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In each episode, our law and tax experts offer new insights, unexpected solutions and different angles to situations that impact entire market segments.

#1 Sustainable Investing

In our first podcast episode: 'How ESG & corporate purpose contribute to a sustainable investment future', our host Janet H. Anderson and guests Piet Klop, Senior Investment Advisor at PGGM and Antoinette van der Hauw, Partner at Loyens & Loeff, tackle the consequences of sustainable investing.

The challenges current and future generations are facing manifest on a global scale. More and more people are demanding that not only the government, but also companies take responsibility for worldwide challenges like climate change, pandemics and world food supply. This point of view has real consequences for companies, as they are not only being judged on their financial performance, but also on their real-world impact.

What does this mean for investors? What are the risks when this demand for accountability translates into governmental legislation? And what are companies and branch organizations already doing to substantiate the real-world effects of investments?

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