Herman Mulder is an institutional adviser, speaker, lecturer and author on

sustainable finance Sustainable finance is the set of practices, standards, norms, regulations and products that pursue financial returns alongside environmental and/or social objectives. It is sometimes used interchangeably with Environmental, Social & Governance ( ...

issues. He is a pioneer of the

Equator Principles The Equator Principles is a risk management framework adopted by financial institutions, for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in project finance. It is primarily intended to provide a minimum standard for due dil ...

, used by banks to voluntarily assess and manage social and environmental risk. Mulder is a co-founder and chairman of the True Price Foundation, member of the Board of the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for MNE's, and the chairman of the

Global Reporting Initiative The Global Reporting Initiative (known as GRI) is an international independent standards organization that helps businesses, governments, and other organizations understand and communicate their impacts on issues such as climate change, human rig ...

(GRI), the International Institute of Governance & Leadership (IIGL) and the TEEB Advisory Board.

Career

In the past, Mulder was a senior executive vice-president at ABN AMRO (1998–2006), and is now an independent board member with a focus on sustainable development issues. During his career at ABN Amro, he held a position in relationship management (notably energy), structured finance. From 1998 he served as Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP), Head of Group Risk Management, and Co-chair of the Group Risk Committee. He initiated and coordinated the ABN AMRO initiative on Sustainable Development (SD). Mr. Mulder played key role in the creation of NFX, a coordinated platform between the Dutch government and Dutch financial sector focused on finance for development. Mr. Mulder was the first chairman of the ABN AMRO Group Foundation. Mulder was an Executive Fellow at Duisenberg School of Finance, since the foundation of the school in 2007. Mulder was Senior Advisor to the

UN Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is the world's ...

and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Previously working in the field of social development finance in India and Brazil.

Contribution to sustainability

The perspectives of Mulder about inclusive economy and the significance of

impact investment Impact investing refers to investments "made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return". At its core, impact investing is about an a ...

have received a particular prominence during the post-2009 crises period, when the financial institutions began to pro-actively adopt non-financial metrics. His research and institutional activism have largely contributed to the adoption of socio-environmental considerations amongst major international financial organizations. Mulder plays an active role in the international development of the integration of the sustainability topics in corporate development and investment mechanisms. In his work, he emphasizes on the importance of the feedback mechanism of the NGOs interacting with other stakeholders, like the governments, corporations and regular citizens. He is also a member of the jury of Dutch Sustainable Supply Chain Award (since 2007), an Ambassador of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and advisor to the Natural Capital Coalition (NCC). In November 2005, Mulder received a knighthood of the

Order of Oranje-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...

as a recognition for his active role in the development of the sustainability topics and Dutch economy. After which he was promoted to be an officer in the same order in October 2017 for his work as chairman of the

Sustainable Development Goals The ''2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'', adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" – wh ...

- Dutch Charter Coalition.

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Career

Contribution to sustainability

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