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

Where finance and SDGs connect

The Summit is the marquee event that will kick off Building Bridges Week. It will include presentations and panel discussions with world-renowned speakers and out-of-the-box thought leaders that will address global challenges and articulate innovative solutions to advance sustainable finance.

The Summit is by invitation only but the livestream is open to the public.

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Summit Program 2022

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Monday | OPENING SEGMENTOctober 03, 2022
15:30
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Opening Remarks

16:00
CET

Keynote

16:15
CET

Is finance transitioning quickly enough to meet climate imperatives? (Panel)

17:45
CET

Leveraging social justice (Panel)

18:10
CET

How can finance support a far-reaching just transition to sustainable development? (Panel)

19:00
CET

Wrap-up

19:30
CET

Welcome Cocktail

Tuesday | HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENTOctober 04, 2022
09:00
CET

Finance for Nature: Strengthening standards, data, disclosure and innovation for biodiversity (Panel)

09:45
CET

Innovation in sovereign debt management (Panel)

11:15
CET

Agriculture, Food, Land Use : the emerging new reality (Panel)

12:00
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Final Discussion

12:20
CET

Closing Discussion

13:15
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Networking Lunch

Speakers

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Peter Bakker

CEO & President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

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Magdi Batato

Executive Vice President, Nestlé Group

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Emma Crystal

Chief Sustainability Officer, Credit Suisse

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Sergio P. Ermotti

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Swiss Re

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Emmanuel Faber

Chairman, International Sustainability Standards Board

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Rebeca Grynspan

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

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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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Sabine Magri

Chief Operating Officer, UBS Switzerland

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David Nabarro

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

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Patrick Odier

President, Building Bridges

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Ugo Panizza

Pictet Chair in Finance and Development and Professor of Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute

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Paul Polman

Former CEO, Unilever; Co-Author of Net Positive

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Nick Robins

Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Bruno Roche

Founder & Executive Director, Economics of Mutuality

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Nathan Sussman

Director, Centre for Finance and Development, Graduate Institute Geneva

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Eric Usher

Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

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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

Executive Director, Business for Nature

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Karin Reiter

SVP Sustainability & ESG, Adecco Group

And many more to come…

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