HISTORY

Company history: the highlights of 12,5 years of Triple Value

year highlights
1998 Triple Value founded by Erik van Dam and Stefan den Doelder
First clients: DSM, FMO, Heineken, MeesPierson
1999 Full fledged sustainability strategy for corporate client
Training of 60 investment officers trained in sustainability and finance
Design of Robeco Sustainability Fund
Triple Value present at the launch of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
2000 1st version of ‘Product Stewardship for Marketers’, a market facing approach to eco-innovation for the Dutch chemical industry
Rene Kim joins Triple Value as partner; Stefan den Doelder leaves the company
2001 Project ‘the value added of CSR’, a breakthrough project on establishing clearer linkages between sustainability and value based management
2002 ‘Sustainability smartens up’: a full profile of Triple Value in ‘het financieele dagblad’
Project for Economic Affairs: status report on CSR in the Dutch market
First key customers ranked no 1 in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Wouter Scheepens joins Triple Value
2003 Further growth and broadening of client and project portfolio: ABN AMRO, AkzoNobel, DSM, KLM, Philips, Unilever, Wolters Kluwer
Hiring of first junior consultants
2004 Increase of international engagements: training sessions for bankers in Africa, Asia and Latin America; strategy consulting work across Europe (BRD, Portugal and UK)
2005 CEO Breakfast on Base of the Pyramid (BoP) with Stuart Hart
Workshop on BoP with young managers of ABNAMRO, DSM and Heineken; bankers workshop facilitated by Princess Maxima
1st cases on market facing eco-footprint studies
Integration of key sustainability issues into corporate and business strategy for key clients
2006 Two major engagement on ‘Base of the Pyramid’ strategies: strategy review for a large FMCG company and business development project in India
First economic impact assessment in Sierra Leone for NCDO and Heineken
Second CEO event on ‘base of the pyramid’
2007 Second series of market facing eco-footprint studies; development of sustainable value propositions that win in the market
Strategy review for Dutch sustainability leader (no 1 in Dow Jones Sustainability Index)
Triple Value Strategy Dialog leads to further segmentation of the business portfolio
Willem Jan Bosma associate partner of Triple Value
2008 Ongoing project work for ABNAMRO, AkzoNobel, DSM, Heineken, Wolters Kluwer; further expansion of development finance portfolio including engagements with FMO, DEG, Interamerican Development Bank
Guest speaker at several MBA courses
Report for Economic Affairs on integration of CSR in the Dutch Corporate Governance Code
2009 Development of executive training for marketing managers, R&D, manufacturing and sourcing; train the trainer model reached out to >200 executives of a business unit (~ 1 bln euro sales)
Ethan Kepstein associate partner of Triple Value; economic impact assessment for SAB Miller; report launched at Africa World Economic Forum
First engagement for CDC
Global strategy for the ‘Base of the Pyramid’ for global leader in nutrition
BoP business development project in Southern Africa
Further expansion of development finance portfolio: training, missions across the world
2010 Further expansion of economic impact and development finance portfolio
More emphasis on strategy, marketing, innovation and management of change
Triple Value Strategy Dialog: decision to split into two independent entities: Triple Value Strategy Consulting and Steward Redqueen