As renewable energy sources can create new human rights challenges, the financial sector will need to address climate and human rights concerns in parallel. This panel discussion explores how to assess and draft transition plans that achieve the dual goals of both environmental sustainability and social justice to inform financial institutions.
This event will bring together different nature market stakeholders to weigh in and debate the fast-changing future of nature market governance, bringing together competing views from the financial sector, conservation communities and local community representatives.
The integration of sustainability in valuation is critical to scale capital flows towards sustainable transitions. This session focuses on the Sustainability In Intrinsic Valuation Framework and helps key market participants to move the needle by incorporating business and sectoral transformations in the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) models and financing transactions.
How should banks embed the cultural drivers of ESG performance in their organization to achieve the depth and speed of change that is required for lasting success? In this interactive workshop, the GABV and KPMG will present a framework to identify and embed an organization’s purpose and share practical examples from GABV member institutions.
Private equity is a natural fit for investment strategies that actively seek to deliver measurable social or environmental benefits. We will discuss current trends and opportunities linked with this asset class, as a vehicle for impact-driven investors, taking the perspective of investee companies and their investors (Family Office, Asset Managers).
Our Open Access Initiative opens our Sustainable Investing Intellectual Property to promote and encourage research and ideas.On this platform we share our SDG Framework and Country Sustainability Ranking (CSR). The SDG framework offers free insight into individual SDG scores for corporate issuers. The CSR tool turns in-depth analysis across a range of ESG data into a single country sustainability score.
The assets of foundations in Switzerland represent CHF 140 billion. Nowadays, an active commitment to responsible investment becomes a principle of good governance. This session is an opportunity to discuss with stakeholders from the philanthropic, academic and financial world the way to strike the right balance between financial performance and mission alignment.
The goals of the Paris agreement look increasingly out of reach. In what way can asset owners best support the transition to a net zero economy? Are existing investment opportunities adequate for the scale of decarbonisation required? How can the flow of capital be accelerated to where it is needed most? Can greenwashing really be avoided?
Web3 offers new pathways for digital and economic inclusion globally. Making quality web3 education more accessible is needed to enable these inclusion pathways for the workforce of today and tomorrow. This session will explore current initiatives, and future potential.
New tools and metrics are available for the financial sector – private and public – to assess their alignment with the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework, and to plan for a Nature Positive, Net Zero transition. This solution oriented event will highlight lessons learned from recent pilots.
