Harnessing Positive Energy

HARNESSING POSITIVE ENERGY The Foundation prepares tomorrow’s brains to adopt a 360° way of thinking, facilitates effective action today and invests for the benefit of future generations. It acts as a platform for transformative philanthropy.

2016 ACTIVITY REPORT

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Connecting agents of change

Founded in 1998, the Foundation for Future Generations is the Belgian foundation dedicated exclusively to the transformation of our society, paving the way towards sustainable development. This pluralistic, independent public interest foundation operates in all three regions of Belgium.

A more powerful ecosystem

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Visit our website for further information: www.foundationfuturegenerations.org Contact us at: ffg@foundationfuturegenerations.org

New address!

Head office: rue de l’Arsenal 4 – 5000 Namur – Belgium – Tel. +32(0)81 22 60 62 Brussels office: rue de l’Industrie 10 – 1000 Brussels – Belgium – Tel. +32(0)2 880 88 68

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Edito Soon our Foundation will celebrate 20 years of forging links across the country and beyond its borders, extending its helping hand to students, researchers, young entrepreneurs and anyone working towards developing a more sustainable world.

In times of fear and inward thinking, the Foundation is increasingly and tirelessly imagining an alternative reality: the reality of all the men and women who believe in positive ideas and actions, who adopt a 360° perspective, who work together to benefit future generations, here and now! And the number of you who are following us down this road, or better yet, leading us down it, is constantly growing.

An incredible confidence, which is extremely contagious, is emerging around these challenges of transformation and change and around how we tackle them.

We wish to extend our thanks to you, our many jury volunteers, partners, donors and patrons!

Engaging people in the idea of a better world in which to live, being able to hand it down to our children and harnessing positive energy… That is our role, now and even more so in the future. A role we embrace with passion, enthusiasm and rigour.

Benoît Derenne CEO

François Ost

Chairman of the Board

The Foundation has moved. Welcome to the House of Future Generations!

As 2016 drew to a close, we found ourselves packing everything up in boxes as the Foundation moved into the brand-new “House of Future Generations” in the old city centre of Namur in early 2017. A part of the city that has plenty of potential, to which we also relocated our head office, with the support of Pierre Mottet, the Chairman of the Board of IBA, who is a member of our CEO’s Circle and a friend of the Foundation.

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“4 PS ” THAT SUM

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sustainable society offers all its inhabitants a certain quality of life, in a fair and equitable way. A society in which everyone’s needs are met, now and in the future, while respecting the limits of the world’s ecosystems and natural resources. A society in which citizens retain democratic control.

To tackle these challenges in an increasingly complex world, it is vital that the stakeholders of our society develop the capacity needed to manage this complexity. A pattern of sustainable development must be founded on a global, systemic 360° degree approach, both in its choices and its practices, fostering connections between people, knowledge and the views and initiatives of the stakeholders.

The idea is to simultaneously and harmoniously combine four dimensions or the 4Ps, which serve as the Foundation’s cornerstone values.

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P EOPLE The human factor must be at the centre of any approach to sustainable development. The social and ethical responsibility of individuals, companies and leaders must always be taken into account. And so must social equity and accessibility for all.

The quality of the environment we live in. Social ties and friendliness. In fact, all of life.

P ROSPERITY The excesses and collateral damage of the mad race to maximise profit have been amply demonstrated in recent years. So instead, let us adopt an approach that focuses on the overall cost and on economic viability over the long term. Taking into account our collective performance, rather than just focusing on the individual. Which includes innovative financing, exchanges and non-monetary resources.

APPROACH

nable development

P ARTICIPATION “Bottom up” participation is a key element in the sustainable paradigm. Every citizen has something to contribute to the world. Transparency and education, taking into account the needs and aspirations of everyone concerned, and the participation of these groups in the decision-making process, in actions and in their development.

The impact (of a behaviour, a project, a decision, a policy etc.) on these four dimensions can be measured in space (here and elsewhere, as each inhabitant of this planet has the same human right to Earth’s resources) and in time (the current generations are entitled to use Earth’s resources, but also have the duty to ensure their long-term sustainability for future generations).

This transversal approach underpins all the Foundation’s activities. Learn more about them on the following pages.

P LANET To paraphrase the philosopher Henry David Thoreau: “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a liveable planet to put it on?”. We must factor in the impact of development on the environment and on our life: climate and greenhouse gases, the rational use of energy, respect for nature and biodiversity, the sustainable management of waste and prudent use of the land.

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YOU CONTRIBUTE,

THE FOUNDATIO PREPARES...

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How? • By rewarding tomorrow’s brains • By encouraging the academic community to adopt a 360° perspective in their thinking • By developing an erudite and optimistic network, which helps create tomorrow’s sustainable world • ... And by suggesting a “sustainable knowledge” (self-)assessment tool, thanks to the Belgian Sulitest, which is coming soon!

