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1 October 2006
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Increasing the sustainability of EU and Dutch commodity trade through more effective policies
Research on opportunities to improve the sustainability of production chains, in cooperation with AIDEnvironment.
Client: Dutch Ministry of VROM
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22 January 2009
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The Dutch Fair Banking Guide
The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo researched the report on which the website is based.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, Dutch Animal Protection Organisation, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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1 June 2005
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The Social Responsibility of Multinational Enterprises in Developing Countries - Opportunities and Risks
Research on socially responsible behaviour of multinationals in developing countries.
Client: KPMG Sustainability
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1 March 2005
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Sustainable and profitable exploitation of natural forests in Brazil
Research into sustainable and profitable exploitation of natural forests in Brazil.
Client: Precious Woods Europe
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6 April 2005
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Sustainability of international investments in developing countries
Client: KPMG Sustainability
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1 September 2004
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Private financing of sustainably managed forestry projects
Research into private financing of sustainably managed forestry projects.
Client: DOEN Foundation
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1 April 1999
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Computers and their pretext
Research into the environmental effects of computer production.
Client: Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
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3 November 2008
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FSC and financial institutions
FSC Netherlands together with Profundo talks with financial institutions (banks, insurers and pension funds) about their possibilities to support the FSC-inititative. In May 2007 ING netherlands and pension fund PME decided to use only FSC-paper. Besides that PME uses FSC as a criteria for its investments in woods. Last November the Dutch governmental pensionfund ABP also decided to shift to FSC-paper totally from 2009 onwards.
Client: FSC Netherlands
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23 April 2009
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Asset Managers - Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution
An inquiry into SRI services offered by Asset Managers to Pension Funds. This research by VBDO and in collaboration with Profundo, aims to explore the socially responsible investing (SRI) services offered by asset managers active on the Dutch pension market. The study concerns the services that companies offer to Dutch pension funds at present (January 2009) and to the activities companies have undertaken the past year (2008).
Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
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8 February 2008
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Potential mining cases for a campaign on binding rules
For a campaign of Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) different cases are discussed to show the need of binding regulation concerning social and environmental criteria for companies who invest outside Europe. The cases concern the oil and gas sector, agriculture and forestry.
Client: Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
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15 December 2009
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Soy Barometer 2009
A study of the Dutch Soy Coalition - consisting of 10 Dutch development and environmental organizations - shows that in 2008 only 4% responsible soy was processed in the Netherlands. This is the outcome of the report Soja Barometer 2009, based on research by Profundo. Following this the Dutch Soy Coalition urges supermarkets, food industry and its suppliers, to concrete action and expects a substantial increase of responsible soy products. The Soy Barometer will be released again after 2 years.
Client: Dutch Soy Coalition
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18 June 2008
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Exclusion as an instrument of responsible investment
Workshop about exclusion as an instrument of social responsible investment policy at the VBDO Seminar of June 18, 2008.
Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
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6 March 2009
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Researching and assessing the fairness of food products.
Powerpoint presentation about the methodology and de sources for research, their relevance, priorities, weak links and criteria. Also short term and long term goals have been discussed.
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2 September 2008
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Financing of fossil fuels and renewable energy by Canadian banks
This report makes an assessment of the roles played by the top five Canadian bank groups (Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Bank, TMO and CIBC) and by two smaller banks (Desjardins Bank and Vancity Group/Citizens Bank) in the financing of renewable energy and oil,gas and coal production worldwide.
Because of this report the website Climate Friendly Banking was launched where Canadian bank customers can see if their bank is sustainable: 
Client: Rainforest Action Network
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3 February 2010
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Options for company regulation on CSR
This policy note describes a number of innovative regulatory options to ensure that Dutch companies, as well as their subsidiaries and their suppliers in foreign countries, will not be (jointly) responsible for severe breaches of human rights and excessive damage to the environment.
Client: Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
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30 November 2009
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Dutch CDM projects in the palm oil sector
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the Clean Development Mechanism projects executed in the palm oil sector in Malaysia and Indonesia which are approved by the Dutch government.
Client: Greenpeace Netherlands
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2 July 2009
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Fair Banking Guide, 2nd update
The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo researched the report on which the website is based. 
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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1 October 2009
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Fair Banking Guide, 3rd update
The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo wrote researched the report on which the website is based.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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11 December 2008
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Evaluation of the sustainable investmentpolicy of PNO Media
It is PNO Media's ambition to be in the lead when it comes to sustainable investments and ongoing improvement of her policy. In this report PNO Media's strong points will be pointed out, but also the points that can be improved and recommendations ceoncerning her own Code Sustainable Investments and recommendations concerning the implementation.
