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the ecosystem
Advocacy with Belgian policy makers, public actors and regulatory bodies. IFB creates transparency, initiates applied research and opens access to knowledge and experience.
Impact Finance Belgium
Une organisation de membres avec un seul objectif : accroître la part du capital à impact en Belgique.
Elle mobilise une finance à impact plus abondante et plus efficace là où elle compte le plus. L'objectif public est clair : porter à 30% d'ici 2030 la part des actifs belges sous gestion investis avec un impact positif.
IFB rassemble le secteur financier belge, construit la base de preuves et conçoit les instruments qui orientent le capital là où il fait le plus de bien.
What we believe
Financiers should take up their responsibility alongside businesses, social purpose organisations, citizens and governments.
Addressing the societal challenges of our times requires a wide range of investors, capital providers and funders: from engaged grant-makers to impact investors, and from private players to public actors.
Impact finance must go beyond intentions. Generating and demonstrating positive, measurable social and environmental impact is crucial.
target share of Belgian AuM invested with positive impact by 2030
of Belgian AuM invested with positive impact today (2025)
sustainable investing in Belgium
members representing ~75% of the Belgian financial sector
the ecosystem
Advocacy with Belgian policy makers, public actors and regulatory bodies. IFB creates transparency, initiates applied research and opens access to knowledge and experience.
the community
Awareness creation and communication with investors, capital providers and funders on their impact journey.
members and stakeholders
Linking peers, sharing best practices and creating access across silos to the broader Belgian impact finance space.
the practitioners
Exploring novel financial instruments and pioneering programmes that can boost the impact finance space.
Around 14% of Belgian assets under management are invested with positive impact today. IFB's public target is to reach 30% by 2030, with intentional, measurable impact investing growing from roughly 1% to 3%.
Phitrust & Support Fund MM Delacroix
Le Monde d'Ayden's mission is to create inclusive playgrounds for all children, regardless of age or disability, while also promoting inclusion through the employment of people with disabilities.
Investment overview
Key lessons learned
Flexible financial instruments are important, especially for early-stage ventures. They need room to pivot and adapt their targets.
The close collaboration with the mission-driven entrepreneur led to not only achieving, but even surpassing that target.
| Support Fund MM Delacroix | Phitrust | |
|---|---|---|
| Financial instrument | Zero-interest loan | Equity + convertible loan |
| Disproportionate risk | OK | OK |
| Concessionary return | OK | OK |
| Third-party investment | OK | Not yet |
| Role | Seeding | Scaling |
IFB's introduction to designing finance that truly supports mission-driven enterprises, with Belgian case studies.
IFB's latest market-facing research on mobilising capital towards the 2030 target.
Case studies in sustainable and impact investing from the IFB resource library.
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