach to investing to drive systemic change:

Choosing the right transitions; a forward-looking approach in making investment decisions
Impact first; contributing to positive change and thus mitigating risks, instead of the other way around
The best asset classes to make impact.

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Reset the economy Part I: Tim Jackson - The need for radical change

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:44:15 GMT

COVID-19 and the subsequent social and economic crises have underlined once more that we must urgently address the severe shortcomings in our present-day economies and societies. We must intensify our efforts to combat climate change, loss of biodiversity, and rising inequality, and build an economy that is fit for the future: one that is more resilient, more sustainable, and more inclusive.

In a series of articles and podcasts Hans Stegeman, Chief Investment Strategist at Triodos Investment Management, explores the contours of a future-proof economy, and the ways to get there.

In this first episode, Hans Stegeman and ecological economist Tim Jackson, author of the books 'Prosperity without Growth' and 'Post Growth', discuss the need for a new economic system:

What could a sustainable economy look like and how to transition to such an economy
How to mobilise the necessary capital for this transition
The role of the financial sector in the transition

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