Michal Kulak
Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Robeco|IPBES Business and Biodiversity Expert
Michal Kulak is Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Robeco, where he leads the team that brings ESG factors into investment decisions across the firm.
He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment (2023–2026), leading the chapter on measuring business impacts and dependencies on nature. He holds a doctorate from ETH Zurich, spent five years as a sustainability scientist at Unilever, and moved into asset management in 2019. He developed Robeco's Biodiversity Investment Framework and is a certifying expert for the Solar Impulse Foundation.
Indy — an independent navigator for biodiversity measurement methods
Start from the question you actually need answered — a product, a site, a portfolio, a target — and Indy narrows the field of methods, sets out what each one can establish, and is explicit about where it stops.
Built on the publicly available IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment. Free, and it stays free.
For anyone deciding how to measure — in a company, a bank, a ministry or a university.
Open IndyMichal writes for illuminem on nature, measurement and capital markets.
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Dec 2025
Heating homes with wastewater, data centres and hockey rinks: lessons from Zurichilluminem
Michal speaks on ESG integration, sustainable finance and biodiversity.
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18–19 Jan 2027
Liechtenstein Green Finance ConferenceVaduz
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19–30 Oct 2026
CBD COP17Yerevan, Armenia
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6–8 Oct 2026
Building BridgesGeneva
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1–4 Sep 2026
Swiss Green Economy SymposiumWinterthur
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21 Aug 2026
Swiss IPCC/IPBES meetingBern
Questions about the assessment, the measurement methods, or Indy are welcome.