This session will explore how investments in insurance can serve as a critical tool in shaping a brighter future for children and lifting families out of poverty. Through compelling case studies and successful, innovative initiatives, we will demonstrate the transformative power of inclusive insurance. By mitigating risks, promoting financial stability, ensuring access to education, and enhancing community resilience, insurance can serve as a powerful tool for long-term positive change.
To scale impact-first investment solutions – especially NGO-led or hybrid models – we must uphold integrity and mission while attracting catalytic capital and managing risk. Impact-first investing often involves trade-offs, yet the cost of inaction is higher. This session explores three real-world models that blend public and private capital, examine innovative risk mitigation, and challenge the market to rethink what truly qualifies as “investable.”
There is increasing recognition among private equity investors that robust ESG practices enhance both risk management and financial performance. Yet, operationalising sustainability-linked value-creation remains challenging. PRI, in collaboration with Laudes Foundation and Bain & Company, will facilitate an interactive group dialogue on this topic to help GPs and LPs identify actionable practices that drive tangible financial outcomes.
As Europe accelerates its green and digital transformation, a €2.5 trillion funding gap has been identified across key sectors – including buildings, energy, transport, digital, and green infrastructure – hindering progress towards climate and digital goals. This event explores investment opportunities, regulatory stability, and the role of private capital in driving sustainable growth. Experts will discuss strategies to de-risk and expand mid-cap assets, ensuring Europe’s long-term competitiveness.
This event will delve into the evolving landscape of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regulations, exploring how these regulations, beyond mere compliance, could drive sustainable change. Attendees will gain insights into the latest developments in EU and Swiss CSR regulations, including the EU Omnibus Package and Swiss sustainability reporting requirements. The discussion will also assess how these laws and regulations can shape investor decision-making.
This panel explores how private investors perceive debt-for-nature swaps (D4NS), highlighting key challenges and potential incentives. Experts discuss how credit enhancements, blended finance, and innovations like sustainability-linked bonds can scale D4NS, aligning profitability with debt relief and conservation impact.
MDBs play a key role in mobilizing private capital for climate and biodiversity; their solutions can match the needs of private and institutional investors in Emerging and Developing Countries. This panel will discuss how MDBs have evolved their thinking around PCM. Innovative financial solutions will be showcased, such as foreign exchange hedging, Amazon bond ETF, debt-to-sustainability conversions and securitizations with proven track-record in supporting and scaling sustainable investments.
Explore how Swiss pension capital can drive impact and innovation through private markets. Despite Switzerland’s capital strength, allocations remain cautious. So why aren’t we scaling? This interactive discussion, organized by CFA Society Switzerland, brings together pioneering pension fund practitioners and bold initiatives including the Swiss Platform for Impact Investing (SPII) and Deep Tech Nation (DTN) to spotlight solutions, highlight emerging pathways, break silos, and unlock hidden potential. Join the discussion and let’s explore how bold ideas and institutional capital can align for greater impact – together.
As nature-related risks reshape financial decision-making, addressing these challenges and unlocking opportunities is key to companies’ long-term resilience. Join us for a live demo of the ENCORE tool and its latest updates, empowering business and finance to assess their reliance on nature and kick-start their nature resilience journey. Discover new solutions to better integrate nature into business strategies, explore links to UNFCCC COP 30, and help shape ENCORE’s future functionalities.
Buildings are responsible for a quarter of Switzerland’s CO2 emissions. On a global scale, growing physical risks are causing financial losses, prompting the financial and insurance industry to adapt its practices. At this event, we discuss with real estate specialists and investors, politicians and insurance representatives about existing and emerging risks as well as adapted frameworks globally and in Switzerland.