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Harald Walkate

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Harald Walkate is a Founding Partner of Route17, an SDG funding and blended finance advisory firm. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Blended Finance Lab at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP). Previously he was the Head of Sustainable Finance and Member of the Executive Committee of Natixis Investment Managers, and the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management.

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Jun 03 2026

TOP 10 Most-Read Thought Leaders of the Year in Social Responsibility

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Social Responsibility · Public Governance

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Harald Walkate

Jan 20 2026

What’s the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 3)

Energy Transition · Ethical Governance

What’s the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 3)

Harald Walkate

Jan 05 2026

What’s the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 2)

Mitigation · Climate Change

What’s the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 2)

Harald Walkate

Dec 17 2025

What's the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 1)

Mitigation · Climate Change

What's the story: Should investors flip the script regarding the energy transition? (Part 1)

Harald Walkate

Apr 08 2025

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

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

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

Harald Walkate

Apr 01 2025

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 4/5)

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 4/5)

Harald Walkate

Mar 25 2025

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 3/5)

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 3/5)

Harald Walkate

Mar 18 2025

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 2/5)

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

Impact investing grows up: from intentionality to additionality (Part 2/5)

Harald Walkate

Mar 11 2025

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

Social Responsibility · Sustainable Finance

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

Harald Walkate

Jul 15 2024

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

Sustainable Business · Sustainable Finance

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

Robert W. van Zwieten

Apr 26 2024

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

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

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

Robert W. van Zwieten

Feb 29 2024

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

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

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

Robert W. van Zwieten

Dec 18 2023

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

Sustainable Investment · Sustainable Finance

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

Harald Walkate

Dec 12 2023

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

Corporate Social Responsibility · Ethical Governance

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

Robert W. van Zwieten

Nov 25 2023

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

Sustainable Investment · Sustainable Finance

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

Harald Walkate

Jul 04 2023

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

Net Zero · Corporate Sustainability

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

Emmeline Cooper

Apr 26 2023

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

ESG · Sustainable Finance

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

Harald Walkate

Apr 07 2023

Blended finance. Naturally.

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Business

Blended finance. Naturally.

Harald Walkate

Dec 23 2022

Asset managers: blended finance is like music

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

Asset managers: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Nov 30 2022

ESG professionals: blended finance is like music

ESG · Sustainable Finance

ESG professionals: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Nov 18 2022

Development banks: blended finance is like music

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Development banks: blended finance is like music

Tom Gosling

Nov 06 2022

What GFANZ should have said

Sustainable Business · Sustainable Investment

What GFANZ should have said

Harald Walkate

Nov 03 2022

Foundations: blended finance is like music

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Foundations: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Oct 18 2022

Asset owners: blended finance is like music

Sustainable Finance · ESG

Asset owners: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Oct 05 2022

Governments: blended finance is like music

Sustainable Investment · Climate Change

Governments: blended finance is like music

Harald Walkate

Jul 19 2022

Emissions Disclosure: Sense or Nonsense

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

Emissions Disclosure: Sense or Nonsense

Florian Heeb

Jun 19 2022

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

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

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

Harald Walkate

May 22 2022

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

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

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

Florian Heeb

May 01 2022

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

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

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

Harald Walkate

Apr 10 2022

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

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

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

Harald Walkate

Mar 27 2022

MiFID misses mark: ESG motivations matter

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

MiFID misses mark: ESG motivations matter

Harald Walkate

Dec 22 2021

10 Things Every Investor Should Know About Net Zero

Environmental Sustainability · ESG

10 Things Every Investor Should Know About Net Zero

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