2023 Building Bridges Summit : Building Bridges | Aligning Finance with Sustainability

Aligning finance with sustainability

The Summit is the marquee event that kicks off the 2023 edition of Building Bridges.

In-person registration is invite-only, but the general public may register to watch the livestream online.

The Building Bridges Summit will convene expert-led discussions to address our most critical and pressing global challenges. The discussions will explore the twin climate and nature crises, widening social inequalities and how to mobilize capital in unprecedented amounts to build a just, resilient, and sustainable future.

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Speakers

Alain Berset

President – Swiss Confederation

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director General – WTO

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

Co-Chair – TNFD

Sergio Ermotti

Group Chief Executive Officer – UBS

Avinash Persaud

Special Envoy on Investment and Financial Services to the Prime Minister – Government of Barbados

Sue Lloyd

Vice Chair – International Sustainability Standards Board

Marcos Neto

Director of the Sustainable Finance Hub – UNDP

Her Highness Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

President and Chief Executive Officer – UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators

Rémy Rioux

Chairman – IDFC; Chief Executive Officer – Agence Française de Développement

Sigrid Kaag

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance – Government of the Netherlands

Dominic Waughray

Executive Vice President – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Eric Usher

Head – UNEP FI

Mark Gough

Chief Executive Officer – Capitals Coalition

Richard Manley

Chief Sustainability Officer – CPP Investments

Patrick Odier

Chair – Building Bridges

Moderators

Nik Gowing

Founder and Co-Director – Thinking the Unthinkable

Eva Zabey

Chief Executive Officer – Business for Nature

An Innovative Summit

Building Bridges recognizes that collaboration and collective action are crucial when addressing interconnected global challenges. No single actor or sector has the resources or expertise to tackle these issues on its own. This year’s Summit adopts an innovative approach to foster inclusivity and leverage diverse perspectives and expertise from various stakeholders. This spectrum of stakeholders comes from a wide array of sectors including finance, corporate, government, multilateral organizations, civil society, and academia.