Research Centre for Sustainable Investments & Insurance

The Research Centre for Sustainable Investments and Insurance (RCSII) is an independent research centre that researches sustainability issues in the financial and the insurance sector.

Research Projects

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement Privacy statement University of Amsterdam (UvA) – Research Centre for Sustainable Investments and Insurance (RCSII)  Date: April 5, 2024 Safeguarding privacy is a priority for the University of Amsterdam (UvA), which is why the UvA handles your personal data with the utmost…

Greenwashing detection using multimodal deep learning

Greenwashing detection using multimodal deep learning Due to increasing ESG corporate reporting and the lack of alignment on reported metrics, traditional ESG rating systems are nowadays unable to process and…

Measuring companies’ alignment with climate and biodiversity plans

Measuring companies’ alignment with climate and biodiversity plans This project aims to use natural language processing and transformers to identify the alignment of public companies with SDGs and climate and…

Clients’ response to ESG impact measurements

Clients’ response to ESG impact measurements An increasing number of clients of financial institutions invest in a responsible manner. Yet, at present, little is understood on how clients of these…

Quantifying the impact of impact investing with AI

Quantifying the impact of impact investing with AI Quantifying the impact resulting from the rapid growth in responsible investing and impact investing on SDGs is not straightforward. For instance, investing…

Quantifying the impact of ESG risk on insurance and financial portfolios

Quantifying the impact of ESG risk on insurance and financial portfolios Upcoming legislation highlights the need to quantify the effect of non-financial risk on insurance and financial portfolios. The scope…

Quantifying ESG risk: Real estate and mortgages

Quantifying ESG risk: Real estate and mortgages Insurance companies, financial institutions and other stakeholders are facing a challenge how to quantify ESG risk in relation to real estate and (residential)…