NAB 10% TARGET PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
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The Netherlands Advisory Board on impact investing (NAB) creates a healthy impact investment ecosystem, where investments and savings are purposely embedded in solving social and environmental challenges, as well as seek a financial return. We create opportunities to gain & exchange knowledge about impact investments and stimulate more impact investments for social and environmental issues.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an essential part of reaching our goals. To achieve the SDGs, an annual financing of over $4 trillion is imperative. This will not happen without the mobilisation of private capital. However, institutional investors face challenges in finely comprehending impact investing, display a conservative approach, and encounter barriers in scaling up their impact investments. Currently, a mere 4- 6% of Dutch Assets under Management (AuM) is allocated to impact, with less than 1% directed towards emerging markets.
The NAB is conducting a campaign focused on institutional investors, for them to issue a target by 2025 to allocate 10% of their AuM to impact investments, with a specific 4% allocation to emerging markets by 2030. This initiative is designed to reach out, understand and support pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, and banks. The NAB is engaging with both institutional investors and public sector as well as sector organisations as the "Pensioenfederatie", "De Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken" and "Verbond van Verzekeraars".
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ON THE WAY TO 10% FOR IMPACT
Read about the state of impact investing in the Dutch institutional investment sector in our report.​​​
Read the report here
THE PROGRAM
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Phase 1, Dec 2023 - Q3 2024: Preliminary stakeholders and field analysis: an in-depth investigation of the status quo and the barriers hindering the growth of impact investments.
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Step 1: High-level quantitative analysis, supplemented by qualitative insights obtained through desk research, performed by the NAB team on existing impact allocations for 34 top institutional investors.
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Step 2: Barriers investigated through (1) a survey distributed to a sample of allocators, both directly and through affiliated branch organisations and (2) bilateral interviews with allocators.
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Step 3: Publication of the report State of the Dutch Institutional Investment Sector in Impact Investing, highlighting key findings from Steps 1 and 2.
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Phase 2, Q3 2024 -2025. Implementation of solutions to actively progress towards the established targets.
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Step 1: The implementation phase will start with a Collaborative Dialogue Session during which institutional investors prioritise key areas to be addressed and co-create actionable solutions.
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Step 2: The NAB will write and execute the action plan by
coordinating and curating various initiatives with the relevant ecosystem parts. Progress will be regularly monitored, and adjustments applied as needed.
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The program will also see a final evaluation of the progress made by the end of 2025 by research and investor consultations, and adjustment of strategic planning to further support the increase in scale and effectiveness of the impact investing ecosystem.
Following the publication of the report, on the 25th of September the NAB hosted a "Collaborative Dialogue: Impact and Institutional Investors, The Path Towards a 10% Target Allocation". The objective of this seminar was to focus on co-creating actionable and realistic solutions to the barriers addressed in the report that deter or prevent institutional investors from scaling their impact. Read the summary here.
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To learn more about the program, please contact the program director Simona Benvenuti.
Community of Practice in Real Estate
The housing crisis in the Netherlands as well as globally alongside the persistently high levels of carbon emissions from the contruction industry is a major issue. The sector remains heavily reliant on traditional, carbon-intensive methods.
We believe that the industry is at cross-road and calls for a transformational change requiring innovative solutions that enables construction to become more sustainable but also faster and more cost-efficient. While there has been (institutional) capital movement towards impact investing in real estate more is possible as we become cognizant of the immense potential the sector holds to drive environmental and social transformation.
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Bridging the financial gap is critical to ensure access to affordable housing, which remains a basic necessity in today’s world. For this, we have initiated a Community of Practice in Real Estate - a series of three seminars where experts will share best-practices and build knowledge to showcase the potential real estate holds.
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Our first seminar was hosted on the 14th of May, 2025. Read what happened here!
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To express your interest for participating as audience and/or panellists for our upcoming seminars, please get in touch with our colleague - Simona Benvenuti
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