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Circular finance guidelines set the tone
This summer, ABN AMRO teamed up with Rabobank and ING to launch the Circular Economy Finance Guidelines. Jan Raes, a sustainability advisor at the bank, talks about what these guidelines mean and how they came about.
Has the value of the bank’s human capital increased?
More and more companies are asking what long-term value they’re creating across the full scope of their operations – not just for themselves, but also for their clients, employees and investors, and for society as a whole. *True Price recently launched the Impact Institute, which is committed to a social approach to assessing costs and benefits. Following previous analyses carried out on the bank’s behalf focusing on the real value of mortgages and on financing in the cocoa industry, the decision was recently taken to make a careful study of human capital at ABN AMRO.
Sustainable fashion: a long road ahead
The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters. But it doesn’t have to be that way, say Henk Hofstede, Sector Banker Retail, and Marijn de Haas, a risk and policy advisor on environmental, social and ethical issues at ABN AMRO. Here they review the latest sustainable developments in the clothing industry and talk about the long road ahead to becoming fully circular by 2050.
Breaking new ground with PaaS
Instead of selling a product, a manufacturer makes it available as a service for a monthly fee. That’s the product-as-a-service concept. But what happens if the manufacturer retains ownership of the product? How far along is this market? And where to start? Iris van den Akker, Commercial Manager of Product as a Service at ABN AMRO, is working with clients to find out what challenges they’re facing in making the transition from a linear to a circular revenue model.
Richard Reporting – how sustainable is ABN AMRO’s purchasing policy?
In Richard Reporting, Richard Kooloos, Head of Sustainable Banking, drops in on colleagues to talk to them about how they personally are making sustainability a reality. This time, he’s speaking to Marjolein Goense, Chief Procurement Officer, to learn more about the bank’s purchasing policy.
Groenbank: the gateway to low-interest loans for sustainable projects
Those looking to invest in sustainable projects often want to secure sustainable financing as well. ABN AMRO’s Groenbank provides just that. Krista Overwater, Manager Groenbank, talks about which potential clients could benefit the most.