Find out more at: www.fgf.be/hera

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It’s all good at HERA! That’s what Benoît Derenne says when we asked him about the Prizes of Excellence, which were organised for the fourth year running in 2016. The Foundation’s CEO was very pleased about the speed with which the HERA family is expanding as well as about the massive amount of positive energy that was unleashed. The content of the students’ work and the numerous encounters and exchanges on the fringes of this event continue to boost our faith in the future!

HERA: 2016, an excellent year, T

he ultimate opportunity to learn more about the new and optimistic ideas of the generations of the future. With the HERA (Higher Education & Research Awards for Future Generations) Prizes of Excellence, the Foundation prepares tomorrow’s brains for the challenges that our society faces. HERA encourages young brains who think about tomorrow’s world, rewarding (Master’s and PhD) dissertations with added value for our society in various fields. At the same time, HERA also consolidates the network, or rather the ecosystem, to which they belong.

In 2016, the HERA family expanded substantially, following the creation of three new categories of Master’s Thesis awards.

Starting with Cooperative Sustainable Economy (with the support of Cera and

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Coopburo) for the best dissertation on new economic models founded on a “collaborative” approach. Another new category is Sustainable & Responsible Finance (with the support of the Réseau Financité) for the most innovative thesis on the issues involved in responsible finance and how the financial system can become a driving force for sustainable development.

And finally, the Sustainable Food category (with the support of Cosucra, the “d’Ici” supermarket and the Triodos Fund), which aims to provide an answer to food-related challenges, from its production to its consumption.

Various personalities (Philippe Maystadt, Karin Rondia, Klaus Niederländer, Han Verschure, Frédéric Rouvez) once again graciously agreed to serve as jury members

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On 10 May 2016, the HERA Awards, which were hosted by the University of Namur, were presented to 12 winners and nominees, including 10 young women.

Congratulations to these brilliant ambassadors of a 360° perspective on the world!

with plenty of female winners! (see p. 29) for the HERA Prizes of Excellence.

HERA’s ever more powerful ecosystem has since planted a seed in all the French-speaking universities. After the ULB in 2013 and the UCL in 2015, it was the turn of the University of Namur to host the HERA Awards ceremony in its brandnew Vauban auditorium. A poster exhibition alongside the ceremony gave the finalists the opportunity to present the results of their research, which had been selected based on two criteria, namely the quality of the transversal approach and the value it added to society.

Benoît Derenne: “I was amazed by the quality of the entries of our young winners. All the fringe activities for the HERA

Awards are very thought-provoking, both for the academic community and for society as a whole.”

Marjan Van de maele, the HERA programme manager, summed up the ideas (in the dissertations of the winners or nominees), which she felt had the most impact in the 2016 selection: “Louise Lambert (Cooperative Sustainable Economy), for example, demonstrated that businesses in one and the same industry (breweries) distribute their economic surplus in a very different way, depending on their ownership model. Whereas multinationals tend to focus on their shareholders, social enterprises tend to reward their stakeholders.

Her thesis forces us to think about the type of economy that we wish to promote.

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The jury for the Sustainable & Responsible Finance Award: left to right, Benoît Lallemand (Finance Watch), Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management), Lieve Schreurs (Triodos) and Philippe Maystadt, president of the jury (ARES).

Absent from the photo: Cécile Louche (Audencia Nantes).

Mathilde Dumas (Sustainable Architecture), meanwhile, met with citizens and elected officials, to understand the psychological and regulatory obstacles that housing densification policies encounter.

Following these meetings, she came up with some architectural solutions that are both innovative and credible, as they are also acceptable for the inhabitants!

Caroline Princé (Sustainable Health) researched inter-professional collaborative practices as a response to the challenges we face in healthcare because of the

ageing population and the rise of chronic diseases. She proposes various audacious options for boosting this type of practice, which currently is still far too rare.

Finally, Houmam Meliani (Sustainable Architecture), combines technical knowledge, meetings with people and cultural sensitivity, paying tribute to age-old techniques (adobe, rammed earth), which are interesting, both from an ecological and economic viewpoint.

Over time, however, these techniques have been abandoned in favour of techniques deemed more “modern”.”

Virginie Smans, 2016 winner Sustainable & Responsible Finance “I find it really inspiring to collaborate with all these other young people, who work in different fields and who come up with innovative solutions and sustainable projects. That is how we can build a better world for the future.”

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Véronique De Herde, 2016 winner Sustainable Food

“You put everything into your work, but once you graduate, all the work is forgotten. This prize was an excellent opportunity to put this work in the spotlight again and also drives us on to work on research projects in the future.”

Finally, we would like to reiterate that your support and your confidence give us the strength to win over partners and jury members, as well as allowing us to pursue HERA’s ambition, namely to offer a prize in all areas of education by 2020, throughout the country!

Watch the video of the 2016 HERA Awards ceremony here: www.fgf.be/hera

Sulitest and 360° thinking: what is the situation?

