For decades, developing and emerging economies have relied on traditional financing solutions intermediated by commercial banks with limited capital market activity. A vital challenge for these countries is how to mobilise more finance to help accelerate their development and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This event comes at a critical juncture as developed economies begin to tighten their monetary policies and geopolitical tensions increase dramatically, raising new questions on how sustainable capital market ambitions could be achieved going forward.
The current turbulent environment in Europe has also highlighted the importance of energy security and the pressing need to fast-track decarbonisation efforts. In this panel, we will explore how emerging economies can achieve significant breakthroughs by mobilising cross-border finance focused on sustainable and inclusive solutions. In particular, we will discuss the growth of blended finance and impact investment flows and their role in building up the stock of assets in emerging market economies with the aim of achieving sustainable development impact.
At the heart of the EBRD’s mandate lies a focus on environmentally sound investment and sustainable development, and the Bank is determined to promote Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) through a unique combination of policy dialogue, investments, and private sector focus. The panel will also explore how various parties — the emerging countries’ authorities, advanced economies’ governments interested in supporting sustainable development, impact investors and IFIs – could work together to support the much-needed quantum leap in finance.
Moderator: Katie Martin, Markets Editor, Financial Times
Speakers:
• André Küüsvek, President & CEO, Nordic Investment Bank
• Alex Pivovarsky, Director, Capital Markets Development, EBRD
• Liz Bronder, Managing Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Bank of America
• Katarína Mathernová, Director General for Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations, European Union
•Valdis Dombrovskis – Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People, European Commission
We will be using Slido for some of our events to help facilitate Q&A, collect your questions in advance and hear your feedback via live polls.
Please go to www.slido.com and enter 917000
French Simultaneous Interpretation is available for this event through the Interactio app.
View the linked instructions for details on how to access it: www.ebrd.com/documents/comms-and-bis/interaction.pdf
Event access code: AM2022
