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So delighted to announce the official Verbier Summit 2024 Programme of the Summit Stage. Welcome to all 40 high-level Speakers! (Online >> https://lnkd.in/e_fEwzFd) 8.30-9.30: Arrivals: Coffees & Croissants Welcome from Michael Mathres, Founder, Verbier Summit MC morning Silvia Savini-Elborne 9.30-10.00: Welcome speeches - (Science & Finance) Gianpaolo Balsamo Director, World Meteorological Organisation - Rahim Daya, CEO, Barclays Private Bank (Switzerland & Middle East) 10.00-10.45: Panel 1 - Sustainable Finance - Kali Taylor Managing Director, Sustainable Finance Geneva - Mariem Mhadhbi CEO Valuecometrics - Heather Buchanan CEO Bankers for NetZero - Damian Payiatakis, Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing, Barclays - Diego Balverde Economist, European Central Bank 10.45-11.00:Coffee Break & Networking 11.00-11.45: Panel 2 - Climate/Nature Finance & Tech - Gerrit Sindermann CEO Green FinTech Network - Patricia Kroondijk Director of Strategy & Business Development Hitachi - Arend Kulenkampff Director, Sovereign Debt Nature Finance - Maite Pina, CFA Pina Head of Climate Finance Lendable - Florian Kemmerich Managing Director Palladium Group 11.45-12.30: Panel 3 - Philanthropy & Impact - Francois Botha MD Simple - Jostein D. Urne Urne MD Oslo Family Office - Naava Mashiah CEO Me Links - Kostis A. Tselenis Tselenis MD Swiss Impact Office - Bastien Varoutsikos Director of Strategy, Aliph Foundation 12.30-14.00: Lunch & Networking 14.00-14.45: Panel 4 - Carbon & Biodiversity Markets - Alistair Purdie Biodiversity Analyst, Bloomberg NEF - Jessica Smith Lead Nature UNEP FI - Anna von der Schulenburg CEO, Permutation - Benjamin Schulz Founding Partner Carbon Removal Partners 14.45-15.30: Panel 5 - Circular Economy - Nic Gorini General Partner Spin Ventures - Sarah Harbarth CEO Kuori - Santu (Alexandra) Boëthius Co-FounderImpact Hub Geneva & Lausanne - Katka Letzing CEO Kickstart Innovation - Roni GamZon CEO Biofluff 15.30-15.45: Coffee Break & Networking 15.45-16.30: Panel 6 - Energy, Industry & Commodities - Olena Isaieva, SCR® Director Industry, Baringa - Loïc d'Assier Managing Director Bullfrog Capital - Dweep Chanana Managing Director Anchor Group - Navin R. Ex-Partner, Tata CS - Julie Noller, Head of Carbon, SOCAR 16.30-17.15: Panel 7 - Ecosystems & Nature-Based Solutions - Alistair Purdie, Biodiversity Analyst, Bloomberg NEF - Barbara Dubach CEO Innovate4Nature - Jan Hans Georg Pachner Secretary-General One Ocean Foundation - Nicole Quijano-Evans Head of Department United Nations - Salomé Mormentyn Polar Initiative Coordinator Prince Albert II Monaco Foundation, 17.15-17.30: Conclusion speeches - (Leadership & Actions) Vincent Bieri, Unicorn, Speech - "Sustainable leadership: learnings from the mountains” Jean-Damien Marie, Global Head Investments, Barclays Private Bank 17.30-18.00:Networking & Departures #verbier #verbiersummit #sustainability #sustainablefinance

Partner Announcement: Verbier Summit is delighted to welcome Top Tier Impact as a Partner of the Verbier Summit 2025! Top Tier Impact (TTI) is the members-only global ecosystem of investors, entrepreneurs and professionals who are focused on solving the critical issues of our time. As such Verbier Summit will attract top-tier impact investors and Founders to the sustainability and finance forum in the Alps. https://lnkd.in/gydPtJB #Verbier #VerbierSummit #Sustainability #SustainableFinance

VERBIER SUMMIT INSIGHTS: The $2.6 Trillion Harmful Subsidies report by Earth Track, Inc. #SustainableFinance #VerbierSummit #Verbier

