

Innovations in Sustainable Finance #3 Jan Anton van Zanten | An Open Source Approach to the SDGs
Apr 18, 2023
Jan Anton van Zanten, sustainable investing expert at Robeco, discusses the open-source SDG scores that measure companies' sustainability performance. They explore the importance of understanding company impacts, making data open source, and the benefits of an open-source data set. They also address the differentiation between human and machine-based scores and the significance of active ownership in sustainable finance.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Measuring Companies' Impact on Sustainable Development Goals
02:53 • 11min
Exploring the Importance of Impact Materiality in Sustainable Finance
14:05 • 3min
The Role of Industry in the Sustainable Development Goals
16:53 • 17min
Making Sustainability Scores Open Source
33:26 • 7min
Two Tiers of SDG Scores and the Importance of Differentiating Between Human and Machine-Based Scores
40:49 • 3min
Importance of Active Ownership and Forward-Looking Metrics in Sustainable Finance
43:27 • 3min