414

Four One Four /fɔː(r)/wʌn/fɔː(r)/

Noun.

  1. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere on the day 414 was founded in 2020
  2. A collaborative platform for compliance and value creation through EU Sustainable Finance Regulation

Our Mission

Climate change is the biggest market failure of our time. It has become apparent that we need to fundamentally change the rules of our economic system to survive. We need to move from a world where currency represents just the economic value to a holistic one. This new system should incorporate environmental issues like pollution, and social issues such as inequalities.

414 helps with the transition to this new system by providing a technology layer that helps markets incorporate these new values. Currently, we are focussing on sustainable finance regulation, starting in Europe. In the medium term, 414 will bring forward a suite of methods to quantify value and add these to financial markets.

The 414 timeline

Jan 2023

PAI Indicators

After months of collaborative efforts, the PAI Indicator tool is launched with praise from its first users.

Sep 2022

Growth

More employees joined the team and 414 team is now double in size.

Mar 2022

SFDR 

The first clients are using the newly launched SFDR solution for their entity-level compliance.

Jan 2022

Traction

Traction: The first week of 2022 markes the tenth customer using the EU Taxonomy module.

Dec 2021

Product Launch

After four months of hard work, the EU taxonomy module for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption is finalised and tested by the first customers.

Sept 2021

Partnership

414 is launching a partnership with sustainability consultancy MJ Hudson and the product is developed in co-creation.

Feb 2021

Back to NL

After realising the potential of working with new & mandatory Sustainable Finance EU Regulations, Rutger moves back to the Netherlands.

Sept 2020

Incubator

Rutger joins the Entrepreneur First incubator in London to develop the ground work of 414.

Mar 2020

The beginning

Rutger launches 414 and Arno joins as the strategic advisor.

People plus technology.

White hexagon

We care about:

Transparency

We believe in an open and honest company culture where we share if things do not feel right and try to be as open as possible about our differences. As one of our main goals is to lead the financial market and its players to a more transparent framework, this is also reflected in our every day work and communication with each other.

Diversity

We are striving to grow into an international team where we learn from one another. As climate change affects everyone, we believe that everyone can and should contribute towards the fight against it. This shared responsibility regardless of (cultural) background is reflected in our team.

Integrity

Greenwashing is still a major concern in today's economic system with obviously polluting companies promoting themselves as sustainable. At 414, we do not take integrity lightly, and we make sure that our everyday actions strive towards decreasing greenwashing as much as possible.