Impact Measurement & Valuation
Key Take-Aways from the DJSI Expert Training 2020
On the 5th of March 2020, Finch & Beak organized another successful edition of the DJSI Expert Training in collaboration with S&P Global. Global practitioners and experts on ESG benchmarking had the opportunity to meet and exchange knowledge with top-level DJSI peers in Amsterdam. In this article you will find a summary of the key insights from that day. Please note that SAM has extended the CSA deadline from 28 May to 30 July 2020.
Paving the Impact Valuation Pathway
To really make changes based on sustainability information, companies need to know how to value that information. Today, top management of two sustainability consultancies – Eric Mieras of PRé and Jan van der Kaaij of Finch & Beak – share their united vision of the way forward.
TBLI Conference Nordic 2018: Stockholm
Once again, the TBLI Group is curating the TBLI Conference Nordic hosted by Nasdaq in Stockholm, Sweden from November 8-9, 2018. The conference brings together impact investors, fund distributors, and asset owners, to network, explore opportunities and discuss the latest trends on ESG and impact investing.
RAPIDO: More tangible results from your sustainability strategy
The avalanche of reporting requirements, benchmarks and ratings calls for more focused and aligned disclosures, and smarter lean reporting solutions. In order to progress towards sustainability leadership, Finch & Beak believes the focus has to be on turning strategy into action. This is why RAPIDO was born: an integrated service platform for strategy development that promotes lean reporting and leaves time and budget available for transformative change and impact.
Digesting Davos: Actionable Insights
The 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) has once again shown promising sustainability developments, with multinationals, governmental representatives and academics emphasizing rapid change is needed to meet the requirements from the Paris Agreement. However, now that everyone is back to work, the question remains how these nice words become reality and how companies will initiate change. Pricing negative impacts and designing them out through circular innovations could provide solutions.
Getting Your Facts Straight to Gain Investor Trust
The launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark at this year's WEF in Davos, the introduction of a sugar tax to fight obesity, and the recent New York City lawsuit against five major oil companies for their contribution to climate change. These are just a few recent developments showing that managing externalities now have a clear business case. Today investors seek companies that demonstrate effective management of their most relevant ESG factors and focus on their issues that have a real impact. The time for storytelling is over. It is now high time to have the data on issues in place in order to mitigate your business risks and to start seizing market opportunities.
Paying for Climate Change: Expensive Externalities
New York City is suing five major oil companies for their contribution to climate change. This new lawsuit highlights that the time for companies to pay for previously unaccounted externalities may come faster than expected. So it is increasingly important for companies to perform impact valuations in order to gain insights on their negative and positive externalities, and learn how to mitigate risks and leverage opportunities.
Impact Valuation at LANXESS: A Practitioner Perspective
How does a corporation add value to society? Investors and other stakeholders are more and more requesting companies to value their businesses in a way that incorporates externalities, such as carbon emissions and health effects. Leading specialty chemicals company LANXESS has developed an impact valuation model that measures and monetizes the company’s impacts on society. This is how they did it.
