Buildings are responsible for a quarter of Switzerland’s CO2 emissions. On a global scale, growing physical risks are causing financial losses, prompting the financial and insurance industry to adapt its practices. At this event, we discuss with real estate specialists and investors, politicians and insurance representatives about existing and emerging risks as well as adapted frameworks globally and in Switzerland.
Wealth managers are often gatekeepers to capital. As demand for impact grows, many wealth holders are frustrated by the mismatch between their ambitions and what their advisors can deliver. In this session we:
– explore this mismatch through breakouts and a panel discussion
– shine a light, backed by recent research, on how wealth managers are adopting impact investing and impact considerations across their business models
– reveal what wealth holders should look for, when selecting a wealth manager
The session is based on new research by the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP): the “Investor’s Guide to Impact Wealth Management” which will launch soon.
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. The session will inform participants about the index content and focus on the unique build process, held between academia, index provider and asset owners. An Open Space format will support participants to learn from this ‘systems demonstrator’ and apply it to their own collaborative solution-building.
What does it take to turn a bold idea into an investable impact venture? This session dives into the early stages of venture creation – from founder selection and venture studio models to the role of grantmakers, and early-stage investors. Panelists will explore what is needed to balance business and impact and how different actors help impact ventures become commercially viable. This conversation is for anyone serious about moving early-stage impact ventures from ideation to investability, especially in emerging markets.
Today, the richest 10% of the global population earn more than half of the world’s income and hold three quarters of the world’s wealth. At the same time, we are in the midst of the largest cost of living crisis in a generation and hundreds of millions of people around the world are fighting for their basic needs to be met.
Negative impacts on people presents risks to businesses and financial institutions. They can also accumulate and in turn generate system-level risks that undermine social stability, the short-, medium-, and long-term performance of the economy, the stability of financial systems, and returns from diversified investment portfolios.
Businesses and financial institutions each have a critical role to play in mitigating system-level risks and reaping these opportunities by improving outcomes for all people and reducing the accumulation of inequalities. The private sector’s collective response to climate change and nature loss has demonstrated its ability to coordinate to tackle global system-wide risks.
Yet today there is a lack of clarity on how their actions impact people and contribute to inequalities, how these impacts and inequalities present entity-level and system-level risks to business and finance, and how addressing them can open new opportunities.
This session explores investor information needs, effective system stewardship, the connection between individual company impacts and portfolio performance, and the role of disclosures, where TISFD aims to enhance decision-useful information.
Regenerative practices can reduce the environmental impact of our global food system, but financing this transition at scale is still a major challenge. Our joint session at Building Bridges 2025, will cover the current financing bottlenecks for companies and growers, explore solutions, and share successful case studies.
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. This has significant consequences for insurers, investors and companies.
This session will explore what is needed for effective risk transfer and risk prevention to support competitive advantage and value creation for all market participants.
The session spotlights innovative finance models (blended and beyond) for regenerative agriculture and related market infrastructure – from digital trade platforms to decentralized hubs. Based on real-world cases and collaborations across Europe and globally, the panel highlights infrastructure required to scale regenerative systems, investable opportunities, and data-driven risk mitigation. Leading stakeholders from finance, policy, corporates and local actors will share their insights.
As traditional development financing evolves, National Development Banks (NDBs) are becoming pivotal in unlocking funding for the SDGs. Building on its partnership with the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), SHF together with DBN, UNCDF, AFD, and other partners will showcase how collaboration with NDBs can facilitate local currency financing, reduce exchange rate risks, and enhance country ownership, ultimately driving transformative impact for people, economies, and the environment.
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.