Tjarda Molenaar

1 Introduction A growing number of private equity (PE) fund managers are embracing the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into conventional investment management or explicitly pursuing measurable environmental and social impact alongside financial returns (Barber et al. 2021; Block et al. 2021; Cojoianu et al. 2022).

June 25, 2024 By Tjarda Molenaar, Director of the Dutch Association of Participation Companies (NVP) Now that the European elections are over, we need to think about the role that Dutch MEPs can and should play in Brussels. Recently, party leaders and party offices received a call from the Dutch financial sector to ensure strong representation in the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament.

September 19, 2023 Private Equity ESG By Tjarda Molenaar, Director of the Dutch Association of Participation Companies (NVP) The term ESG has now become commonplace for entrepreneurs, investors and an increasingly large audience. Private Equity started developing and implementing ESG policy relatively late, but the learning curve from ESG 1.0 to 3.0 is now increasing steeply. Taking Environmental, Social and Governance factors into account became fashionable from the early 2000s.