Beyond hype and speculation, blockchain technology and its communities possess the capabilities to solve global challenges through collaborative processes involving traditional actors involved in sustainable finance. The session will highlight sustainability-oriented use cases across Cardano’s blockchain ecosystem, including the verification of impact-focused value chains, innovative fundraising models and a global decentralised innovation fund to contribute towards financing the Global Goals.
BlueImpact is a new finance initiative for enterprises raising <$10M with positive impacts in the blue economy of developing countries. Ocean Assets Group manages BlueImpact with the support of UNDP, UNEP and Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Phase1: Asia-Pacific. Registration for projects, investors and experts is welcome through our website: oceanassets.org/blueimpact.
Capital allocation decisions often do not adequately factor in sustainability considerations, leading to sub-optimal decisions from both a sustainability and profitability perspective. Negative environmental/social impacts that are “externalities” today, can easily become costs with an actual cash flow impact. The session focuses on the importance of sustainability integration in financial valuations while touching upon potential approaches to tackle this challenge.
This highly interactive event will have four parts: 1. Presentation – an introduction to impact venture capital investment. 2. Pitches – social entrepreneurs will present concrete problems. 3. Workshop – groups will work on solution development or learn how to assess a startup. And 4. Interactive discussion – social entrepreneurs will present their innovative solutions to freshly-trained investors.
Digitilization of financial services is enabling the implementation of SDGs in areas of education, decent work, reducing inequality, transparency, and partnerships. Building on last year’s data workshops on the social dimension of Sustainable Finance, we will explore opportunities and risks associated with digitalization as a tool for a holistic approach to Sustainable Finance.
Convened by PRI and UNEP FI, Asset Owner Alliance, Asset Managers Initiative, Insurance Alliance, and Banking Alliance have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
What do these commitments entail and how can institutions deliver on them? During this session, we will hear directly from industry leaders who are driving the transition.
Nature is a complex system. As markets for nature are being established, the market mechanisms must address the complexity of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. This event will present a new joint project by ETH and EPFL that aims to measure biodiversity in its complexity and thus finance biodiversity restoration through nature-based solutions.
A two-part presentation exploring the notion of greenwashing, its challenges, as well as the controversies around it. The first part will set the framework to better understand the issues at stake. It will then be followed by a panel discussion with participants from the main stakeholders (industry, investors, regulator).
This event discusses innovative blended finance solutions globally and how they can achieve scale and reach the next frontier. Moreover, it gives an update on the SDG Impact Finance Initiative since its launch at the Building Bridges Week 2021 including upcoming activities.
The session organized by the UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility and the Ocean Risk and Resilience ActionAlliance will shed light on how insurance and risk transfer solutions can be developed for protecting coral reefs. It will also discuss how efficient investments in reef risk reduction can lead to nature-positive world.