Suli-what? In June 2016, the Foundation became the official partner of the Sustainability Literacy Test in Belgium. This global initiative has the support of several UN agencies and many universities around the world. The Sulitest tests everyone’s basic knowledge (through (self-)assessment, with a particular focus on the academic community) of sustainable development issues. The Foundation put together a bilingual Expert Committee, chaired

by Nadine Gouzée (honorary member of the Federal Planning Bureau). It also has the strong support of Jean Hugé (winner of the 2013 HERA Doctoral Thesis Award), who was tasked with developing the Belgian component of this literacy test, which revolves around the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations.

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YOU DONATE,

THE FOUNDATIO TAKES…

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How? By encouraging the emergence of…

• … an inspiring ecosystem based on sustainable projects (Future Generations Grand Prix, Provincial Sustainable Development Prizes, Grand Tour) (see p. 14) • … raising questions aimed both at the business community and at philanthropic foundations, to improve their impact on society (see p. 17) • … citizen participation initiatives (see p. 19)

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Find out more at: www.foundationfuturegenerations.org

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GRAND PRIX AND PROV rewarding and connecting

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The Future Generations Grand Prix, which identifies, recognises and rewards transformative initiatives all over Belgium, as well as the Provincial Prizes, which are its “local” counterpart, need no introduction. This is another example of a positive ecosystem, formed by its winners, nominees, partners, juries and supporters, and which is doing extremely well!

Aline Goethals, who is responsible for all projects related to “Entrepreneurship for Future Generations” explains: “Sustainable development is happening in our community and the twelve initiatives that were selected as finalists demonstrate that change is possible because… it already exists.

Everyone contributes to creating a more sustainable world in their own way by embracing the environment, the economy, social well-being and good governance”.

“Two new aspects that were introduced in

The 2016 Future Generations Grand Prix rewarded 12

INCIAL PRIZES:

sustainable development stakeholders!

2015 were maintained in 2016, namely the inclusion of more young people in the jury and a “meeting with the finalists”, alongside the awards ceremony, with stands presenting their activities. A fantastic opportunity to engage, which the participants really enjoyed.”

The keynote speech before the ceremony (Entrepreneurship for future generations: keys to understanding) by Sybille Mertens (HEC-ULg) and Piet Colruyt (SI2 Fund) was also very much appreciated.

The big winner in 2016 was Permafungi, a circular economy company that grows oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds in the old cellars of Tours et Taxis in Brussels. The Compagnons de la Terre (Liège) and Gh-

ent University’s “Duurzaamheidskantoor” (Sustainability Office) were also nominated. The not-for-profit association Infirmiers de Rue won the people’s choice award.

The diversity of this year’s finalists shows that sustainable development is catching on all over Belgium at all levels of society. From the citizen’s café (Altérez-vous, Walloon Brabant) to alternative cooperative agriculture (Compagnons de la Terre, Liège), and the affordable and sustainable district (De Vloei, West Flanders), not to mention the distribution platform for the most vulnerable (Depot Margo, Limburg), there are plenty of successful initiatives that are working hard to make the world a better place for future generations. And thanks to them, we feel the future is bright!

The Provincial Prizes, the local counterparts of the Grand Prix The Provincial Sustainable Development Prizes, which are organised in close collaboration with the Foundation, are also part of this positive energy network.

The Godefroid Prize for Sustainable Development (Province of Luxembourg) was awarded to the INDSE in Bastogne, which aims to become a “sustainable school” with activities that are clearly inspired by the 4Ps (see p. 4).

In Walloon Brabant, the 2016 Incidenc-

es Prize was awarded to La Ferme de Froidmont, a social economy association which contributes to the social and professional integration of disadvantaged members of society.

In the Province of Namur, the 2016 Sustainable Development Prize went to La Cuisine des Champs, which is literally set in the middle of fields, transforming the fruit, vegetables and meat they produce into prepared dishes for the local community.

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FOSTERING 360° INTERAC “Action for future generations”… This project has a tremendous scope. But there is one theme that underpins everything we do. We want to nurture interaction and encounters, at all levels. The more we bring together sustainable development stakeholders, the more we can spread the positive energy of change!

The Grand Tour: sharing good recipes for sustainable development large, local, sustainable food distribution network”. In April, at Gent en Garde, the participants looked at the role played by local authorities and how they can help develop sustainable and citizen-led food networks. And in May, at La Surizée (Namur), the theme was “Creating local synergies between citizens and farmers to increase energy self-sufficiency”. Al these issues are both tangible and relevant!

New in 2016: we produced the first of a series of multimedia presentations so people can find out more about the projects we visited online.

Gent en Garde

In the wake of the Grand Prix, the Foundation continued its Grand Tour, which started in 2014. It organises interactive workshops behind the scenes of exemplary sustainable development initiatives, to better understand how sustainable businesses operate… and be inspired by them!

