Building Bridges Week : Building Bridges | Aligning Finance with Sustainability

Week Program 2022

TuesdaySeptember 30, 2025

Practical Information Download Program

09:00 – 12:30 ^CEST

The Summit Livestream 30 Sep | 09:00 – 12:30 ^CEST

Building Bridges 2025 Summit

In a time of growing geopolitical complexity and public debate around ESG, Building Bridges 2025 is proud to convene a Summit that brings clarity, courage, and ambition to the forefront of sustainable finance.

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14:00 – 15:00 ^CEST

Fishbowl Discussion 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:00 ^CEST

Costs and Opportunities of Real Impact: What It Takes for Impact-First Investments to Scale and Complement Traditional Aid

To scale impact-first investment solutions – especially NGO-led or hybrid models – we must uphold integrity and mission while attracting catalytic capital and managing risk. Impact-first investing often involves trade-offs, yet the cost of inaction is higher.

Impact Investing Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room 9 (Level 2)

Panel Livestream 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:00 ^CEST

How to rebuild trust in sustainable investment

The last few years have been a tumultuous time for sustainable investing. What began as a niche concept has become a global movement, reshaping capital flows, policy and regulation. Today however, the field faces growing confusion, scepticism and even outright antagonism.

Impact Investing Innovative Finance & Fintech

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room B (Level 0)

Workshop 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:00 ^CEST

Countdown to Compliance: Preparing for FINMA’s Nature-Related Financial Risk Requirements

From 1st January 2028, FINMA will introduce mandatory nature risk reporting requirements for supervised institutions — a regulatory shift set to reshape how organisations account for their nature-related impacts, dependencies, and risks.

Nature Policy & Regulation

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room C (Level 0)

Panel 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:00 ^CEST

From Strategy to Capital: Aligning Business and Investor Agendas to Scale the Circular Economy

The circular economy is gaining momentum as a transformative approach to reducing waste and maximizing resource efficiency. Yet, scaling circularity requires businesses and investors to align their strategies and priorities. This session will explore ways in which corporates can think about transitioning from linear to circular models, the role of investors in driving this shift, and the opportunities for collaboration across sectors. Moderated by Judson Berkey, Lead Advocacy and Nature, Chief Sustainability Office at UBS, the discussion will feature Xavier Mahue, CEO of Retripa SA, an investor (to be announced), and Mirjam Frei, Head of CIC Sustainability, Corporate & Institutional Clients at UBS. Together, they will share insights on ways to unlock the potential of circularity and support a more sustainable future. Join us for real-world examples and explore actionable strategies to align business and investor agendas in scaling the circular economy.

Climate & Energy

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room F (Level 3)

14:00 – 15:30 ^CEST

Workshop 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:30 ^CEST

Fixed income, flexible solutions: the bond index reshaping climate finance

This session showcases the first fixed income index to cover the whole fossil fuel chain, providing objective criteria needed to drive down real-world emissions through changing flows of capital.

Climate & Energy Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room E (Level 3)

Limited Access 30 Sep | 14:00 – 15:30 ^CEST

Cohorts Connect: Warm Data Lab

This opening session will be hosted as a Warm Data Lab, facilitated by Nora Bateson and the Warm Data Lab team. Developed to explore the relational fabric of complex systems in an immersive manner, this method invites participants to suspend professional personas and engage as people—with stories, patterns, questions, and perspectives.

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14:30 – 15:30 ^CEST

Solutions Stage 30 Sep | 14:30 – 15:30 ^CEST

Integrating Nature into Finance: Tools for Risk and Opportunity

As financial institutions work to embed sustainability into core strategy, the need to account for nature-related risks and opportunities is growing fast. This Solutions Stage session presents concrete, actionable tools designed to meet that need head-on. Featured solutions include NatureAlign, a free tool from NatureFinance that helps financial institutions identify and disclose nature-related impacts; Nature Invest, a science-backed platform for assessing biodiversity impacts of investments; and the TNFD–UN SSE Model Guidance for Stock Exchanges. Additional speakers will present further tools and provide practical insights into how market actors can better account for nature-related risks and opportunities in financial decision-making.

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)

15:30 – 16:30 ^CEST

Speed Networking 30 Sep | 15:30 – 16:30 ^CEST

Speed Networking: Systems Change

Building Bridges aims to connect individuals and institutions from various organisation types, sectors, and locations in order to foster collaboration and drive more ﬁnance to deliver real-world impact. Speed networking sessions aim to facilitate individual connections between people interested in similar topics to expand their networks and explore areas of synergy in their work. The session will follow a classic speed networking format where individuals rapid ﬁre- introduce themselves to each other and then move on to a new person. Participants can expect to meet 8-10 new people during the session. This speednetworking session is brought to you by our Diamond Event Partner Lombard Odier. The theme of this session is Systems Change.

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15:30 – 17:00 ^CEST

Fishbowl Discussion 30 Sep | 15:30 – 17:00 ^CEST

Impact Investing for Systemic Change: Unlocking the Potential of Catalytic Capital

How can catalytic capital drive systemic change in emerging markets? How can we demystify this process for those on the journey? This interactive session explores how impact funders, now more than ever, are deploying the capital continuum and using innovative and blended finance to unlock scalable solutions.

