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.
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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.
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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.
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Nature
Policy & Regulation
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room C (Level 0)
Panel
Livestream
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, Christoph W. Frei, Partner at Emerald Ventures, leading Emerald’s Global Energy Transformation Fund, 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.
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Climate & Energy
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room F (Level 3)
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.
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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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Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room A (Level 0)
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.
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Nature
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)
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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Centre International de Conférences Genève – BB Connect
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.
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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.
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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.
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Climate & Energy
Social
Systemic Change
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room F (Level 3)
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.
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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.
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Nature
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.
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Climate & Energy
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room B (Level 0)
Solutions Stage
30 Sep | 16:30 – 17:30 CEST
Climate Risk Intelligence: Aligning Portfolios with Resilience & Transition
Financial institutions are increasingly required to integrate climate and environmental transition considerations into their core operations, particularly within their risk management frameworks. While awareness of the financial implications of climate, environmental, and social risks has grown in recent years, widely accepted methodologies for assessing these risks are still lacking. Developing such methodologies is essential for building more resilient financial portfolios and economic systems. Come and meet Blunomy, Reed Management – Societe Generale Group and RRG Nature Based Solutions to hear about cutting-edge risk assessment methodologies and innovative and more resilient investment models.
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Climate & Energy
Nature
Social
Systemic Change
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)
Fishbowl Discussion
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.
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Climate & Energy
Impact Investing
Nature
Systemic Change
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room 9 (Level 2)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Systemic Change
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Room A (Level 0)
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.
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Climate & Energy
Nature
Centre International de Conférences Genève – Solutions Stage (Level 0)
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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Centre International de Conférences Genève – Village