In March, a workshop was organised in the Province of Luxembourg, at the Réseau Solidairement, focusing on the question of “How consumers, growers and small businesses can work together to develop a

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Follow the Grand Tour as it winds its way through Belgium at www.fgf.be/tourneegenerale

TION AND CONNECTIONS Our CEOs explore sustainable... and affordable housing

As was the case in 2015, the Foundation’s CEO Circle continued its “critical exploration of different ways in which companies can get involved in society”. There

were plenty of productive exchanges during the June workshop, which started off with a visit to the show home of Velux’s RenovActive project. This social housing unit was renovated in a sustainable and affordable way, together with Foyer Anderlechtois. Christian Fosseur, the General manager of Velux Belgium and a member of the Circle, presented this exemplary project, which bridges the gap between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the Velux Group’s development strategy.

Business: “best OF the world” or “best FOR the world”?

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The panel discussion with Bart Houlahan (co-founder of B-Corp) during the public evening event of the CEO Circle.

This year, the theme of the public event of the CEO Circle (30 November) was the B-Corp approach. Bart Houlahan (USA) got Belgian entrepreneurs thinking about the certification of sustainable enterprises

that want to be “the best for the world” instead of “the best of the world”. They take into account social, environmental and governance issues at every level of the company, in everything they do.

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Foundation 3.0: increasing the impact foundations have on society

These meetings, which aim to encourage foundations to think strategically about how to inspire positive systemic change and help solve major societal problems to develop a sustainable society, were organised for the sixth time in 2016.

This round table event brought together 20 managers of foundations who reflected on the theme of “Strategies for assessing

the contribution of foundations to societal change”. The Foundation 3.0 approach is becoming ever stronger, following the arrival of a seventh partner, the Dutch Progressio Foundation. In addition, the foundation is an active member of several Belgian and international networks of foundations, such as the European Foundation Centre, EDGE Europe and LesFondations.be.

Micro-savings: empowering the most vulnerable members of our society Through the Sustainable Finance Fund (see p. 26), the Foundation supports the Réseau Financité and its initiative to prevent excessive debt. The establishment of micro-savings groups (together with local associations and social public welfare centres) encourages people with a low income to save very small amounts. They are taught the basics of budget management and collect interest at the end of the year.

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The G1000: lasting effects... ... for the Foundation Since 2011, the Foundation has been regularly approached by various public authorities or groups of citizens that were inspired by the approach developed during the G1000. In 2016, we sat on advisory committees involved in preparations for a number of citizen engagement projects, which were launched by the public authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region and Wallonia. They include the “Youth Parliament”, focusing on Wallonia’s sustainable development strategy, which was

organised by the Walloon Minister for Sustainable Development, the future Citizens’ Panel on Ageing, set up by the Walloon Parliament and the idea for a citizens’ panel of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region. The Foundation is also one of the partners, along with Brussels Environment and Brulocalis, involved in a vast research project on governance and citizen engagement at the neighbourhood level in Brussels (VILCO project for Ville Collaborative, which is funded by Innoviris).

...and the academic world!

In November next year, it will be five years since the G1000 submitted its recommendations in its final report. One of these was to invest in research into and reflections on democratic innovation. In the last five years, Min Reuchamps (who was responsible at the time for the G1000 methodology unit) has been teaching about and conducting research on democratic innovation

at the Université Catholique de Louvain to understand the root causes and consequences of the changes that democracy is undergoing. In the wake of this, the Master’s programme in political sciences organised a specialised major in Democratic Innovations and Change. The first generation of students will graduate in 2017.

Find out more at: www.g1000.org

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YOU GIVE,Â

THE FOUNDATIO INVESTS And yes, we are still relying on you!

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Thanks to the steady increase in the number of our donors and the overall amount of donations to the Foundation, and more specifically in 2016 because of the exceptional results of the Golden Share / Action en Or scheme, the Foundation was able to extend its financial support for the sustainable development programmes it prioritises.

In addition, the increase in donations also allows the Foundation to invest its capital – and the resources entrusted to it – in a real and sustainable economy.

As a result, our investments are contributing to achieve the Foundation’s mission even more as time goes on.

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A STRATEGY FOUNDED ON S

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In 2016, the Foundation adopted a suswith a societal “impact first”. The Foundatainable investment strategy, which aims tion is a partner or (minority) shareholdto strike a balance between several ober in twenty initiatives that are good examjectives: to co-finance the Foundation’s ples of a sustainable economy. programmes and the funds for which it is responsible, to invest in grassroots organisations that aim to achieve our Energy Fair trade Construction objectives and which are part & property of a 360° sustainable economy and to invest in listed companies whose activities clearly do not conflict directly or indirectly with our objectives or compromise our fundamental ethical Finance values.

The Foundation has structured the management of its capital as follows: - On the one hand, socially responsible investments (SRIs) based on stringent societal criteria, on the advice of an informed Investment Committee.

- On the other hand, investments

Food

Multi-sector

The Investment Committee An Investment Committee made up of Pierre Aeby (CFO & Executive Board Member of Triodos Bank Group), Dirk Coeckelbergh (CEO of NewB) and Eric de Keuleneer (CEO of Credibe and a professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Management) advises the Foundation

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on the implementation of its SRI strategy.

