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Investing In Social Themes

A business trade-off between risk and return

Seminar 17 November 2026, 12:00
Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs

Megatrends such as AI, the energy transition and resilience are essential for future returns. Private capital is necessary for development and realisation. This creates a win-win for society and institutional investors to Invest In Social Themes.

Preliminary program

PLEASE NOTE: the program is still in the making. Therefore, times and speakers can still change.

"Investing In Social Themes" deals with how pension funds and insurers use their investment policy to provide capital for current social issues. Not as charity but with a business win-win approach.

The first part of the seminar is about social investment policy:

The Pension Fund for Construction Workers  explains their investment policy on social investments;

New Lines Institute of Washington DC explains the geopolitical trends for investing in social investments as well as a geopolitical outlook for 2027;

Goldman Sachs explains the extent to which the total portfolio approach applies to social investments by Dutch pension funds;

Member of the House of Representatives Jurgen Nobel explains why private investments are necessary for current social issues such as social housing;

The second part of the seminar focuses on concrete solutions for social investment:

Franklin Templeton presents on how private capital helps and pays off in healthcare real estate;

Achmea Investment Management explains what is already being achieved in the field of social housing;

BlackRock will present on necessary investments in infrastructure for the energy transition.

 

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IVP thanks the following parties for making this event (financially) possible:

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