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Europe has become the home of sustainable investment (18/10/2021)
"The health of our planet can only improve with a global wave of sustainable investment". With these words, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen opened the EU Sustainable Investment Summit 2021, the first annual event of the European Commission on sustainable investment following the launch of the European Green Deal.
Let’s unleash the power of investment (20/10/2021)
“Let’s unleash the power of investment. Let’s build the sustainable, green and equitable world we need”. In his keynote address at this first edition of the EU Sustainable Investment Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered this cautionary message: “Our world is in trouble. (…) The disastrous impacts of climate change are more visible by the day. Without decisive action, we are gambling away our last chance to — literally — turn the tide”.
Inclusive finance to build climate resilience for the most vulnerable (20/10/2021)
The green transition underway faces a big challenge: ensuring no one is left behind. H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands addressed the social and economic dimension of sustainability in her speech at the EU Sustainable Investment Summit 2021, in which she participated in her role as United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
Rethinking investment for a greener world (20/10/2021)
The European Union has put forward an ambitious plan to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050, but how will it meet the massive amount of investment it requires? The first session of the EU Sustainable Investment Summit 2021 focused on how European and international frameworks can help to mobilise finance for sustainable investment.
Initiatives changing people’s lives (20/10/2021)
“Sustainability is not enough. We need to go further. We need to expand our vision to regenerative systems, regenerative industries, and regenerative policies”. Carmen Hijosa, PhD – the Founder of Ananas Anam, shared the story of how she developed Piñatex, a plant-based leather-like mesh made out of Pineaple leave fibres – a sustainable vegan leather alternative.
Strategic investments in the years to come (20/10/2021)
The session discussed sectors’ priorities and investment needs during the recovery period and in the years to come. Speakers exchanged views on the opportunities at hand for strategic investments and for alliances led by the public and private sector.
PPPs and how to mobilise private investments for public goods and sustainable investment (20/10/2021)
In this Thematic Lunch Session, European Commission’s Spokesperson for banking and financial services Daniel Ferrie, moderated a discussion between co-panellists Ashok Lavasa: Vice-President for Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships at the Asian Development Bank (ADB); Philippe Donnet: Group CEO of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.; and Stephanie Pfeifer: CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IGCC).
Repairing the natural world to end famine (20/10/2021)
“As adults, we have a responsibility to ensure that children have food and water”. What may seem obvious for some, is still not a reality for far too many people across the world. Environmentalist and climate activist, Founder of Green Generation Initiative, Elizabeth Wathuti reminded us this in her keynote address at the EU Sustainable Investment Summit.
International coordination is crucial for success (20/10/2021)
“We are making good progress in comparing China and EU taxonomies at the International Platform on Sustainable Finance. We expect to deliver a common ground taxonomy later this year”.
Connecting investment with the will to go greener through robust local projects (20/10/2021)
“While the European Green Deal sets goals at a European level, much of the green transition must actually happen at the regional and local level”. Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira opened this session of the EU Sustainable Investment Summit bringing attention to the need to focus on the needs of the regions and on the unfolding of the investment projects on the ground.
Mobilising and scaling up new ways of sustainable finance (20/10/2021)
Getting the world to net zero requires new clean technologies that still have to be developed and scaled-up. To meet the huge amount of investment this requires, alternative ways of finance must be mobilised. The advantages and downsides of new avenues of capital mobilisation were discussed in this session of the EU Sustainable Investment Summit that gathered representatives of different sectors, which will definitely play an important role to meet this challenge.
Collective and fast action: the road to COP26 (20/10/2021)
The first edition of the EU Sustainable Investment Summit counted with two special guests for the closing session: Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Green Deal, Frans Timmermans and U.S Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Just arrived from the Pre-COP meeting in Milan, they both agreed that progress is being made, but that there is still real distance to travel that will require collective efforts and faster action.
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