This strategy is based on an international benchmark, drawing on the lessons learned during two Foundation 3.0 round table events, which brought together some of the leading foundations in terms of SRI and CSR.

USTAINABLE INVESTMENT

pital that finances societal change Investing “SE’nSE” in sustainable start-ups mental impact (see also p. 27). (*) Pierre Mottet also lent his support to the creation of the House of Future Generations, our new head office (see p. 3).

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New philanthropists are also helping to strengthen the Foundation’s approach to financing a sustainable economy, with the choices they make and through their financial contributions. Every year, the new “Seed Equity & Sustainable Entrepreneurship” (SE’nSE) fund, which was created by the entrepreneur Pierre Mottet (*) under the Foundation’s umbrella, invests in three or four sustainable economic start-ups. The idea is to encourage entrepreneurship and help sustainable start-ups with a high environ-

Pierre Mottet (third from the left) surrounded by the first winners of the SE’nSE Fund.

The first four start-ups co-financed by the SE’nSE Fund: An innovative solution for analysing and monitoring the flow of groundwater to help operators reduce the risk and the cost of cleaning up contaminated sites.

A pioneer in the breeding, preparation and promotion of crickets as food, with the construction of the first urban vertical insect farm, working with a circular business model.

An app and a website that aims to connect users of technological products (PCs, tablets, smartphones), who need assistance with an expert community.

Online software that analyses the impact of food on human health and the environment and that offers producers advanced optimisation and communication tools to inform consumers.

Find out more at: www.fgf.be/sense

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A FEW FIGURES TO SHO Sources of income The Foundation’s intense activity is made possible thanks to the many forms of support it receives from its volunteers, as well as of from individual donors (among others through the Golden Share scheme), the funds under its umbrella (whether nominative or thematic), its partner companies and private or public institutions and foundations.

After the turning point reached in 2014, the trend has continued unabated. The financial contributions, from individual donations and from the funds under our umbrella, are growing rapidly. As a result, the

Foundation’s independence from public funding is greatly increased.

This evolution is also a sign of the growing confidence in the relevance of the Foundation’s actions and approach.

2016 profits after allocations and transfers (€950,000)

Allocation of funds Along with the growth of financial contributions, the Foundation’s expenditure has increased by 12%, to 950,000 euros.

There were two remarkable developments: - the growing share of the “Preparing tomorrow’s brains” programme (HERA now accounts for a quarter of the Foundation’s resources, compared with 7% in 2014); - and the significant growth of the resources dedicated to “investing and financing stakeholders on the the field”, which now accounts for 19% (compared with 2% in 2014).

In addition, the “Facilitating 360° action” department remained stable, accounting for 19%.

As far as this latter department and

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HERA are concerned, this is a perfect illustration of the strategic choice the Foundation’s Board of Directors made in 2014, namely to concentrate its efforts on two core areas. In terms of “investment and financing”, this evolution shows how the Foundation works as a philanthropic platform, attracting new financial resources, that are directly used for investments, loans or donations to sustainable projects.

2016 analytical expenditure by area of activity (€950,000)

W YOU…

...that the Foundation is doing well!

Evolution of the Foundation’s assets

The 2016 results have a major influence on our activities as well as on the evolution of the Foundation’s assets. This primarily consists of its Permanent Capital (2.3 million euros, + 82% compared with 2015) and the various funds under

its umbrella. The Foundation’s permanent capital thus provides genuine leverage for its objectives. It sustains the Foundation’s actions in the long-term, acting as leverage for transformation as a non-traditional investor, who is very rigorous about financial ethics on the one hand, while also contributing to a sustainable society on the other hand.

Excerpt from the balance sheet filed with the BNB

2016

2015

2.305.011

1.266.574

Allocated funds (for future activities & the SE’nSE Fund)

1.358.000

1.084.000

Capital subsidies (= real estate)

216.000

228.000

Income carried forward

689

11.510

Provisions (= other funds under the Foundation’s umbrella)

1.158.410

764.000

Total “Equity and Provisions”

5.038.110

3.354.084

The Foundation’s permanent capital (also called the Foundation’s Equity or Invested Capital)

Your money is well managed… with complete transparency Every year, the Foundation’s accounts are audited, in accordance with legal and statutory provisions, by Maillard, Dethier & C°, company auditors, as they have been since the Foundation’s creation in 1998.

... and the Foundation still needs you!

If, having reviewed the foundation’s financial results for 2016, you may be tempted to think that we no longer need your support, then think again! You, more than anyone else, should understand that we cannot stop now. This evolution is an exceptional opportunity, offering us the guarantee that we will still be here in the future. Not just because it increases our ability to act in the present but also because it extends the scope of our philanthropic and transformative approach in the future.

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AND YOU? WHAT TYPE OF P Choose how

As a transformative philanthropy platform, the Foundation enables its many partners, patrons, sponsors and donors to invest in future generations. Choose the option that best suits you!

