SDGs

Investor Profile

PFZW’s IC chair explains why cutting equity names hones impact

Professor Dirk Schoenmaker, investment committee chair of the €250 billion ($291 billion) Dutch healthcare pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), whose expertise has helped inform its "3D" investment strategy, explains why less is more in an equity allocation with fewer stocks.

Sarah RundellSeptember 4, 2025

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Products and services, not operations, key to assessing ESG

Global asset management firm Robeco has differentiated its ESG assessment methodology to give a more accurate picture of the impact investors have on sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to Rachel Whittaker, the firm’s head of sustainable investment research.

Ben HurleyNovember 27, 2023

Featured Story

SDG-aligned private equity proves winning formula at AP1

It's possible for private equity investors to add value by integrating ESG. Swedish buffer fund AP1 is tapping the benefits.

Sarah RundellOctober 11, 2023

FIS Toronto 2024

PGGM’s quest for cultural change

The world is changing so rapidly, traditional five-year investment plans are increasingly difficult to implement. Asset owners, head-down and concentrating on just the next five-years, risk “opening the curtains” to find the world around them has moved on much faster than they realised, said Geraldine Leegwater, CIO, PGGM.

Sarah RundellNovember 23, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

SDGs remain the roadmap out of crisis

APG's Claudia Kruse reflects that the climate emergency, COVID and conflict has put SDG delivery at risk. But the SDGs remain the best roadmap out of crisis and the investor's Asset Owner Platform has become an important tool supporting its quest to invest with impact.

Sarah RundellNovember 14, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

UN SDGs prove market-beating themes

The UN's SDGs align with thematic investment themes that are backed by multiple mega-trends, according to the head of thematic research at Pictet Asset Management.

Ben HurleySeptember 20, 2022

Investor Profile

PFZW’s IC chair explains why cutting equity names hones impact

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Products and services, not operations, key to assessing ESG

Featured Story

SDG-aligned private equity proves winning formula at AP1

FIS Toronto 2024

PGGM’s quest for cultural change

FIS Toronto 2024

SDGs remain the roadmap out of crisis

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

UN SDGs prove market-beating themes

California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

PGGM / PFZW

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