Brenda Kramer left her role as senior sustainable finance advisor at PGGM Investments last month and was appointed head of the Sustainable Finance Lab (SFL).
Kramer will join the think tank, which is hosted within Utrecht University but operates as an independent foundation, on June 1. She replaces Rens van Tilburg, who is leaving the SFL after 13 years.
SFL aims to “bridge science and practice” by developing ideas that meet the goal of transitioning to “a stable and robust financial sector that contributes to an economy that serves humanity without destroying the environment” .
The members are mainly professors from Dutch universities.
Since its founding in 2011, it has conducted a number of studies, most recently on how central banks and supervisors can begin to respond to nature-related risks, and how the European Central Bank can accelerate the green transition. We are also researching options.
SFL said Mr. Kramer will focus on the organization's “internationalization and realignment of its strategic position” and help take the organization to its next stage.
Kramer said SFL is “perfectly placed to constructively challenge policymakers, politicians and financial experts in the Netherlands and abroad.”
Mr. Kramer joins the company after eight years at PGGM, prior to which he was a senior economist at the Dutch Central Bank. She also holds positions at the European Commission and the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
During his time at PGGM, from 2018 to 2022 he represented the Dutch pension sector on the EU Expert Group and the Sustainable Finance Platform and contributed to the establishment of the EU taxonomy.
She has been vocal about the difficulties investors face with EU sustainable finance regulations, telling RI Europe last year that the Dutch investment giant was “struggling” to define sustainable investing. Told.
“I fight with my lawyer every day about this because it's a serious issue,” she said. “If you consider the entire list of Key Adverse Indicators (PAIs), even among our most sustainable portfolios, there are only zero or a few companies. So without greenwashing, we find ways to make that a little bit more.” is needed.”
