As part of the strategic cooperation of Wolfs Company Grant Thornton The Netherlands and Grant Thornton Aruba, Esther Wolfs guided a discussion on sustainable development of the island Aruba. Attendees included representatives from different public … Read more
Coastal communities worldwide are being threatened by the effects of climate change. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can play an important role to improve coastal resilience. Through mangrove restoration, for example, shorelines are better protected, the habitats … Read more
Although financial contributions by the private sector towards the protection of nature have remained limited until now, private capital has the potential to bridge a substantial part of the global biodiversity financing gap (reported, for … Read more
Our Bonaire presence has been strengthened by our new colleague Arxen Alders. He is a specialist in sustainable development and enhancing stakeholder values for islands’ public and private sector clients through strengthening and implementing corporate … Read more
Government as Shareholder Small islands, such as Bonaire, have many government owned companies that deliver public goods (e.g. water, electricity and connectivity). The economic scale is limited, so the government steps in and is either … Read more
Nature & Environment policy development In 2019, the Ministries of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality (LNV), Infrastructure & Water (I&W), and Interior & Kingdom Affairs (BZK) commissioned Wolfs Company to develop the Nature and Environment … Read more
Wolfs Company has developed a framework to monitor and assess investors’ impact and presenting key results through an attractive dashboard. The framework builds on the results-based management approach used by OECD, integrating natural capital and … Read more
On July 5th, 2017, Rabobank and the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands (WWF Netherlands) organized the congress ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 17: What makes a partnership successful?’ in the auditorium of Rabobank Nederland’s campus … Read more
On the 28th of June the Natural Capital Coalition, the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) and the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) organized a consultation meeting on the draft Finance Sector Supplement … Read more
The research project ‘TEEB Aruba’ (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) aims to derive insight in the strong link between Economy and Nature on Aruba. Aruba has set a goal to move towards sustainable economic … Read more