Triodos Bank is a member of several networks that promote sustainable and socially responsible business practices. This includes SVN Europe, Eurosif, INAISE, UNEP FI, the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, and others focused on issues like organic food and agriculture, energy and climate, sustainable trade, and socially responsible investment. Triodos Bank also partners with organizations working in areas such as microfinance, the arts, and reducing deforestation.
Rotary Peace declaration adopted during the Rotary Conference on "Building Peace with Rotary and UNESCO, Inter-Country Committee's Peace Initiatives" held at the UNESCO headquarter on April 4th 2015
Rotary Peace declaration adopted during the Rotary Conference on "Building Peace with Rotary and UNESCO, Inter-Country Committee's Peace Initiatives" held at the UNESCO headquarter on April 4th 2015
50 Years of the EU Commission's Extended ServiceDr Lendy Spires
The role of the delegations has changed constantly … they now carry out tasks relating to almost all the areas where the European Union has a part to play. This reflects the Union’s growing importance as a world global player.
President Prodi, September 2003 The European Union in the world The European Union is a unique experience of peaceful integration and cooperation between former rivals and competitors. Its process of unity was central to the economic and political history of Europe in the second half of the last century.
Its achievements today are impressive, and impossible to imagine only a few years ago: peace and stability have been consolidated; growth has been fostered; the well-being of EU citizens has substantially increased. The single currency is a historic success, and Community policies guarantee the safeguard of European principles and interests.
The EU is today, even before completion of the enlargement process, the world’s largest economic and trading partner, the largest donor of development assistance and the largest provider of humanitarian aid. It is also playing a crucial part in projecting stability around its periphery, notably through the process of further enlargement with central European and Mediterranean countries. In the external relations area, the EU is now moving forward to a European foreign policy that is properly linked to the EU institutions which manage the instruments needed for its accomplishment.
The European Commission plays a key role in the implementation of the EU’s foreign and other policies and in this it relies heavily 5 Taking Europe to the world — 50 years of the European Commission’s External Service
Role of private sector in Finland's development cooperation. Presentation prepared by Mika Vehnämäki (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland) in July 2016.
50 Years of the EU Commission's Extended ServiceDr Lendy Spires
The role of the delegations has changed constantly … they now carry out tasks relating to almost all the areas where the European Union has a part to play. This reflects the Union’s growing importance as a world global player.
President Prodi, September 2003 The European Union in the world The European Union is a unique experience of peaceful integration and cooperation between former rivals and competitors. Its process of unity was central to the economic and political history of Europe in the second half of the last century.
Its achievements today are impressive, and impossible to imagine only a few years ago: peace and stability have been consolidated; growth has been fostered; the well-being of EU citizens has substantially increased. The single currency is a historic success, and Community policies guarantee the safeguard of European principles and interests.
The EU is today, even before completion of the enlargement process, the world’s largest economic and trading partner, the largest donor of development assistance and the largest provider of humanitarian aid. It is also playing a crucial part in projecting stability around its periphery, notably through the process of further enlargement with central European and Mediterranean countries. In the external relations area, the EU is now moving forward to a European foreign policy that is properly linked to the EU institutions which manage the instruments needed for its accomplishment.
The European Commission plays a key role in the implementation of the EU’s foreign and other policies and in this it relies heavily 5 Taking Europe to the world — 50 years of the European Commission’s External Service
Role of private sector in Finland's development cooperation. Presentation prepared by Mika Vehnämäki (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland) in July 2016.
Violeta Consulting Services, founded in February 2013, is a Barbadian-based company aimed at providing high-quality economic research at the national, regional and international levels on issues related to sustainable development.
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Consulting and support services to entities and public administrations for the design and development of Green Economy ecosystems and green business networks.
Current State of Crowdfunding in Europe - review 2016MichalGromek
An Overview of the Crowdfunding Industry in more than 25 Countries: Trends, Volumes & Regulation
The alternative finance industry is a vibrant industry that develops very quickly. Community shares, civic crowdfunding, real estate crowdfunding and marketplace lending are examples of the developments that take place in the industry. We didn’t include these kind of developments in this research, but we are sure that in future reports we can’t ignore these new phenomena. For now, it was a challenge enough to collect information about the four mainstream types of crowdfunding.
For this research we worked together with more than 30 experts in all the European countries and asked them to provide us with reports and data about the crowdfunding industry in their country and give us their insights and views on the industry. We also asked them to share their knowledge about existing and upcoming regulations. We want to emphasize that by no means we intent to give legal advice in this report.
Please visit : http://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/ for more information and subscribe for upcoming reports
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Our distinguished International Advisory Council, which is made up of well-respected professionals in the private wealth management sector, oversees and approves their performance. Thus, these High Net Worth Financial Advisors are esteemed International Advisory Council members who are bringing their fundamental expertise to bear on the various facets of the private wealth management sector.
Presentation of Ecopreneur, at the international workshop "Divest from Fossils, Invest in Green Business" that was held at Impact Hub Barcelona on World Environment Day, June 5th 2015.
Engaging Diasporas In Development Ec Un Knowledge FairLeila Rispens-Noel
A powerpoint presentation during the workshop conducted by Oxfam Novib last December 2, 2008 at the EC-UN Knowledge Fair held in Brussels. The event was hosted by the European Commission and the United Nations as part of a new initiative to connect diaspora groups with NGOs in their country of origin to work together for the development of their countries.
If you are passionate about the humanitarian and development sector and are excited about building public-private partnerships, we are eager to hear from you.
We are currently expanding the team to help us succeed with our ambitious event plan for 2015 running large scale multi-stream summits on three continents (Asia, North America, Africa).
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