Give money Each donation increases the foundation’s transformative scope. A tiny drop of water becomes a little stream, which merges with others to become a large river that is bursting with energy!

Make a donation Like the Ladurons you can make available a property, an asset, which can benefit the generations that follow in your footsteps.

Create a Golden Share Do something positive with your devalued bonds and shares (which are hardly worth anything and which lay dormant, thus costing you money) by creating a Golden Share! An easy way to create societal value from almost nothing.

Leave a bequest or draw up a will The Foundation supports the www.testament.be campaign, for philanthropic wills. When you are no longer there, the world will still continue to be transformed, thanks to you.

Create your own fund You can create a nominative fund that bears your name, like Philippe Rotthier did for sustainable architecture, or a philanthropic investment fund, like Pierre Mottet, who established the SE’nSE Fund.

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The Sustainable Finance Fund Finance provides major leverage for transforming our society. Founded under the Foundation’s umbrella, and with an endowment from the Golden Share campaign, this brand-new fund aims to support activities that can offer an alternative to traditional finance and which are typical of sustainable, citizen and ethical finance. From its inception, the fund has co-financed a microsavings project, the HERA Sustainable & Responsible Finance award and awareness campaigns promoting the values of socially responsible finance.

We will discuss the development of this fund, which is innovative in more ways than one (including the fact that it is founded on participatory governance, meaning beneficiaries such as FairFin and the Réseau Financité are also involved in its operation), in more detail in the future.

HILANTHROPIST ARE YOU?

you wish to support the foundation!

The SE’nSE Fund Having received an endowment of 100,000 euros a year from its founder, the fund is mainly committed to supporting entrepreneurs who are developing transformative environmental projects, by offering them seed capital, knowledge sharing and networking opportunities. A jury selects the projects, which should show potential for a significant impact on the environment, based on a sustainable approach.

A contemporary approach to philanthropy

“My approach involves so much more than just making a donation or creating a charity in the short term”

In the face of the many challenges and crises of our times, Pierre Mottet’s philanthropic approach is resolutely “rational” and “transformative”. A very contemporary form of philanthropy that is designed to ensure that society adopts a 360° vision and perspective, transcending emotions and looking beyond the short-term and emergencies. By placPierre Mottet ing his trust in the Foundation for the Future Generations through the SE’nSE Fund, Pierre Mottet hopes to encourage other patrons and philanthropists to “invest” in entrepreneurship too, right now, for generations to come.

You can transfer your donation (one-off or as a standing order) to IBAN BE98 5230 4030 5393 – BIC: TRIOBEBB, account belonging to the Foundation for Future Generations.

All donations of 40 euros or over are tax-free.

Please contact Benoît Derenne, the Foundation’s CEO, to develop an approach to support the Foundation that is tailored to your situation.

To find out more about our philanthropic programmes: www.foundationfuturegenerations.org/philanthropy

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THANK YOU...

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS! HERA

Brussels-Capital Region; Brussels-Wallonia Federation: the Ministry for Higher Education and Research; the Philippe Rotthier Fund for Future Generations; Université Catholique de Louvain; Université de Liège; Université de Mons; Université de Namur; Université Libre de Bruxelles; Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles; Wallonia: the Minister for Employment and Training; Wallonia: the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development

HERA - Sustainable Architecture The Philippe Rotthier Fund for Future Generations

HERA - Sustainable Cooperative Economy Cera; Coopburo

HERA - Sustainable & Responsible Finance Réseau Financité

HERA - Sustainable Food Cosucra; d’ici; Triodos Fund

HERA - Sustainable Health Tilman Laboratories

Sulitest Sustainable Development Goals; UNDESA; UNDP; UNEP; UNESCO

Grand Tour BeauVent; Federal government: Minister for Sustainable Development and the Federal Institute for Sustainable Development; Gent en Garde; Ghent University; HEPN (Haute Ecole Provinciale de Namur); La Surizée; Réseau Solidairement; University of Leuven Campus Brussel

CEO Circle Brussels-Capital Region: Minister for the Environment; Federal government: Minister for Sustainable Development and the Federal Institute for Sustainable Development; HEC – University de Liège; National Lottery Académie des Entrepreneurs Sociaux; B Lab Europe; Cap Conseil; CSR Campus; Frank Bold; Greentech Brussels; Groupe One; HEPN (Haute Ecole Provinciale de Namur); I-Propeller; Oksigen Lab; SAW-B; The Shift; University of Leuven; Village Finance

Foundation 3.0 Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation; Fondation Bernheim; Fondation Chimay-Wartoise; Fondation de France; Lunt Foundation; Mistra; Philanthropy House; Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation; Progressio Foundation

Sustainable Finance Fund

Future Generations Grand Prix

Golden Share; Réseau Financité

Ghent University; Imagine Demain le Monde; MO* Magazine; Wallonia: Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Mobility

Golden Share

Provincial Prizes and Interprovincial Day for Sustainable Development Province of Hainaut; Province of Liège; Province of Luxembourg; Province of Namur; Province of

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Walloon Brabant; Wallonia: Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Mobility.

