ITC, development banks & business support organisations report on how an innovative financing model presented in BBW 2021 has been implemented to accelerate sustainable and inclusive trade, and plug international supply chain gaps through lending where it is needed most: with producers, processors and value-added manufacturers, upstream in developing countries. 

The traditional financial-economic solution is responsible, in large part, for our current ecological crisis. In the event we discuss how web3 technology can help to devise a monetary system that internalizes the costs of natural capital destruction, and internalizes the benefits of natural capital preservation and restoration. 

The session will share key findings from the Private Assets Impact Fund Report 2022, providing comprehensive information about private market impact funds focused on emerging and frontier markets. After a presentation of key findings, an expert panel will discuss their in-depth views on topics including market size, trends and gender lens investing.

The impact gap is the main risk to global climate action. Through a partnership with a leading European impact investment agency, Swiss/EU institutional investors can mitigate their carbon footprint and enhance social equity in Europe through a portfolio of private equity funds and direct co-investments. 

Green finance focuses mainly on climate. Innovative solutions allow now to manage the biodiversity-related risks and opportunities of an asset, by applying the concept of biodiversity footprint. This event will ask participants how to integrate this approach and will confront these contributions with the point of view of experts.

This session is a learning opportunity about the new guidelines on impact investing in listed equities, resulting from a GIIN-led collaborative effort of a global group of banks, asset managers, and asset owners. Representatives of this global group will provide practical examples and discuss the challenges of implementation and the differences between an impact and an ESG approach.

This workshop will bring into roundtable discussions live examples of SDG- focused pipelines from Ghana and Kenya. It will provide hands-on engagement with local entrepreneurs, asset managers, and public sector actors to show existing potential; address perceived risks and information asymmetries between capital providers and project developers on the ground.

Swiss Sustainable Finance and Zürich University of Applied Sciences organize a joint workshop on to present new applications of big data to ESG investing. The novelties will answer the following questions:

– Large-scale identification of high-impact companies

– Which companies will prosper on Green innovation?

– How can investors assess and act on negative ESG incidents?

Boards play a central role in enabling and accelerating the SDG economy. To support them, B Lab Switzerland and InTent  have launched the SBA2030 (Swiss Boards for Agenda 2030): an alliance of board members placing the SDGs at the heart of their strategy. Join this session to explore with us: 

1. The enhancement of the board’s fiduciary duties;

2. The SDGs as a framework for boards to mitigate risks, and unlock opportunities;

3. The optimal board structure and tools (i.e. ESG committees, ESG roles, translating SDGs into business KPIs, incentives, expertise and SDG reporting…) to help align companies to the 2030 Agenda.

Accelerate2030 entrepreneurs from developing and emerging markets engage with the Geneva ecosystem to showcase their innovative and regenerative solutions for the SDGs. Through conversations with investors and development sector leaders, we confront the financial gap, and discuss innovative and tech-enabled solutions that could change the status quo.