Oneplanetcrowd
North Holland, Netherlands The
March 2016
Other financial services
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Belgium,
Germany,
Netherlands The
Oneplanetcrowd is the largest sustainable funding platform in the Netherlands. The platform connects innovative entrepreneurs and forward-looking investors to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. Entrepreneurs and energy projects that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals can receive funding from the crowd via the platform. Future-oriented investors can invest directly in innovative and sustainable projects. Oneplanetcrowd offers (re)financing ranging from € 100,000 to € 10+ million and a committed group of ambassadors who provide publicity and marketing value. Since 2012, Oneplanetcrowd has financed over 250 entrepreneurs and energy projects totaling € 70 million with a community of 30,000 investors. We are proud to be a certified B Corp – which confirms our positive contribution to people, communities and the planet. We have funded over 175 sustainable projects with over EUR 80 mio of funds for companies as VanMoof and Fairphone. And this is just the beginning. Oneplanetcrowd was initiated by StartGreen Capital. As one of the largest impact fund managers in the Netherlands, StartGreen has financed over 300 sustainable entrepreneurs and energy projects.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 20.8
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 20.8
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 28.0
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 20.4
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 10.3
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.7
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.