Building Bridges is proud to launch the Building Bridges 2025 Podcast season, recorded live around the Sixth Edition of Building Bridges and the second season in collaboration with The Geneva Connection. This new season brings together senior voices shaping the global sustainable finance agenda, capturing the most important conversations from our flagship conference.

Hosted by Patrick Odier, Chairman of Building Bridges, and Karen Hitschke, CEO of Building Bridges, the series explores innovative solutions and investment opportunities across sustainable finance, innovation and impact data, resilience in the built economy, fiduciary duty, and the shifting dynamics of global markets.

本季节目汇聚了来自整个生态系统的各方观点：全球金融机构的高级官员、塑造监管环境的政策制定者、气候和生物多样性数据领域的先驱、国际组织的领军人物，以及在新兴市场一线工作的实践者。每期节目都将不同领域的声音融合在一起，挑战既有假设，揭示矛盾，并着重探讨在哪些领域开展合作能够产生最大的影响。在政治逆风和迫切资金需求的背景下，这些对话将探讨如何扩大可靠机遇的规模、调动投资，并将创新理念转化为市场现实。.

This season highlights the pathways through which sustainable finance can drive systemic change, unlock growth, and support long-term prosperity.

Episode 1 | Unstoppable: The Next Chapter of Sustainable Finance

Building Bridges 2025 Podcast season opens with a candid conversation on where sustainable finance stands today. John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and Co-Executive Chair of Galvanize, and Rhian-Mari Thomas, CEO of the Green Finance Institute, join Patrick Odier, Chairman of Building Bridges, to examine the shifting landscape of sustainable finance — from political headwinds and public polarisation to the credibility gap between ambition and investable opportunities.

Together, they discuss record flows into clean energy, the evolution of ESG, and the urgent challenge of directing capital toward early-stage solutions and emerging markets.

The season is available as audio on Spotify and Apple podcast platforms and, for the first time, as a special video edition.

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Watch the full conversation on: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGenevaConnection.

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