About Sustainable Finance Factory

— we use finance as the driving force for sustainable development

To accomplish true sustainable development and growth, Sustainable Finance Factory (SFF) believes the world needs a broader understanding of value. If we want a thriving economy (financial value), we need a healthy planet (environmental value) and people (social value).

OUR VISION & MISSION

We create sustainable value for our customers and the planet

Sustainable Finance Factory looks at how finance interacts with sustainability challenges and connects financial, social and environmental value to achieve sustainable value creation. Governments, financial institutions, investors, businesses and nonprofits all have the opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable world. Individually and collectively, we can control the flow of money and can direct capital to companies, initiatives and projects that understand and manage sustainability issues well, or that create social and environmental value. Our mission is to ensure a liveable planet, an inclusive society and prosperity for current and future generations, by using finance as the driving force for sustainable development.

Making impact with practical solutions

We enable businesses, investors, governmental organisations and nonprofits to mobilise financial resources to generate social and environmental impact.

Our services

Expert in sustainable value creation

The financial sector is investing more and more sustainably, but it does not think sustainably. As a former equity analyst and impact investor, Willem Schramade experienced firsthand how big the gap between high financial returns and a liveable planet is in the financial world. For 20 years, he worked at various financial institutions and asset managers, such as Robeco and NN. He resigned mid-2019 to start Sustainable Finance Factory.

With Sustainable Finance Factory, Schramade aims to close that gap. He introduces new ways to assess investment processes, business performance and project financing. Not only on financial value, as the norm currently is for most financial firms, but also on social and environmental value.

Financial value should be a means, not the goal. Economic growth can be a result of what we do, but shouldn’t be of paramount importance. Ensuring a liveable and healthy planet, an inclusive society and prosperity for current and future generations is what it’s all about.

Sustainable Finance Factory shows the world that the economic system is a belief that can be restructured to benefit the planet and society as a whole. Schramade offers consultancy, provides training, conducts research and is affiliated with the Platform Sustainable Value Creation of Erasmus University Rotterdam. His advice is in demand from customers across a wide variety of sectors and industries: from corporates, asset managers, pension funds and stock exchanges to governmental organisations and nonprofits.