Join BlackRock as they discuss the future of public and private markets through the sustainable lens and how they will shape the transition to net zero.

Building Bridges Summit 2022

Building Bridges 2022

When economic opportunities are available to everyone, especially those who face the greatest barriers, everyone wins. Inclusive growth strategies focus on reducing inequality, go beyond GDP metrics, identify and work with stakeholders vs shareholders, and recognize value in investing in people and geographies that have been left behind in the last century of rapid globalization. Why should businesses care about inclusive growth and how can they integrate this focus into their own business practices?

Investing in strengthened and integrated services for children and their caregivers has a high rate of return. Innovative practices of states and economic research show the potential for private investment. How can we leverage the financial sector to end violence against children and accelerate the implementation of the SDG agenda?

The growth in the carbon credit market is generating unprecedented monetisation opportunities for biodiversity through nature-based solutions for climate. Some critics argue that the market is not currently effectively valuing the additional biodiversity and social co-benefits, or even negative impacts, in the pricing of these nature-based carbon credits. In addition, carbon markets are currently favouring restoration credits and not conservation, or avoided deforestation, credits. More effectively monetising conservation outcomes is critical to closing the global conservation funding gap, estimated at over US$800 billion per year. In response to these challenges and opportunities, there is increasing interest in the development of a biodiversity credit and a market for nature.

Building Bridges Summit 2022