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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

Speakers & presentations

12:30

Geopolitical Outlook For 2027 - Geopolitical Reasons For Social Investments

Eugene Chausovsky
Eugene Chausovsky
Senior Director, New Lines Institute

Mr. Chausovsky explains the geopolitical trends for investing in social investments and presents a geopolitical outlook for 2027.

13:00

Investment Policy On Social Investments

Thijs Lammerink
Thijs Lammerink
Manager Investment Management Department, Pensioenfonds Bouw

Mr. Lammerink explains the policy of Pensioenfonds Bouw regarding investing in social themes - and considerations how this policy was decided.

This presentation is in Dutch.

13:30

Social Investments And The Total Portfolio Approach

Jeroen Wilbrink
Jeroen Wilbrink
Lead Portfolio Manager, Goldman Sachs

Mr. Wilbrink explains to what extent the total portfolio approach applies to social investments by Dutch pension funds.

This presentation is in Dutch.

14:30

Energy Transition 2.0: How European Innovators Survive In A New World

Ita Demyttenaere
Ita Demyttenaere
Sustainable and Transitions Solutions Manager, BlackRock
Yves Dohmen
Yves Dohmen
Institutional Client Relationship Manager, BlackRock
Thomas Brons
Thomas Brons
Institutional Client Relationship Manager, BlackRock

A social theme is the energy transition. The energy transition is changing: AI is causing an explosive demand for electricity, geopolitics is putting energy security back at the top of the agenda and sustainability is non-linear. At the same time, the investment need for the energy transition remains enormous: around $27 trillion worldwide in the next decade.

This presentation will discuss what drives the transition and where there are investment opportunities, such as with European companies that contribute to the energy transition with their solutions.

This presentation is in Dutch.

15:00

Social Housing

Jurgen Nobel
Jurgen Nobel
Member of Parliament, VVD

Mr. Nobel discusses a specific social theme: social housing. He addresses why private investment is important.

This presentation is in Dutch.

15:30

Investing In Rental Properties

Onno Hoff
Onno Hoff
Fund Manager, Achmea Real Estate

Mr. Hoff explains the need to make the current housing stock more sustainable. And how social and financial returns go hand in hand here.

This presentation is in Dutch.

16:00

Investing In Social Infrastructure

John Levy
John Levy
Managing Director, Franklin Templeton

Mr. Levy explaines that investing in social real estate such as hospitals yields financial as well as social and environmental returns. This is measured and reported against six relevant UN sustainability goals.

Sponsors

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