On 3 November 2025, Building Bridges participated in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Working Group on Financial Services seminar on “Stability & Sustainability” in Geneva. Organised by EFTA, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), and the Swiss National Bank, the event gathered policymakers, regulators, and financial leaders to discuss how stability and sustainability reinforce one another in today’s evolving financial system.

Representing Building Bridges, Marie-Laure Schaufelberger, Vice-Chair of our Foundation, Chief Sustainability Officer at Pictet Group and President of Sustainable Finance Geneva, outlined how sustainable finance has become an essential driver of transparency, resilience, and opportunity. She noted that the financial sector is moving from voluntary action to integration where climate, nature, and social considerations are embedded in investment and risk decisions.

玛丽-劳尔重点介绍了可持续金融领域的三个关键机遇领域：

  • 解决方案导向型投资： 将资金导向提供解决方案以加速转型的公司。
  • 转型融资： 投资于拥有可信的脱碳和商业模式转型计划的发行人。
  • 积极参与： 与发行人、客户和利益相关者进行对话和合作。

这些主题构成了她演讲的核心：可持续金融并非一种道德选择，而是一条通往韧性和长期繁荣的战略路径。她强调，这些领域不仅是政策重点，也是增长机遇，因为投资者日益认识到，可持续金融能够提升竞争力并增强投资组合的韧性。.

玛丽-劳尔还引用了有关行星边界的最新科学研究，指出9个行星边界中有7个已经被突破，这表明应该加快对气候、自然和资源效率的投资，而不是推迟投资。.

我们感谢欧洲自由贸易联盟、瑞士联邦经济事务秘书处、瑞士金融市场监管局、瑞士金融市场监管局和瑞士国家银行召集此次及时的讨论，并感谢我们的创始合作伙伴瑞士联邦经济事务秘书处邀请我们参加。.