Category: Impact investing
Why PGGM has only invested €16bn of a €20bn target set in 2014 Why PGGM has only invested €16bn of a €20bn target set in 2014 Why PGGM has only invested €16bn of a €20bn target set in 2014
Nov 28th, 2019
Eloy Lindeijer is responsible for PGGM’s investment management. PGGM's main challenge is to generate a sustainable long-term return on its global investment portfolio. This means it strives to realise an inflation-protected pension, while contributing to a more sustainable world. Lindeijer was formerly director of the Financial Markets division at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
The challenging of allocating assets to impact.
Dutch pension investment giant PGGM has been typically open about its struggle to meet a €20bn impact investment commitment – a large part of which involves low carbon transition opportunities.
Eloy Lindeijer, Chief of Investment Management at the €238bn fund manager, believes engaging with governments is part of the answer.
Lindeijer, who also sits on the executive committee of PGGM, joined in 2011. He started his career in 1988 at the Dutch Central Bank, holding several positions and representing the Netherlands in va…