Building Bridges Flagship Event
The Building Bridges yearly event in Geneva is organized by the Building Bridges Foundation in collaboration with Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) on behalf of a unique alliance of institutions from the financial sector, public authorities and Geneva-based international organizations. This 4 day event provides a unique platform to share, learn and act, in a collective way. In 2023, the 4th edition of Building Bridges gathered more than 2500 participants from 110 countries, featuring a total of 70 events.
Edition 2024
The 5th edition of Building Bridges will be held from 9-12 December 2024 in Geneva and will see UNEP FI host its 18th Global Roundtable on 10-11 December under the same roof.
Upcoming Events
Speakers
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
Past Events
- Sustainable Finance Trends to Watch this Fall | 21.09.2023
- Nature disclosure, how are financial institutions gearing up? | 13.09.2023
- 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 fourth edition of Building Bridges took place on October 2-5 in Geneva and hosted 70+ transformative discussions to shape the global sustainable finance agenda.
Building Bridges 2023 was also marked by the recently launched recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the second Sharm el-Sheikh dialogue, and the 10-year anniversary of Seedstars.
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.
Projects
On June 21, 2024, Building Bridges organized a workshop in Bern, bringing together Senior Executives from various industries, representatives from the Swiss Government and associations, as well as CSRD reporting specialists. The event focused on defining key requirements for an effective Swiss climate reporting framework.
Building Bridges took the lead on bringing together for 3 days in Kenya a delegation from private sector leaders from Europe and East Africa to strengthen bridges for sustainable investment. The summit took place in Nairobi, from June 3 to 5, 2024.
Tackling Inequality through Private Sector Leadership session in Davos (Switzerland) at the House of Switzerland on the 17th of January 2024.
The 28th edition (COP28) took place in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023. For the first time, the Building Bridges delegation, representing high-ranking members of the Swiss financial sector and led by the SIF, joined the Swiss delegation at COP 28.