Sustainable Finance Platform

Ambition

In 2016, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) established the Sustainable Finance Platform. It was set to promote and increase awareness of sustainable funding in the financial sector and foster cooperation. Sustainability is interpreted in the broadest sense of the word, with a particular focus on environmental, social and governance aspects. Marking the platform's launch, DNB Executive Director Frank Elderson, said: "Many financial institutions are taking valuable initiatives. The platform enables them to connect, with one another and with the government and supervisory authorities."

Members

Nine organisations participate in the Sustainable Finance Platform, represented by their directors.

De Nederlandsche Bank (chair)
Olaf Sleijpen, Executive Director

Dutch Banking Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken)
Chris Buijink, Chair

Dutch Association of Insurers (Verbond van Verzekeraars)
Richard Weurding, Managing Director

Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association
Iris van de Looij, Managing Director

Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds
Edith Maat, Director

Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets
Laura van Geest, Chair of the Executive Board

Ministry of Finance
Joost Smits, Director of the Financial Markets Directorate

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Niels Redeker, Deputy Director of the Climate Division
Marcel Beukeboom, Special Envoy for Climate Policy

Sustainable Finance Lab
Rens van Tilburg, Managing Director

Invest-NL
Anne Mieke van der Werf, Business Development Director

What the Sustainable Finance Platform does
The platform's members can decide to establish a working group dealing with a specific theme. The members of each working group represent a wide range of parties from the financial sector. Together, they focus on a theme and present their findings to the full platform. The platform discusses the findings during its bi-annual meetings, adopts positions and publishes definitive reports.

The working groups are:

• Mobilising sustainable finance
• Climate risks
• Communications on sustainability
• SDG impact assessment
• Platform for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
• Sustainable Real Estate
• Biodiversity
• Carbon pricing

More information
For more information, please contact Corina Ruhe at +31 20 524 2272 or +31 65 541 8351.