Climate & Energy Emerging Markets Impact Investing Innovative Finance & Fintech Social Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room 9 (Level 2)

Workshop 30 Sep | 15:30 – 17:00 ^CEST

Unlocking opportunities in nature finance

The event will tackle the many angles that nature finance can take – from shareholder engagement, financing opportunities locally (in Switzerland), and investing opportunities globally to risk mitigation and understanding of investors’ value-chain.

Impact Investing Nature Policy & Regulation Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room C (Level 0)

Workshop 30 Sep | 15:30 – 17:00 ^CEST

Driving action on physical risk in value chains

There is clear evidence that physical impacts are damaging global value chains and this trend is likely to worsen. However, companies and investors have poor visibility on physical risks which gives rise to inefficient pricing and inadequate risk management.

Climate & Energy Social Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room F (Level 3)

16:00 – 17:00 ^CEST

Research or Case Study Presentation Livestream 30 Sep | 16:00 – 17:00 ^CEST

Tracking and Transforming Net Zero Finance: Integrity, Innovation, and Impact

This session will explore where we stand on net zero finance and where we need to go. Drawing on CPI’s Net Zero Finance Tracker and insights from the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, it will examine both the integrity of climate commitments, observed progress and impacts in the real economy, and current drivers and gaps in action and how to address them.

Climate & Energy Impact Investing Policy & Regulation

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room A (Level 0)

Workshop 30 Sep | 16:00 – 17:00 ^CEST

Pricing Nature on the Balance Sheet

This collaborative session, curated by Building Bridges and the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability at the Geneva Graduate Institute, will explore one of the most transformative shifts in our economic system: recognizing nature as a critical but unvalued asset.

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room E (Level 3)

Panel Livestream 30 Sep | 16:00 – 17:00 ^CEST

Understanding Climate Implications for Assets in Long-Term Portfolios

Long-term portfolios, particularly in infrastructure and real estate, face growing vulnerability as climate risks increasingly reshape asset valuations. This session will bring together leading asset owners, asset managers, and transition experts to explore how physical and transition risks are influencing investment decisions for assets with life cycles extending 70+ years. Panelists will share current approaches, tools, and methodologies while highlighting persistent gaps in forward-looking, granular data.

Climate & Energy

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room B (Level 0)

16:30 – 17:30 ^CEST

Solutions Stage 30 Sep | 16:30 – 17:30 ^CEST

Climate Risk Intelligence: Aligning Portfolios with Resilience & Transition

Climate & Energy

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)

17:30 – 18:30 ^CEST

Workshop 30 Sep | 17:30 – 18:30 ^CEST

ROI or Perish: Tech, Impact & the New Rules of Sustainable Business

The old sustainability playbook is dead, subsidies are vanishing. Geopolitical chaos is the new normal. Smart organizations are turning crisis into opportunity. This isn’t about regulatory box-ticking. It’s about hard numbers, attractive ROI, and driving impact.

Climate & Energy Impact Investing Nature Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room 9 (Level 2)

17:30 – 19:00 ^CEST

Workshop 30 Sep | 17:30 – 19:00 ^CEST

Strengthening Financial Institutions Corporate Governance to promote respect for Human Rights

This workshop will examine the role of corporate boards of financial institutions in promoting respect for human rights.

Policy & Regulation Social

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room E (Level 3)

Workshop 30 Sep | 17:30 – 19:00 ^CEST

Transition Finance in Action: Investing in Scalable Solutions for Real-World Impact

Achieving real-world impact is the ultimate goal of sustainble finance. As finance remains a strong lever towards decarbonization, transition finance offers a pathway to direct capital toward scalable solutions that reduce emissions and transform the real economy.

Innovative Finance & Fintech Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room C (Level 0)

Workshop 30 Sep | 17:30 – 19:00 ^CEST

Designing the Next Asset Class: Climate-Linked Private Debt

Institutional investors increasingly seek climate-aligned debt financing opportunities in emerging markets, yet systemic barriers, from FX volatility to fragmented deal flow, prevent capital inflows.

Innovative Finance & Fintech

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room F (Level 3)

Panel Livestream 30 Sep | 17:30 – 19:00 ^CEST

Infrastructure’s Role in Europe’s Transformation

As Europe accelerates its green and digital transformation, a €2.5 trillion funding gap has been identified across key sectors – including buildings, energy, transport, digital, and green infrastructure – hindering progress towards climate and digital goals. This event explores investment opportunities, regulatory stability, and the role of private capital in driving sustainable growth. Experts will discuss strategies to de-risk and expand mid-cap assets, ensuring Europe’s long-term competitiveness.

Systemic Change

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room A (Level 0)

18:00 – 19:00 ^CEST

Solutions Stage 30 Sep | 18:00 – 19:00 ^CEST

From Climate to Biodiversity: Mapping Nature-Related Risks for Supervisory Readiness

Environmental challenges are intensifying under the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Co‑sponsored by Hyphen Earth and the Green Fintech Network, this session spotlights nature‑related financial risks now in FINMA’s focus. Hyphen presents its atmospheric-based monitoring, reporting and verification solution (aMRV), followed by lightning rounds from three Swiss green‑fintechs and an interactive panel linking tools to supervisory expectations and applications at financial institutions.

Climate & Energy Nature

Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)

19:00 – 20:30 ^CEST

30 Sep | 19:00 – 20:30 ^CEST

Networking Cocktail supported by City of Geneva

Wrap up the day with refreshments and networking in the Village after the sessions on Tuesday, 30 September.

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