The Towards Sustainability Labelling Agency

Luc is Professor of economy and philosophy and teaches philosophy and business ethics at the universities of Leuven and Antwerp. He is also chairman of EBEN (European Business Ethics Network), a network of 1200 business ethics spread over 40 countries. He is prominent expert in sustainable investments and serves as the chairman of the Register Committee of Ethibel and also has a seat in the Vigeo Eiris Scientific Committee.

Siem is lecturer at UC Leuven-Limburg where he teaches investing, accounting and entrepreneurship. At UC Leuven-Limburg, he also works on research and projects on sustainable saving and investing.

He is co-author of ‘Ethisch beleggen is voor iedereen’ (‘Ethical investing is for everyone’ in English), published in 2016.

Marie is Full Professor and Vice-Dean for Research at HEC Liège - Management School of the University of Liège. She leads the track “Banking and Asset Management” of the master in management and teaches courses on Asset Management, Alternative Investments, Corporate Finance and Financial Modeling. Marie is also Affiliate Professor at EDHEC Business School (Nice) and at Paris Dauphine as well as a Research Associate at the EDHEC Risk Institute and a Quantitative Management Initiative research fellow. Marie has developed a research expertise in asset pricing models, market anomalies, investment styles (value, growth investing), and hedge funds. Her current research interests lie in sustainable finance (e.g., climate risk pricing, disagreement in ESG ratings, performance analysis of ESG investments) and private equity.

Catherine is a professor of finance at the Louvain School of Management at UCLouvain in Belgium. She teaches various courses, both in Bachelor's and Master's programmes. Affiliated with the Louvain Finance research centre, her research topics are related to behavioural finance, decision-making under uncertainty, and the microstructure of financial markets. Most of her work focuses on investor behaviour, including socially responsible investments and ESG-labelled investments. She has also contributed to research on individual decision-making in lottery games. Her articles have been published in renowned international journals such as Review of Finance, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, etc.

Peter-Jan is a Professor of Finance at the University of Antwerp (Faculty of Business and Economics). He also lectures financial management at Utrecht University (School of Economics). His expertise is at the intersection of corporate finance, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. In these areas he conducts research, publishes, consults and gives lectures and trainings. He analyses financing and investment decisions in Sustainable Finance such as renewable energy, hydrogen, infrastructure projects, carbon capture and storage, and other complex and innovative business decisions. His work on Responsible Finance analyses the impact of institutions on the functioning of financial markets. His research has been published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Long Range Planning, among others.

Virginia is working as Sustainability manager and Policy Advisor on Life Insurance at Assuralia, the umbrella association of insurance companies operating in Belgium. As such she treats a divers set of topics concerning consumer protection regulation, investment rules for life insurance, sustainable finance and anti-money laundering.

Tom is Director Sustainable Finance at Febelfin, the Belgian Federation of the financial sector. In his current role, he led the development of the Towards Sustainability Quality Standard and label. He is also responsible for a wide range of sustainable finance issues, going from sustainable lending and investing, ESG data gathering, circular economy and biodiversity. He studied philosophy and started his career at the Belgian Asset Managers Association (BEAMA).

Andy is Senior Counsel Asset Management & Private Banking at Belgium Asset Managers Association (BEAMA). Among his multiple fields of responsibilities which include sustainable investment funds, he has followed the development of the Quality Standard and the label for sustainable financial products from the initial conception phase. He previously worked for Assuralia, the umbrella association of Belgian and foreign insurance and reinsurance companies operating in Belgium.