Swiss Sustainable Finance

📬📯 The November issue of the SSF newsletter is out! With the Building Bridges conference just around the corner, we take the opportunity to look back and celebrate the bridges that have been built. SSF Director Romandie, Daniela Lavrador, highlights the importance of the Geneva financial centre and the role it can play in collaborating, engaging and contributing to the growth and development of sustainable practices. In addition to the latest SSF activities, market news and publications, the newsletter also features an interview with Kali Taylor, Managing Director of SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva. This interview is the ninth in our series "Insights from 10 SSF companions", where we interview 10 key individuals who have made SSF what it is today. 🔎Read the full edition here: https://lnkd.in/en5HQP2f

USI Università della Svizzera italiana is hosting a "Forest Finance - Carbon, Biodiversity, and Beyond" conference in Lugano on Monday, 16 December 2024. The event is organised by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN and the SFI Swiss Finance Institute and will explore cutting-edge topics in forest finance, carbon solutions, and biodiversity. Register now!

🔧🌱 This morning we held a workshop on developing helpful tools for effective stewardship activities, building on the Swiss Stewardship Code. Stewardship activities offer big opportunities for asset owners to drive sustainable change, but they also come with challenges - particularly in ensuring alignment between asset owners' objectives and the actions of asset managers and other stakeholders. In today's session, we laid the foundation for a key tool: a questionnaire designed to help asset owners clearly communicate their investment objectives to asset managers, service providers and engagement pools. 👏 A big thank you to all participants for your invaluable contributions!

🌟 SSF at Building Bridges Action Days 2024 - Sustainable Finance Educational Programs Success in sustainable finance depends on well-trained financial sector professionals. #BuildingBridges24 sheds light on this important topic by setting up a Solutions Stage on sustainable finance education programmes. Hosted by SSF and moderated by Daniela Lavrador, this session will highlight a range of sustainable finance learning options, from short online courses to longer in-person programmes, including certifications, hackathons and master's degrees. Designed for different interests and levels of expertise, it's an excellent opportunity to explore different ways to deepen your knowledge of sustainable finance. 🔗 Event website: https://lnkd.in/eXpCTPQH 🎓 Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and collaborate!

🎯🌍The Eurosif Regulatory Roadmap outlines a strategic framework for scaling up sustainable investments to support a resilient, low-carbon economy and address pressing economic and environmental challenges. The roadmap emphasizes the critical role of private finance in bridging the funding gap and enhancing the EU’s sustainable finance regulatory framework. 📗📍 Find the new Eurosif regulatory roadmap, along with many other recent publications, in the Digital Library on the SSF Website!

🌟 SSF at Building Bridges Action Days 2024 As a founding partner of Building Bridges, SSF is thrilled to co-organize two pivotal events: 1️⃣ Credible Climate Transition Plans Across Sectors 📅 11 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30h 📍 CICG, Room F This event, in collaboration with the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein (GCNSL), provides a space to discuss transition plans both for the financial sector and the real economy. The event will open with expert inputs from the E3G climate think tank and the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, followed by practical insights from Schindler Group and BNP Paribas. In the second half of the session, participants will discuss different aspects of the challenges in preparing transition plans in small groups featuring experts. Speakers involved at this event: Sabine Döbeli, Antonio Hautle, Katja Brunner, Katelijn van den Berg, Camille Maclet, Silvia Ruprecht, Pietro Cesaro 2️⃣ Swiss National Partner Launch Event – Championing Impact Investing in Switzerland 📅 12 December 2024, 10:00 - 11:30h 📍 CICG, Room F During this event we will be announcing the launch of the Swiss Platform for Impact Investing (SPII), the Swiss National Partner to GSG Impact. This global collaboration between investors and investees aims to funnel capital towards impact and allows an international exchange among experts. The SPII is hosted by SSF but is not a separate organisation. It is a collaborative working structure that will allow for more collaborative impact investing projects. Join this launch event to learn more about what the SPII is, who is on its Executive Board and how to get involved with future projects. Speakers involved at this event: Veronica Baker, Guillaume Bonnel, Sabine Döbeli, Ramkumar Narayanan, Krisztina Tora, Kali Taylor This event is in collaboration with SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva SDG Impact Finance Initiative and Tameo SSF is also participating in: 🔹 11 Dec, 10:00-11:00h: Fiduciary Duties & Sustainable Investing (CFA Society) 🔹 11 Dec, 10:00-11:00h: Children’s Rights & Finance (UNICEF, GCNSL, EVLI, Ecofact) 🔹 11 Dec, 14:00-15:30h: Sustainable Finance Education Programs (Solution Stage) Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and collaborate! #SustainableFinance #ImpactInvesting #ClimateAction

📈🌱 We are delighted to welcome Picard Angst as our newest member and look forward to fruitful exchanges on current topics in sustainable finance. SSF continues to grow and now has 262 members and network partners. You find the full list here: https://lnkd.in/ek7EM5M4

✨🌱 The fifth edition of Building Bridges will take place from 9 to 12 December 2024 in Geneva, where an international community and the finance industry will come together to shape the global sustainable financial agenda. To this end, the Building Bridges Action Days will offer more than 65 crowd-sourced events in a range of formats that allow for different levels of dialogue and collaboration including panel discussions, workshops, fishbowl conversations, trainings, and case studies. 📍 Join us at our events, where we discuss the importance of credible transition plans, co-hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein and where we present our latest Swiss impact investing report and launch the Swiss National Partner to GSG Impact, co-hosted by SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva, Tameo, and the SDG Impact Finance Initiative. 🔗 Find more information on the programme and registration here: https://lnkd.in/e2QcNVC4

✨🌾 The SECA - Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association is hosting a networking event for private equity investors and corporate finance professionals to exchange insights. The event will feature an engaging presentation on integrating ESG skills into talent, resilience, and performance, with our Director & Representative Ticino, Alberto Stival, on the panel. 📩 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eEGQZTxw

✨📈 SSF is continuously growing and currently counts 261 members and network partners. We welcome the following new members that have joined us last month and look forward to exciting exchanges. Clarity AI swisspeers Toco AG Quanthome Quantis 📜 Find the full list of our members and network partners here: https://lnkd.in/ek7EM5M4