Bank Degroof Petercam; Belfius; BNP Paribas Fortis; Dierickx Leys Private Bank; ING; KBC; Nagelmackers; Réseau Financité

Overall sponsorship of the Foundation Golden Share; Wallonia: Ministry of Employment (subsidy for promoting employment)

THANK YOU TO OUR MANY JURY VOLUNTEERS!

Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management); Lieve Schreurs (Triodos); Philippe Maystadt, president of the jury (ARES). Absent from the photo: Cécile Louche (Audencia Nantes)

HERA - Sustainable Architecture

HERA - Sustainable Food

Left to right: Brigitte de Wolf-Cambier (Le Soir Immo); Aude-Line Duliere (architect); Marine Penders, 2015 winner (architect); Pascale Thys (Habitat & Participation); Joël Solé (Bruxelles Environnement); Han Verschure, President (University of Leuven). Absent from the photo: Emmanuel Everarts de Velp (Batigroupe scrl)

Left to right: Michel De Muelenaere (Le Soir); Martine Vandervennet (Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement durable); François Heroufosse (Wagralim); Lily Deforce (Fairtrade Belgium); Rob Renaerts (RABAD); Frédéric Rouvez, President (Exki)

HERA - Sustainable Health

HERA - Sustainable Cooperative Economy

Left to right: Ingrid Molderez (University of Leuven); Michel Visart (RTBF); Flora Kocovski (SOWECSOM); Klaus Niederländer, President (Cooperatives Europe).

Absent from the photo: Valérie Galloy (Azimut scrl)

Left to right: Karin Rondia, President (Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre); Fabienne Bryskère (Multipharma); Philippe Lamotte (journalist); Sylvie Varlez (Federal Planning Bureau); Claire Vanderick, 2015 winner (Maison médicale Médi Ci); Michel Kesteman (Fédération des Services sociaux)

HERA - Sustainable & Responsible Finance

Future Generations Grand Prix – Expert Jury Relinde Baeten (Ecopower); Bernard Fornoville (Sociale InnovatieFabriek); Jean Hugé (ULB); Philippe Mertens (Brulocalis); Cédric Van de Walle (Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement durable); Sylvie Varlez (Federal Planning Bureau); Natacha Zuinen (WPS SD)

Future Generations Grand Prix – Final Jury Left to right: Benoît Lallemand (Finance Watch);

Sophie Brems (RTBF); Constance Colot (Youth Council, youth jury); Denis Drousie (DEME Group); Marie Frenay (Plateforme pour le Service Citoyen/

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… WE WOULD ALS Platform voor de Samenlevingsdienst, youth jury); Sebastiaan Kennes (The Shift, Generation T, youth jury); Jonathan Moskovic (G1000, Daardaar, youth jury); Willy Winkelmans (Ringland, 2015 winner)

Incidences Prize – Expert Jury

THANK YOU TO ALL THE ACTIVE PROJECT MEMBERS! Sulitest

Perrine Ferauge (UMons); Anne Humblet (GHdC); Michaël Petit (UNamur); Pascale Thys (Habitat & Participation)

Incidences Prize – Final Jury Philippe Avenel (Fol’Fouille); Renaud Castieaux (Aux Portes du Radis); Laurine Kerpelt (UCM); Marie-Paule Kestemont (UCL); JeanFrançois Mitsch (Enercoop Belgium)

“Godefroid” Prize for Sustainable Development – Final Jury Pierre Stassart, President (ULg); Laurent Berbach (consultant); Ygaëlle Dupriez (NGE); Jean-Charles Magin (MJ Libratoi); Jean-Marie Thomas (“Godefroid” Social Prize); Pascal Van Bever (Réseau Solidairement)

Prize for Sustainable Development Province of Namur – Expert Jury Philippe Mertens (Brulocalis); Frédéric Mouchet (Contrat de Rivière Haute-Meuse); Pascale Thys (Habitat & Participation); Martine Vandervennet (Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement durable)

Prize for Sustainable Development Province of Namur – Final Jury Claudine Brasseur (RTBF); Marc Legrain (UTAN); Jean-Yves Marion (UCM Namur); Michaël Petit (UNamur); Christophe Portier (Agribio); Natacha Zuinen (WPS SD)

SE’nSE Fund Pierre Mottet, President (IBA); Piet Colruyt (Impact Capital); Sabine Colson (Regional Investment Company of Wallonia); Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management); Christophe Guisset (Enelys); Yves Jongen (IBA); Jérôme Partos (Eurasia Environmental Technologies); Sybille van den Hove (Median); Pascal Vermeulen (Climact)

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Left to right: Jean Hugé (ULB); Pieter Dresselaers (Komosie); Nadine Gouzée, President (Honorary Member, Federal Planning Bureau); Natacha Zuinen (SPW DD); Sybille Mertens (ULg); Filip Colson (Ecocampus)

Future Generations Grand Prix and Provincial Prizes for Sustainable Development We would also like to thank everyone who has suggested initiatives in their regions for consideration as potential candidates for the Provincial Prizes and the Future Generations Grand Prix.

