news - FMO one of the members of Dutch Carbon Pledge

FMO is proud to be a member of a group of companies of the Dutch financial sector who made the the following Carbon Pledge:

"We ask global leaders during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC to take effective measures to keep global warming under safe levels. As financial institutions we want to take responsibility as well and come with new and meaningful steps. The annual measuring and disclosure of the carbon footprint of investments*, with the aim of using this information to identify and set carbon footprint reduction targets, is still at an early stage. Our initiative, consisting of leaders of different segments of the Dutch financial sector, intends to experiment with annual carbon foot printing, disclosure and target setting for investments. These elements are key in planning and developing investment strategies towards a low carbon society. We want to share and learn from practice and find solutions for dilemma’s. We hope this will stimulate the development and adaptation of carbon foot printing and target setting in the financial sector on a larger scale for all their investments. Our goal is to form a group of leading financial institutions that cooperate in a bottom up initiative on achieving transparency and uniformity in carbon foot printing and target setting."