On 3 November 2021, on Finance Day at the COP26, we will publish a statement in which we pledge, within our mandate, to contribute to a decisive policy commitment to implement the Paris Agreement and to mitigate the impact of climate change.
We aim to integrate sustainability into all our core tasks by 2025. In the statement, we explain what concrete actions we will take to this end in 2022.
The 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 12 November. During Finance Day on 3 November, special attention will be paid to financing the transition to an energy-neutral economy.
DNB plegde COP26
Dutch insurers and pension funds invest not only directly in listed equity and corporate bonds, but also indirectly via investment funds. New DNB figures on CO2 emissions of non-financial corporations relate to both types of investments and provide a more complete..
Read more Carbon footprint of Dutch insurers and pension funds in sharper focus
European companies that are big carbon emitters are paying higher and higher interest rates on the bonds they issue on financial markets. Indeed, investors are asking for an interest rate premium to compensate for the risks that emission-intensive companies are exposed to
Read more Carbon-intensive companies pay ever higher market interest rates
Effective investment in the United Nations’ sustainable development goals hinges on the possibility to measure the impact of such investments.
Read more SDG-related investment: overviews of impact measurement methods and data
DNB launches its new sustainable finance strategy. Five questions about the impact on the economy, the financial sector and consumers.
Read more Five questions about the impact of the new sustainable finance strategy