Client: PNO Trust Media
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11 May 2010
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Pension funds in a changed climate
This note, additional to the seminar Pension funds in a changed climate on may 28th 2010, discusses practical opportunities for pension funds to make an active climate policy. The possibilities to take climate change into account whitin assect classes investments are discussed first. Second, being a shareholder in many companies, pension funds can try to get recognition for a good sustainability policy in those companies. Furthermore, they can invest in companies, technologies and products that stop climate change.
Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment (SNM), Oxfam Novib
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31 May 2010
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English translation of chapters 4 and 5 of the Dutch “Fair Bank Guide”
The English translation of the research paper, by Profundo, that is the foundation for the website Fair Bank Guide. This website enables bank customers to check whether their bank has a good policy on various important social- and environmental issues. The paper contains a translation of chapters four and five that include nine issue policies and eight sector policies.
Client: Oxfam Novib
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9 March 2010
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International actor research for campaigning
Presentation of Jan Willem van Gelder, director of Profundo, for social movement NiZa. About the way organisations can research the international actors that may cause a lot of social problems.
Client: Netherlands institute for Southern Africa (NiZA)
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31 March 2009
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Researching corporate footprints
Presentation of Jan Willem van Gelder, director of Profundo, for Amnesty International about the role of the corporate sector in developing countries and about how research about this topic can be done. The corporate sector can influence the human rights in various ways and must be stimulated to use this influence positively.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands
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4 September 2009
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Opties for deregulation of international corporate activities
Presentation for the regulation team whitin the platform of Sustainability in the Netherlands. The main objective of the presentation is to begin with the development of suggestions about the sustainability regulation of international corporate activities.
Client: Platform for Sustainable Development (NL)
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7 June 2010
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Sustainability criteria in bank regulation
How can banks take account for sustainability in their lending and investment decisions? The objective of this research paper is to identify specific measures that could be proposed to regulators to ensure that banks integrate sustainability factors in their policies. Also results of sustainability risk assessments are being discussed.
Client: Friends of the Earth Europe
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3 June 2009
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Proposal for the Code for Responsibile Investing
Proposal for the Code of Responsible Investing. This code describes the way in which the Pensionfund PNO Media fills her social responsibility as institutional investor. After an extensive explanation of this code, the report focusses on the periodic evaluation of the code and the way that the fund communicates with participants, retired people and associated companies about the completion of the code.
Client: PNO Trust Media
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1 February 2009
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Evaluation of the Milieudefensie report 'Sustainability in companies 2007-2009'
Evaluation of the Milieudefensie report 'Sustainability in companies 2007-2009'. This evaluation focusses on identifying the results of the project MVO 2007-2009 of Milieudefensie, analysing and reviewing the relevance of these results for the Netherlands and the South, idetifying the added value of the cooperation between Milieudefensie and Oxfam Novib and giving input for future strategies and corporate decisions.
Client: Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
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22 January 2010
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Fair Banking Guide, 4th update
Fourth update of the Fair Banking Guide. The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo wrote researched the report on which the website is based.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, Dutch Animal Protection Organisation, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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8 April 2010
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Fair Banking Guide, 5th update
Fifth update of the Fair Banking Guide. The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo wrote researched the report on which the website is based.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, Dutch Animal Protection Organisation, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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25 May 2010
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Reference guide: Asset management and responsible investment in the Netherlands
It is important that pension funds are provided with tools to continue their progress in the field of responsible investment. This explorative research was undertaken to find out what SRI services asset managers and service providers offer to pension funds.
Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
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1 March 2009
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Cocoa Barometer 2009
Sadly, there is no evidence, as yet, of sustainable strategies for capacity building of cocoa producers, backed by sizeable capital investments, or of efforts to keep the consumers informed. Cocoa Barometer 2009 of the Tropical Commodity Coalition, in contribution with Profundo, aims to fuel the discussion on a sustainable cocoa sector and make it more transparent and clear.
Client: Tropical Commodity Coalition
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1 September 2009
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Benchmark Responsible Investing by Dutch investors 2009
The Vereniging van Beleggers voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling (VBDO) has, in coöperation with Profundo, developed a benchmark about the responsible investmentpolicy of 30 Dutch insurance agencies. It's the first time that this type of policy is being researched.
Client: Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
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1 July 2010
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Fair Banking Guide, 6th update
Sixth update of the Fair Banking Guide, this research shows that the bonus policies of most banks are still inadequate. The website of the Dutch Fair Banking Guide enables bank customers to check wether their bank has a good policy on various important social and environmental issues. Different banks can also be compared on their policies. The aim of the project is to stimulate social responsible investing by Dutch banks. Profundo wrote researched the report on which the website is based.
Client: Amnesty International Netherlands, Dutch Animal Protection Organisation, FNV Mondiaal, Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), Oxfam Novib
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