This year, Building Bridges is proud to feature a new collaboration with the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva (FIFDH), bringing the power of film into our dynamic programme.
Together, we will screen Scars of Growth, by Monika Grassl & Linda Osusky. A timely and thought-provoking documentary on the social and environmental realities of Europe’s Green Deal. This addition to our event provides another entry point to spark dialogue on sustainable finance and will be preceded by a short discussion, moderated by FIFDH, featuring filmmaker Monika Grassl and other voices from the Building Bridges community.
About the film
The Green Deal is Europe’s new growth strategy, framed as a solution to avert climate collapse. By promoting electric cars and renewable energy, Brussels aims to boost economic growth while safeguarding the planet. Yet these “green” technologies require vast amounts of metals, most of which currently come from China. To reduce this dependency, politicians back the reopening of “green mines” in Europe. The communities living on these sites, however, worry that their livelihoods will be forsaken in the name of accelerating the energy transition.
Wrap up the day with refreshments and networking in the Village after the sessions on Tuesday, 30 September.
Wrap up the day with refreshments and networking in the Village after the sessions on Thursday, 2 October.
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 UBS. The theme of this session is Circular Economy.
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.
Discover how AI is transforming sustainability through four pioneering approaches: AEther bridges planetary-boundaries science with immersive, personalized learning tools; ComplexChaos reimagines collaboration and negotiation under complexity, using AI to build trust, transparency, and alignment; New Wind integrates AI-enhanced modeling for smarter, more accurate wind energy forecasting; and EarthXCG offers enterprise-grade AI analytics to verify environmental credits and safeguard asset integrity. This session illuminates how AI empowers sustainability by learning, aligning, optimizing, and validating action across education, decision-making, energy, and green finance.
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.
With climate litigation on the rise worldwide – legal risks are becoming financial risks. The financial system sits at the heart of the transition, and law is one of its most powerful levers. Why? Because it sets the boundaries of fair play. Because it can align the flow of finance with behaviours that will secure us a liveable future.
In this session, ClientEarth – a world leading environmental NGO – will show how they use the lifecycle of the law to unlock systemic change in finance: shaping policy, holding actors to account, and shifting capital towards sustainable outcomes. Their team of lawyers and experts will explore how legal advocacy and litigation are reshaping the landscape of climate accountability, exposing hidden risks, and providing investors with the tools they need to evaluate both financial and reputational exposure.
From tackling greenwashing to advancing due diligence obligations and subsidy reform, you’ll discover how the law can serve as both a safeguard and a catalyst in the transition, and what this means for investors, companies, and policymakers seeking to build a resilient, sustainable economy.
Innovative finance thrives when diverse actors join forces to shape solutions bigger than any one organization. This session spotlights four alliances that convene critical stakeholders to accelerate progress: SwissFoundations presents the Catalytic Finance Working Group’s efforts to mobilize philanthropic capital; the Green Digital Finance Alliance introduces the Digital Impact Finance Alliance to scale digital pathways for impact; the Impact-Linked Finance Collaborative showcases new models tying financial returns to outcomes; and ITU highlights its Digital Infrastructure Investment Initiative, advancing sustainable connectivity. Together, they reveal the power of collaboration to unlock transformative finance.
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 Pictet. The theme of this session is Intergenerational Collaboration.