This second impact report for the 2016 BNG Bank Social housing bond is based on a framework for assessing sustainability performance that measures the combination of the internal sustainability performance of the organization, including its head office and rented housing units, and the external sustainability performance of the neighborhood of the housing units.
The original group of 92 elected housing associations for the 2016 bond has been transformed as a result of mergers into a group of 85 elected associations.

BNG Bank has issued social bonds for the Dutch social housing sector since 2016. Telos of Tilburg University, the Netherlands, has developed frameworks measuring PPP-sustainability for such social bonds, The first Framework was published July 2016 and has been used for the BNG Bank social housing bond that was issued 6 July 2016, (EUR 1,000,000,000 | 0.05% | 13 Jul 2024).
Based on a more elaborated Framework of Telos in 2017, a second BNG Bank social housing bond was issued 14 December 2017 (USD 750,000,000 | 2.125% | 14 Dec 2020). (https://www.bngbank.com/funding/social-housing-bond)
BNG Bank asked Telos March 2018 to prepare a 2018 Framework for a 2018 Social housing bond. The basis for the framework would be the same as in 2017, but it was requested to also include its meaning from the point of view of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This means that the framework presented still elects housing associations based on their performance according to the earlier developed framework using a PPP-methodology, but that in addition the contribution of housing associations to the SDGs is shown.
The 2018 Framework presents an integral sustainability measurement based on an internal and an external sustainability assessment of Dutch housing associations.
 

At the request of BNG Bank, Telos of Tilburg University has provided on 19 September 2014 a Framework document to BNG Bank that describes the sustainability criteria and selection process of best-in-class Dutch municipalities eligible for a BNG Bank Socially Responsible Investing or ‘Sustainability’ bond. Telos developed this framework based on its National Monitor of Sustainable Municipalities 2014, which was produced on behalf of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment.

At the request of BNG Bank, Telos -Tilburg University-, has provided on 30 September 2015 a Framework document to BNG Bank that describes the sustainability criteria and selection process of best-in-class Dutch municipalities eligible for a BNG Bank Socially Responsible Investing or Sustainability Bond 2015. Telos developed this framework on the basis of its National Monitor of Sustainable Municipalities 2015, which was produced on behalf of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and
Environment.

At the request of BNG Bank, Telos -Tilburg University-, has provided on 21 October 2016 a Framework document1 to BNG Bank that describes the sustainability criteria and selection process of best-in-class Dutch municipalities eligible for a BNG Bank Sustainability Bond 2016. Telos developed this framework on the basis of its National Monitor of Sustainable Municipalities 2016, which was produced for the first time in 2014 on behalf of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment.

At the request of BNG Bank, Telos -Tilburg University-, has provided on 6 October 2017 a Framework document to BNG Bank1 that describes the sustainability criteria and selection process of best-in-class Dutch municipalities eligible for a BNG Bank Sustainability Bond 2017. Telos developed this framework ased on its National Monitor of Sustainable Municipalities 2017, which was produced for the first time in 2014 on behalf of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment.

This first impact report for the 2017 BNG Bank Social housing bond is based on a framework report developed by Telos, Tilburg University at the request of BNG Bank.

It measures the internal sustainability performance of the organization, including its head office and rented housing units, and the external sustainability performance of the neighborhood of the housing units. In the final sustainability score, the internal and external sustainability scores are aggregated with the same weight. The sustainability score measures the distance to long-term desirable sustainability goals. A score of 100% means that the goal is reached. Internal and external sustainability are both measured by so-called constituting ‘capitals’, each of which are measured by indicators. In total 79 indicators have been used.
The original group of 91 elected housing associations for the 2017 bond has been transformed as a result of mergers into a group of 85 elected
associations.

Rozendaal is de meest duurzame gemeente van Nederland blijkt uit de ‘Nationale monitor duurzame gemeenten 2018’. De top drie wordt aangevuld met de gemeenten Haren en Bunnik. De hekkensluiters zijn Pekela, Rotterdam, Emmen en Delfzijl.

Duurzaamheid zit in de lift, bijna alle Nederlandse gemeenten laten vooruitgang zien. De gemeenten Gennep en Tubbergen hebben hun totale duurzaamheidscore het meest weten te verbeteren ten opzicht van vorig jaar. De duurzaamheidscore, die met behulp van 126 indicatoren wordt berekend, geeft aan in hoeverre gemeente er in slagen een reeks van duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen op ieder van de 3 P’s te realiseren (People, Planet en Profit).

A benchmark study of 15 selected high scoring cities in Northern Europe, prepared for the city of Espoo, Finland