While about 10% of the world population is facing food insecurity, food systems are already driving climate change and is the principal force behind biodiversity loss. Financial institutions can support the development of resilient and sustainable food systems by investing in companies and practices that encourage sustainable land use. This session will explore ways to build sustainable food systems through responsible investing, blended finance schemes and other financial services.

Are you ready to comply with the Swissbanking directives on ESG and on ESG risk management? Have you already implemented the Swiss climate scores?

The workshop is here to help you, with the support of banking professionals who will share their experience.

Bonus: L’Agefi’s cartoonist Pecub will draw during the session to make it fun too.

In a highly interactive fishbowl conversation with humanitarian, climate and insurance experts, UNICEF is bringing a case study of innovative financing in the context of climate resilience and disaster response, addressing results, challenges, lessons learnt and sector opportunities.

This conversation will bring together diverse actors from the finance industry, entrepreneurs, investors, development and government officials from Rwanda, in a dynamic and open discussion about the investment conditions and needs in Rwanda, and the priority SDGs.

A student-led workshop, for students to imagine the responsible wealth manager of the future. The idea is to confront the aspirations of the youth with the business realities. The goal is to push wealth managers out of their comfort zone to broaden their perceptions and develop new tools.

This session will explore the SDG Investment opportunities in Kenya. Additionally, look at the enabling environment that has been designed by Nairobi International Finance Center to attract SDG capital flows into the country.

Activists play important roles in the financial system – bringing attention to sustainability issues, calling out inconsistencies between talk/action, and pushing for greater ambition. This session will explore how other organizations can complement the work of activist NGOs and brainstorm ways to work together to create a culture of accountability.

Agriculture/Food systems are major sources of emissions but can also contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation. Consequently, many farmers and companies are transitioning practices and supply chains. However, the transition costs and economic model are yet to be proven at scale. We will discuss the current bottlenecks and solutions.

Roundtable discussion on methodologies used to unlock public and private capital towards the SDGs in emerging economies in Africa