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.

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Summit Program 2022

Practical Information Summit Program 2022
Monday | OPENING SEGMENTOctober 02, 2023
14:00
CET

The Challenges We All Confront

14:00 – 14:15

Kick Off (Room A) Live stream

14:25
CET

Prioritizing Sustainable Finance in Times of Acute Geoeconomic Fragmentation

14:25 – 15:00

How Can We Rise to the Challenges (Room A) Live stream

15:00
CET

Fireside Chat

15:00 – 15:15

In Conversation with UBS CEO, Sergio Ermotti (Room A) Live stream

15:15
CET

Why are Trillions not Mobilized?

15:15 – 16:00

Connecting the Dots to Harness Public and Private Finance to Achieve the SDGs (Room A) Live stream

16:30
CET

Making Nature Count: In Conversation With the TNFD Co-Chair

16:30 – 17:25

European Launch of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (Room A) Live stream

17:25
CET

Finance for People

17:25 – 18:20

Prioritizing the Stability of Our Societies to Accelerate the Transition (Room A) Live stream

18:20
CET

Take Off

18:20 – 18:30

Closing Remarks (Room A) Live stream

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

Swiss State Secretary, State Secretary for Economic Affairs

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Rob Cameron

Vice President Global Head of Public Affairs and 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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Ugo Panizza

Deputy Director – Center for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
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Paul Polman

Business Leader, Climate and Equality Campaigner – 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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Dr. Vian Sharif

Founder, NatureAlpha, and Global Head of Sustainability, FNZ Group – NatureAlpha
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Antoine Sire

Head of Company Engagement, BNP Paribas Group

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Nathan Sussman

Director – Center for Finance and Development
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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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