We are a movement bridging the gap between finance and sustainability.
Building Bridges is a leading collaborative initiative that gives a voice to a large community of decision-makers, advocates, experts, and financial actors from both the Global North and South. Alongside our major events we host in the fall, we also organize various discussions during the year to foster collaboration and advance the SDGs.
Past Events
- How Can Sustainable Finance Create a More Resilient Financial System? | 05.07.2023
- Gender Lens Investing | 08.03.2023
- An Introduction to Blended Finance | 25.01.2023
- Financing a Secure and Clean Energy System | 29.09.2022
- Putting the S in ESG | 15.09.2022
- Sustainable Finance Trends to Watch this Fall | 01.09.2022
- Closing the Infrastructure Investment Gap | 30.06.2022
The third edition of Building Bridges took place from October 3-6 2022 at the Centre International de Conférences Geneva (CICG) and online.
Building Bridges featured a high-level Summit, over 65 community-led events, and a networking village.
More than 1400 Swiss and international participants from the finance sector, NGOs, academia, governments, and international organizations gathered to attend the second edition of Building Bridges from Nov 29-Dec 2, 2021. Over the course of 4 days, the community took part in a high-level Summit, 77 crowd-sourced events, a village, and a number of networking events, tackling three key, cross-cutting themes:
- Impact and Transparency
- Supply-Demand Mismatch
- Fintech for SDGs
The objective of the first edition of “Building Bridges” in 2019 was to bring together diverse stakeholders in dialogue around the issues at stake. More than 1000 Swiss and international stakeholders were in attendance, including the President of the Swiss Confederation, the Director-General of UN Geneva, and numerous CEOs and opinion leaders representing NGOs, business, academia and other international organizations.