A Dutch-driven opportunity to drive global impact

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The world’s most pressing problems – from climate change to widening inequalities in society – need urgent attention and massive investments. Global challenges are also global opportunities and those who provide solutions to today’s problems will be the financial winners of tomorrow.

 

Our futures are interdependent. As investors, social entrepreneurs, and human beings, we can support innovation, infrastructure and entrepreneurship to create and scale solutions to resolve the issues affecting our society.

 

Achieving the SDGs will take US$ 5-7 trillion per year, globally, with an investment gap in developing countries that has further increased since the Covid pandemic to US$ 4.2 trillion. Through impact investing, we can be agents of social change and help close the investment gap to achieving the SDGs – while also achieving our financial goals as investors.

 

The Netherlands, with a rich track record of impact and sustainability, a dynamic NGO sector, a favourable business environment, strong R&D capabilities, and a strong financial sector, provides the ideal conditions to lead the impact economy, in Europe and worldwide. And with 4-6% of Dutch assets under management already invested for impact, our country is strongly positioned to become a leader in impact investing.

 

A member of the worldwide network Global Steering Group for impact investment (GSG), the NAB is supporting Dutch leaders of the impact investing ecosystem to achieve the SDGs. The NAB is actively enabling policies with evidence and data (engage), increasing awareness and understanding of the public to help them make the right choices (inspire) and co-creating solutions (catalyse)

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Membership benefits 

 

 Through your participation in the NAB’s working groups and initiatives, you have the chance to actively participate in thought leadership discussions and enhance the general understanding of impact investment within your community and in the global investment community, shaping the Netherlands’ impact investing ecosystem. You will have the opportunity to affect the Dutch impact ecosystem to become a leader of the global impact economy: - to increase the scale of impact capital (both from local and global investors), - to develop the use of new financial tools, - to increase the number of actors within the ecosystem across the sectors. Being a member of our community provides your organisation with tools to move forward as part of this change. We offer all our members an opportunity to create global impact:

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1. Power to shape policies: the NAB engages policy makers and promotes impact investing as the norm. Via the NAB, your organisation has the opportunity to make your voice heard, define norms & standards and push concrete propositions driving real impact by joining forces with other stakeholders of the impact investing sector.

2.  A unique public-private partnership: the NAB actively engages and cooperates with local (cities/provinces), national (Ministries) and European policy-makers and regulators to shape policies, enhance collaboration and voice the position of the Dutch impact investing sector.

3.  Access to best practices and latest innovations: the NAB provides learning opportunities on the newest global trends on impact and ESG measurement tools from peers, local and global experts and the development of financial tools, as well as the opportunity to showcase case studies of your organisation in the global GSG/NAB impact community.

4. Access to local peers and to a global network of 2000+ leaders of impact investing: the NAB fosters the collaboration of all relevant actors within the Dutch ecosystem: investors, policy makers, intermediaries, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and academia. In addition, via the NAB, your organisation gains access (including personal introduction when authorised) to a global network of 2000+ leading practitioners in 42 countries from the global impact ecosystem and can participate in in-depth GSG working-groups and member-only events.

5. Be recognised as an impact leader, with media exposure and speaking opportunities: every partner is given the opportunity to participate in a variety of exclusive local and global speaking events: annual members’ meetings and open (joint-)events in the Netherlands, and regular invitations to GSG/NABs events (Annual GSG impact summit, European NABs engagements and other cross-NABs global initiatives). All NAB media exposure includes the logos of our members, including the NAB’s social media platforms, newsletter and website. All NAB members are listed in the annual community guide and their logo visible in all our publications.

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 Membership requirements 

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• Membership to be evaluated every 4 years

• Commitment to the mission and values of the NAB

• Commitment to invest resources for the development of the Dutch impact investing ecosystem (on average 4 hours per month)

• Provide a point of contact within the member organisation to develop a working group or project as the member and the NAB see fit.

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Membership fees 

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The NAB is a lean organisation relying on membership fees and sponsoring to fulfil its mission. The membership fees are designed to be as inclusive as possible and to give a voice to all types of stakeholders.

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For more information about the NAB membership and fees, please contact : contact@nabimpactinvesting.nl