Impact Finance Belgium

Finance,
as a force
for good.

A membership organisation with one overall goal: increase the share of impact capital in Belgium.

It mobilises more and more effective impact finance where it matters most. The public target is clear: grow the share of Belgian assets invested with positive impact to 30% by 2030.

IFB convenes the Belgian financial sector, builds the evidence base, and pioneers the instruments that move capital to where it does the most good.

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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.

Headline figures in numbers

30%

target share of Belgian AuM invested with positive impact by 2030

source: IFB Strategic Plan 2026–28

14%

of Belgian AuM invested with positive impact today (2025)

source: Towards 2030 landscape

€101–124B

sustainable investing in Belgium

source: Towards 2030 landscape

members representing ~75% of the Belgian financial sector

source: IFB CRM, July 2026

Approach · four pillars fig. 02

01 / 04

Enable

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.

02 / 04

Inspire

the community

Awareness creation and communication with investors, capital providers and funders on their impact journey.

03 / 04

Connect

members and stakeholders

Linking peers, sharing best practices and creating access across silos to the broader Belgian impact finance space.

04 / 04

Catalyse

the practitioners

Exploring novel financial instruments and pioneering programmes that can boost the impact finance space.

Path to 30% by 2030 fig. 03

From 14%.
To 30%.

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%.

source: IFB Strategic Plan 2026–28 · Towards 2030 landscape

30%

20%

10%

14%

2025

30%

2030

target: 30% of Belgian AuM invested with positive impact by 2030

Case study · catalytic capital in Belgium fig. 04

Seeding & Scaling

Le Monde d'Ayden ›

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.

Children with and without disabilities playing together on an inclusive playground

Investment overview

A EUR 100,000 long-term, zero-interest loan by the Support Fund MM Delacroix in 2020 enabled the first playground, a catalytic investment that attracted new investors like Phitrust.
The scale-up was a EUR 1.6 million investment: EUR 0.2m equity and a EUR 1.4m convertible loan with an 8-year duration and a 3-year grace period, disbursed against KPIs.
Small equity stake to limit dilution of the founder's ownership; no management or structuring fees charged.

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