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Geneva was the capital of sustainable finance on October 3-4, 2022.

Aligning finance with sustainability

The Summit is the marquee event that kicked off Building Bridges Week. It included presentations and panel discussions with world-renowned speakers and out-of-the-box thought leaders who addressed global challenges and articulated innovative solutions to advance sustainable finance.

Watch the 2022 Summit

Speakers

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Christoph Aeschlimann

CEO, Swisscom

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Mary-Thérèse Barton

Head of Emerging Debt, Pictet Asset Management

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Helene Budliger Artieda

State Secretary and Director

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Rob Cameron

Vice President Global Head of ESG Engagement – Nestlé
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Emma Crystal

Chief Sustainability Officer, Credit Suisse

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Patricia Danzi

Ambassador, Director General – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Johnny El Hachem
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Johnny el Hachem

Chief Executive Officer – Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
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Sergio Ermotti

Group Chief Executive Officer – UBS
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Emmanuel Faber

Chairman, International Sustainability Standards Board

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Sonja Gibbs

Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance – Institute of International Finance

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Veronika Giusti Keller

Head of Impact Management, BlueOrchard

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Rebeca Grynspan

Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

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Philipp Hildebrand

Vice Chairman, BlackRock

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Hubert Keller

Senior Managing Partner – Lombard Odier
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Margaret L. Kuhlow

Finance Practice Leader, WWF International

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Maria Lettini

Executive Director, FAIRR Initiative

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Marcello M. Estevão

Global Director, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank

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Louise Mabulo

Founder, Cacao Project

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Sabine Magri

Chief Operating Officer, UBS Switzerland

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Ueli Maurer

Federal Councillor, Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Swiss Confederation

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David Nabarro

Strategic Director, 4SD Switzerland; Special Envoy for COVID 19, WHO

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René Nicolodi

Director Head Equities & Themes, ZKB Asset Management

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Patrick Odier

Chair – Building Bridges

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Paul Polman

Business leader, campaigner, co-author of Net Positive

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Karin Reiter

SVP Sustainability & ESG, Adecco Group

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Nick Robins

Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance – Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, LSE
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Vian Sharif

Founder & President – NatureAlpha
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Antoine Sire

Head of Company Engagement, BNP Paribas Group

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Vic Van Vuuren

Director, Enterprises Department, International Labour Organization

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Beatrice Weder di Mauro

President, Centre for Economic Policy Research

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Eva Zabey

Chief Executive Officer – Business for Nature

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