1. Triodos Bank's Networks and Partners
Sustainable Banking
???[n&p:Social Venture Network Europe|Triodos
Bank is a member of SVN Europe, a network of
socially and environmentally engaged
entrepreneurs dedicated to changing the way the
world does business. The network creates
opportunities for learning, partnerships, and
launching new ventures.|www.svneurope.com |
]
???[n&p:Eurosif|Triodos Bank is a member of
Eurosif (the European Sustainable Investment
Forum), a pan-European group whose mission is to
address sustainability through financial markets.|
www.eurosif.org | ]
???[n&p:INAISE|Triodos Bank is a member of the
International Association of Investors in the Social
Economy (INAISE), a worldwide network of
financial institutions active in social and
environmental areas.|www.inaise.org |
Global Alliance for Banking on
Values
communities and the environment companies.
www.gabv.org
]
An independent
network of banks
using finance to
deliver sustainable
development for
unserved people,
???[n&p:UNEP FI|Triodos Bank is a member of UNEP FI. UNEP FI is a global partnership between UNEP, the
United Nations Environment Program, and the financial sector.|www.unepfi.org |
]
Organic Food and Agriculture
Energy & Climate
Task Force Marktontwikkeling
Biologische Landbouw
This Task Force is a
partnership of the Dutch
GRI
Triodos Bank has been
using the GRI guidelines
since 2000 and is an
organisational stakeholder of the Initiative. Following
these guidelines ensures that our report is easily
comparable with those of other GRI-compliant
companies.
www.globalreporting.org
2. Sustainable Trade
ICCO: www.icco.nl/eng: the Dutch inter church
organisation for development cooperation
SECO: www.seco.admin.ch: the Swiss State
Secretariat for Economic Affairs
G-Star Raw Denim Foundation: www.g-star.nl :
G-Star's social investment vehicle for projects in
developing countries.
KL Felicitas Foundation:
www.klfelicitasfoundation.org: social investment
fund created by Charly and Lisa Kleissner.
Pequeno Foundation: www.pequeno.nl: foundation
supporting projects that uplift underprivileged
groups in society.
KIT: www.kit.nl : the Royal Tropical Institute,
action-researc h centre contributing to sustainable
development, poverty alleviation and cultural
preservation and exchange.
IDH: www.duurzamehandel.com/en : Dutch
sustainable trade initiative.
Socially Responsible Investment
???[n&p:Belsif|The Belgian Sustainable and
Socially Responsible Investment Forum is a
not-for-profit organization whose aim is to
stimulate, promote and support all types of
sustainable and socially responsible investments.
Triodos Bank is a board member.|www.belsif.be |
]
???[n&p:Uksif|UKSIF promotes responsible
investment and other forms of finance that support
government,
non-governmental
organisations and organic
businesses, aiming to increase organic food
consumption by 10% each year. Triodos Bank is a
founder member.
www.biologischconvenant.nl
Louis Bolk Instituut
source of knowledge and new insight, encouraging
scientific research into organic and sustainable
agriculture, nutrition and health care.
www.louisbolk.nl
De Groene Zaak
Zaak
www.degroenezaak.com
AgentschapNL
We have close
links with the
Louis Bolk
Institute, since
1976 a
pioneering
Triodos Bank is
one of the
founding partners
of the De Groene
Agentschap
NL is an
EnergieTransitie
Energy Transitie
brings parties
together,
combines of their knowledge, streamlines laws and
regulations, and provides financial support for
promising projects
www.senternovem.nl/energietransitie
3. sustainable economic development, enhance
UCAD
DGIS
contributing towards the Millenium Development
Goals. Within this framework, Triodos Sustainable
Trade Fund and its partners have concluded the
Millenium Agreement titled: Catalysing Finance for
Sustainable Value Chains.
www.millenniumakkoorden.nl
VBDO
Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs,
public-private
partnership
programme for
projects
Triodos is a member
UNPRI
Triodos Bank is a
signatory to the
United Nations
Principles for Responsible Investment, which provide
a framework for investment professionals to
incorporate the environmental, social and corporate
governance issues into mainstream investment
decision-making and ownership.
www.unpri.org
Triodos Bank partners with UCAD on several sustainability issues
www.ucad.nl
agency
of the
Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and implements
national government policy in a professional, effective
and inspiring way by order of the State government.
www.agentschap.nl
4. quality of life and safeguard the environment.
Triodos Bank is a board member.|www.uksif.org |
]
???[n&p:Eumedion|Triodos Bank sits on two
of the Dutch
Association of
Investors for
Sustainable
Development
(VBDO). This association represents the interests of
sustainable investors with the authorities and stock
listed companies.
www.vbdo.nl
commissions of Eumedion, which aims to maintain and further develop good corporate governance on the basis
of the responsibility of institutional investors established in the Netherlands.|www.eumedion.nl |
]
[n&p:Round Table for CSR and Animal
Testing|Triodos Investment Management
participates in the Round Table for Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) and Animal Testing in
the Netherlands, an informal group of stakeholders
that tries to push the agenda for minimizing animal
tests and stimulates the development of
alternatives.||]
Microfinance
???[n&p:Stichting Doen|Triodos-Doen, one of the
four Triodos microfinance funds, is a joint initiative
of Triodos Bank and the DOEN Foundation.|
www.doen.nl|
Forest Footprint Disclosure
Project
Triodos Bank
endorses this
project, which is a
new initiative
created to help
investors identify
how an
organisation's
activities and supply
chains contribute to deforestation.
www.forestdisclosure.com
The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent non-profit organisation that collects information www.cdproject.net
]???
Arts and Culture
www.beroepkunstenaar.nl - interesting website
Carbon Disclosure Project
International Association of
Microfinance Investors
A global membership organization exclusively
dedicated to serving current and potential
microfinance investors, especially those who invest in
5. funds and other vehicles. Triodos Investment
Management is a founding member.
www.iamfi.org
Women’s World Banking
mission is to expand the economic assets,
participation, and power of poor women as
entrepreneurs and economic agents by increasing
their access to finance, knowledge and markets
www.swwb.org
HIVOS
Triodos Bank is
among the key
supporters of
Women’s World
Banking, whose
Hivos-Triodos Fund, one of
the four Triodos
microfinance funds, is a
joint initiative of Triodos
Bank and the Hivos
Foundation.
www.hivos.nl/eng
Networks and Partners
GRI
Triodos Bank has been
using the GRI guidelines
since 2000 and is an
organisational stakeholder of the Initiative. Following
these guidelines ensures that our report is easily
with lots of tips for artists
www.cultuurnota.nl - interesting website with lots of
tips for cultural institutions
www.minocw.nl - website of the Dutch Ministry of
Culture and Education
www.mondriaanstichting.nl - website of a famous
Dutch Fund for the visual arts
www.museumvereniging.nl - website of the Dutch
organisation of Museums
www.vscd.nl - website of the Dutch organisation of
the directors of theatres
Kunstenaars en CO
This organisation
provides assistance to artists who want to have
independent profession
www.kunstenaarsenco.nl