The UNEP FI Global Roundtable was held in person on 10-11 December 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, in partnership with Building Bridges. The Global Roundtable convened 450+ in-person attendees, 1600 virtual participants, and over 100 speakers including banks, insurers, investors, policymakers, civil society organisations, and academia to discuss the advancement of sustainable finance, its challenges, and solutions.
You can view photos from the event here.
Messages, Keynotes and Opening remarks
Global Roundtable Opening Dialogue - Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP and Eric Usher, Head, UNEP FI
Message - Chistiana Figueres, Founder, Global Optimism
Keynote - Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, University College London, introduced by Elisa Tonda, Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch, UNEP
Message - H.E. Razan Al Mubarak, President, IUCN and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion
Message - Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
Message - Alvaro Lario, President, the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Global Roundtable X Building Bridges Opening remarks - Eric Usher, Head, UNEP FI, and Patrick Odier, Chairman, Lombard Odier and Chair, Building Bridges
Case study - Tracking the Financial Sectors’ Transition Performance Using the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment
Panels
UNEP FI Global Roundtable X Building Bridges: How finance drives the sustainability agenda forward
Driving change through responsible banking and sustainable insurance
Accelerating the real economy transition
Embedding biodiversity concerns across portfolios
Next steps to implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework
Driving interoperability between sustainable finance taxonomies
Mainstreaming impact management
Mobilising finance for energy efficiency
Mobilising sustainable finance in emerging markets
Just transition: Incorporating human rights into climate finance
Tackling plastics and promoting circularity to achieve sustainability goals
Supporting global sustainability ambition through policy and regulation
Driving 1.5 ambition through finance
Scaling finance for adaptation
Transition finance: Opportunities and challenges
Closing the gender gap - the role of banks | Co-hosted with UN Women
Effective client engagement: Strategies for banks to foster sustainable finance - introduced by Dimitrios Dimopoulos Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board
Engaging clients on social issues: Strategies for banks to drive positive impact
Unlocking the potential of insurance for nature positive
Scaling up climate action in the insurance industry
V20 - Insuring the most vulnerable
Scaling Sustainable Insurance for Africa’s Green Growth and Resilience
Overcoming data challenges in sustainable finance