CEO Circle

Rachida Aziz (Azira); Jean-François Baele (Domaine du Ry d’Argent); Loïc Bar (The Smart Company); Francis Blake (Derbigum); René Branders (Four Industriel Belge); Olivier Chapelle (Recticel); Benoît Coppée (InvestSud/Foire de Libramont); Jacques Crahay (Cosucra); Marie d’Huart (Cap Conseil); Serge De Backer (Cap Conseil); Christian Fosseur (Velux Belgium); Dorothée Goffin (Smart Gastronomy Lab); Isabelle Hamburger (Vervloet); Jérôme Kervyn de Meerendré (Greenwatch); Frank Mestdagh (d’ici); Marcel Miller (Alstom Belgium); Laurent Minguet (Invest Minguet Gestion); Anne Mortier (Tilman); Pierre Mottet (IBA); Jacques Pélerin (GRE Liège); Frédéric Rouvez (Exki); Jean-Noël Tilman (Tilman); Valérie Urbain (Euroclear)

Foundation 3.0

4WINGS Foundation - BE (Virginie Samyn); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - GB (Andrew Barnett); Cera - BE (Lieven Vandeputte); Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation - FR (Marie-Stéphane Maradeix); EDGE Funders Europe - BE (Tobias Troll); Environmental Funders Network - GB (Florence Miller); ERSTE Stiftung - AT (Nicole Traxler); Fondation Chimay - Wartoise - BE (Freddy Constant, Philippe Dumont); Fondation de France - FR (Dominique Lemaistre, Martin Spitz); Lunt Foundation BE (Michaël Lunt, Helene Rolin); Oak Foundation - CH (Nathan Argent); Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation - GB (Bevis Gillett, Stephen Pittam); Porticus - NL (Lisa Jordan); Progressio Foundation - NL (Marcello Palazzi); The Social Change Initiative - GB (Avila Kilmurray)

O LIKE TO THANK THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE SET UP FUNDS, AND TO OUR PATRONS, SPONSORS AND DONORS!

AND THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! Board of Directors

SE’nSE Fund

Thank you to Pierre Mottet for having chosen the Foundation to implement his vision on sustainable, transformative environmental entrepreneurship.

Management Committee: Pierre Mottet, Chairman; Benoît Derenne

Sustainable Finance Fund Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Golden Share scheme! They have helped the Foundation and the Réseau Financité create a special fund focusing on the particularly critical issues of ethical and responsible finance.

Management Committee: Bernard Bayot (Réseau Financité), Benoît Derenne

The team and the Board of Directors go green at Hébergerie CO2 Solidaire (April 2016)

Philippe Rotthier Fund for Future Generations Thank you to Philippe Rotthier, who, since 2014, has placed his trust in the Foundation and its work in the academic world (HERA).

Management Committee: Philippe Rotthier, Chairman; Louise Bélenger, his granddaughter; Benoît Derenne

Donation of Hébergerie CO2 Solidaire

Thank you to Christina De Wilde and Benoît Laduron, who have placed their trust in the Foundation since 2015, so this little gem near Durbuy, which is considered to be of public interest, is maintained.

Left to right: Benoît Derenne; Mark Lambrechts; François Ost, President; Brigitte Gloire; Pierre Guilbert; François Schwennicke; Ludo Hilkens. Absent from the photo: Francis J. Blake; Jacqueline Miller

Investment Committee Pierre Aeby (Triodos Bank Group); Dirk Coeckelbergh (NewB); Eric De Keuleneer (Credibe, SBSEM); Benoît Derenne

Legal advisor

Sponsors

Ilse Banmeyer

Thank you to the Sponsors of Future Generations, who have made a commitment over a number of several years, to support the HERA youngsters through the Foundation.

Projects and events

Donors

Thank you to our many volunteers, trainees and students who help the Foundation with translations, assistance at the reception during events, administrative work and much more.

Whether you are a private individual, a company or an institution, both in Belgium or anywhere in the world, we would like to thank the many donors who support the Foundation every day.

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... AND THANK YOU!

If you are holding this brochure, you have, in one way or another, expressed interest in or offered your support to the Foundation for Future Generations.

Did you know that the Foundation, as a platform for transformative philanthropy, receives neither subsidies nor recurring assistance from any political party or public authority (except for employment aid)?

Did you know that your support provides the Foundation with the independence it needs to be actively involved in tomorrow’s world? Thank you for your help!

You can transfer your donation (one-off or as a standing order) to IBAN BE98 5230 4030 5393 – BIC: TRIOBEBB, account belonging to the Foundation for Future Generations.

All donations of 40 euros or over are tax-free.