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Harald Walkate

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Harald Walkate is a Founding Partner and advisor of Route17, an independent blended finance advisory firm. He is also a Senior Fellow at the University of Zurich Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth and a Member of the ESG Advisory Committee of the Financial Conduct Authority, UK. Previously he was the Head of ESG and Member of the Executive Committee of Natixis Investment Managers, and the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management.

Harald Walkate

Mar 11 2025

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 1/5)

Illuminem Voices

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

A series of five articles on impact investing and how to “do it right”

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Recent publications

Harald Walkate

Jul 15 2024

illuminemX · Sustainable Finance

What’s needed to create more bankable projects in least-developed countries

Robert W. van Zwieten

Apr 26 2024

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

Route17 (IV/IV) – The mobilizing private capital equation

Robert W. van Zwieten

Feb 29 2024

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

Route17 (III/IV): the mobilizing private capital equation

Robert W. van Zwieten

Dec 18 2023

Sustainable Investment · Sustainable Finance

Route17 (II/IV): the mobilizing private capital equation

Harald Walkate

Dec 12 2023

Corporate Social Responsibility · Ethical Governance

Investors need corporate emissions data to assess climate risk. Right? Wrong.

Robert W. van Zwieten

Nov 25 2023

Sustainable Investment · Sustainable Finance

Route17 (I/IV): the mobilizing private capital equation

Harald Walkate

Jul 04 2023

Net Zero · Corporate Sustainability

The 4 D’s of accelerating the transition: Ditch Disclosures, go Directly to Decarbonization

Emmeline Cooper

Apr 26 2023

ESG · Sustainable Finance

Now we’re talking: why pension funds should engage with their members on ESG investing

Harald Walkate

Apr 07 2023

Sustainable Finance · illuminemX

Blended finance. Naturally.

Harald Walkate

Dec 23 2022

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

Asset managers: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Nov 30 2022

ESG · Sustainable Finance

ESG professionals: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Nov 18 2022

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Development banks: blended finance is like music

Tom Gosling

Nov 06 2022

illuminemX · Sustainable Investment

What GFANZ should have said

Harald Walkate

Nov 03 2022

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Foundations: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Oct 18 2022

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Asset owners: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Oct 05 2022

Sustainable Investment · Climate Change

Governments: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Jul 19 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

Emissions Disclosure: Sense or Nonsense

Florian Heeb

Jun 19 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

What fake suede and the future of impact investment have to do with one another

Harald Walkate

May 22 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

Blended Finance – Excellent New Report Clarifies the Rules of the Game

Florian Heeb

May 01 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

A-B-E-G-L-N: how adding six letters to SFDR can make it ‘work’

Harald Walkate

Apr 10 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

The “Conviction & Narrative” checklist: 10 questions to ask the manager of an ESG fund

Harald Walkate

Mar 27 2022

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

MiFID misses mark: ESG motivations matter

Harald Walkate

Dec 22 2021

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

10 Things Every Investor Should Know About Net Zero

The words 'dream big' written on a black wall

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