It's mind-boggling, but governments worldwide spend $2.68 TRILLION on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies according to a new report from Earth Track, Inc. This harms our ability and Verbier Summit's purpose to "CLOSE THE TRILLION $ FINANCE GAP". Here are the top sectors in order of harmful impact. Thank you Doug Koplow, Ronald Steenblik >> https://lnkd.in/e97AGzmx #SustainableFinance #Sustainability #Verbier #VerbierSummit

Which are the Top 10 countries that should contribute to the UN Climate Change Finance Fund-the New Collective Quantified Goal (#NCQG)? World Resources Institute created a calculator which you can adapt according to various macroeconomic factors. We chose ours based on historical cumulative emissions since 1850, scaled by per capita emissions, and total GNI scaled by per capita GNI: USA, China, Germany, Japan, Russia, UK, Canada, Australia, France and Brazil. https://lnkd.in/eSemWs4T Chris Qihan Zou, Natalia Alayza, Hayden Higgins and Gaia Larsen #ClimateFinance #SustainableFinance #Verbier #VerbierSummit #Sustainability

Well done to the Top 50 banks financing Climate Adaptation globally by Climate X and Climate Proof. Here we list the top 10 banks Standard Chartered @Banco Santander BBVA UniCredit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group La Banque Postale Rabobank HSBC Mizuho Groupe BPCE. The rest are here https://lnkd.in/eftN5xvK And remember that if you are a Climate Finance Thought Leader we are looking for the best reports and papers! https://lnkd.in/e_WcC2u4 #SustainableFinance #ClimateFinance #ClimateAdaptation #Verbier #VerbierSummit #Sustainability

Dubbed the “Champions League” of Green Startups, the Verbier Summit is launching its second annual Green Startup Competition, bringing Europe’s 40 best startups that address our climate, nature and biodiversity challenges. here https://lnkd.in/emyXPNfC The Top 40 will be invited to the finals at the Verbier Summit on March 7, 2025. CleantechAlps, Green Fintech Network, SICTIC, Impact Hub Geneva, Impact Hub Lausanne, Impact Hub Zürich, Innovate 4 Nature, inClimate.com (formerly ClimateU), Net Zero Insights, Top Tier Impact, Kickstart Innovation #Startups #Sustainable #Verbier #VerbierSummit #climatetech #sustainability #GreenStartups #ClimateFinance

After our hugely successful inaugural Green Startup Competition in 2024, we are launching our 2025 edition!..but 6 months early as opposed to just 2 :) If you are the world's best green startup, we are looking for you. Please submit your application here https://lnkd.in/emyXPNfC The Top40 will be invited to the finals Verbier Summit on March 7, 2025. CleantechAlps, Green Fintech Network, SICTIC, Impact Hub Geneva, Impact Hub Lausanne, Impact Hub Zürich, Innovate 4 Nature, inClimate.com (formerly ClimateU), Net Zero Insights, Top Tier Impact, Kickstart Innovation #Startups #Sustainable #Verbier #VerbierSummit #climatetech #sustainability

For all those of you who are interested in the Sustainable Finance Anthology submission, here are all the documents: Website >> https://lnkd.in/e_WcC2u4 Submission Page >> https://lnkd.in/enTXdeQ5 Executive Summary >> https://lnkd.in/ek8sSsh2 Call for Papers >> https://lnkd.in/eErwmsDh Announcement >> https://lnkd.in/esfNEB6t #sustainablefinance #climatefinance #verbier #verbiersummit

***Call for World's Best Sustainable Finance Papers*** Verbier Summit and Springer Nature Group are Calling the world's best Sustainable Finance Thought Leaders to submit their work today >> https://lnkd.in/e_WcC2u4 This new annual publication will publish the world's best sustainable finance papers and bring them to the Verbier Summit on March 7, 2025. The publication will be co-edited by Dr. Karen Wendt, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Markus Leippold, and Michael Kril-Mathres. Deadline is on 31 December, 2024 Dr Nicola Ranger, Ben Caldecott, Jessica Smith, David Carlin, Omar Shaikh, James Alexander, Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, Ulrich Volz, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), Sustainable Finance Initiative, SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva, Swiss Sustainable Finance, NatureFinance, UKSIF, B4NZ, Green Finance Institute, Ceres, Inc., Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), Principles for Responsible Investment, Venture Climate Alliance, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S), Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, Women In Sustainable Finance International, The Global Impact Investing Network, Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford, Centre for Sustainable Finance (CISL), Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, Green Digital Finance Alliance #sustainablefinance #climatefinance #sustainability #verbier #verbiersummit