The Geneva Connection
The Geneva Connection
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Let’s Talk Finance! Let’s Talk Impact!
Dive into the future of finance with the Geneva Connection, where we explore how sustainable investing benefits people, planet, and profit. From Geneva—where finance and diplomacy converge—we bring you expert-led discussions with actionable insights on nature-positive finance, impact investing, sustainable finance strategies, and cutting-edge innovations.
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The show delves into main topics including sustainable investing, nature-positive finance, impact investing, and financial innovations with episodes featuring insights from key figures at the Building Bridges Summit and explorations of strategies that benefit society, like the pilot projects in transition finance.
Let’s Talk Finance! Let’s Talk Impact!
Dive into the future of finance with the Geneva Connection, where we explore how sustainable finance benefits people, planet, and profit. From Geneva—where finance and diplomacy converge—we bring you expert-led discussions and jargon-free insights on nature-positive finance, impact investing, sustainable financial systems, and cutting-edge innovations.
Impact investing plays a crucial role in closing the $4 trillion SDG financing gap, yet represents only 1.2% of global assets. How can we scale it to meet the world’s needs? In this episode, Guillaume Bonnel, CEO of the SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI), examines the barriers constraining impact investing — from liquidity challenges and misaligned risk perceptions to regulatory obstacles — and explores how blended finance can unlock private capital at scale. He discusses how concessional capital, platform approaches, and enhanced data standardization can align public and private interests, ensure genuine additionality, and channel investment flows toward emerging markets where both impact potential and growth opportunities are greatest.
Season 2 is produced in collaboration with the SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI).
Hosted by Luka Biernacki.
Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGenevaConnection
Let’s Talk Finance! Let’s Talk Impact!
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