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Laura Stender
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The next webinar series kicks off this May 2025. Register below to receive more information.
Join us for an insightful webinar focused on mastering leadership in sustainable finance. As global challenges such as climate change, geopolitical tensions, and biodiversity loss intensify, effective leadership is crucial in navigating these complexities. This webinar will delve into how leaders can confront these issues, communicate the business case for sustainable initiatives, and drive organizational change through sustainability practices.
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Time: 1-2 PM
Speaker: Dr. Nataliia Cherkas, Programme Director of the Master of Leadership in Sustainable Finance
The study investigates how digital finance is accelerating financial inclusion in Zambia, with a focus on mobile money versus other digital financial services (DFS). The findings show that mobile money is the largest driver of digital financial inclusion due to its low accessibility barriers. In contrast, other DFS like internet banking and digital insurance face obstacles such as illiteracy, mistrust, and lack of connectivity, and are mostly used by those already financially included. The study also highlights coordination gaps in efforts to enhance consumer empowerment and protection, and notes that Zambia's digital transformation is in its early stages, requiring more ICT infrastructure. To promote financial inclusion, the study recommends coordinated efforts between the government, regulators, and financial services providers to intensify consumer empowerment, strengthen consumer protection, and widen connectivity.
Time: 1-2 PM (CEST)
Speaker: Sheila Garakara, Country Manager, Zambia at Solidaridad Network (MLSF Alumni)
In this webinar Helmut Grossmann will present real-life examples how public funding can be used to leverage private investment for sustainable agricultural development in the Global South. Based on the presented project examples Helmut will explain the core concept of blended finance, financial instruments used in this context, the structuring of blended finance deals, and impact measurements. Participants will have sufficient time to ask questions and contribute their own ideas and experiences.
Time: 1-2 PM
Speaker: Helmut Grossmann
Regenerative agriculture is farming with a focus on nature conservation and rehabilitation. It aims to increase biodiversity and resilience to climate change, improve soil quality and water cycles, enhance ecosystem services, and support bio-sequestration (capturing carbon dioxide in soils and plants). Regenerative agriculture combines a variety of sustainable agriculture techniques, such as holistic land management, agroforestry, organic farming and zero-tillage. Large corporates of the food and beverage sector are increasingly interested to buy raw materials produced in regenerative farming systems. PepsiCo, for instance, announced in 2021 that by 2030 they will work with the farmers in their supply chain to establish regenerative agriculture practices covering approximately 7 million acres. Similarly, Unilever and Nestle intend to invest in regenerative agriculture supply chains.
In this webinar we will investigate the various business opportunities for farmers and agribusinesses engaging in regenerative practices and the financial instruments that they may help them on their way.
Date: December 5th
Time: 2- 3 PM (CET)
Speaker: Helmut Grossmann
After a decade of successful efforts, 700 million people have been brought into the formal financial system by 2021. Yet, 1.4 billion adults remain excluded. Many of them living on less than $5.5/day, in fragile countries, or remote areas (Findex, 2021), making further advancements in financial inclusion particularly challenging.
Innovation represents an opportunity to accelerate financial inclusion, including of the hardest-to-reach customer segments. Innovations such as digital ID systems, open finance, tokenization of assets, alternative credit scoring that uses artificial intelligence, parametric insurance using Internet-of-Things etc. hold promise to address some of the most difficult financial inclusion challenges (see, e.g., Zetterli 2021).
However, innovations come at a fast pace and with multifaceted risks. First, customer risks in terms of potential harm and increased exclusion. CGAP has identified over 60 consumer risks, some of which have either increased in scale over the past few years or are entirely new (e.g., synthetic identity fraud, biometric identity breach – see Chalwe-Mulenga and Duflos 2021). Innovations may also be slow to reach excluded customers, further widening the digital (and financial) gap.
Second, innovations come with risks to the stability and integrity of the financial sector, and challenges for financial sector policymakers, regulators, and supervisors. What is the role of policymakers vis-à-vis innovation? How can they harness innovation to advance financial inclusion without increasing risks of negative impact on other policy objectives? How can they build capacity to better keep up with the fast-moving pace of digital finance?
In this webinar, Ivo Jeník from CGAP – a financial inlcusion think tank hosted by the World Bank – will share recent updates on the financial inlcusion developments, the role of innovation in advancing financial inlcusion and the ways financial sector policymakers can facilitate the process.
Date: December 12th
Time: 2- 3 PM (CET)
Speaker: Ivo Jeník
How to integrate Climate Risk Drivers into the Risk Management Framework for MSME Finance.
Should MSME finance providers in emerging markets tune out the climate risk debate as just another luxury problem? Absolutely not, this issue is real. We already know that climate change is hitting small businesses and vulnerable clients in developing countries first and hardest.
So, how can we take climate risk into account and continue our Inclusive Finance mission? The BCBS guidance is actually an excellent and practical starting point. It is all about portfolio stress testing to highlight climate risk hot spots but also to identify resilient sectors and business models. As always, this journey starts with data: about the who, what, where and how of your clients and the changing climate conditions in your market.
Date: January 16th, 2025
Time: 3 - 4 PM (CET)
Speaker: Joachim Bald
In this webinar we will take you on an journey across three major fields:
Date: February 6th, 2025
Time: 1 - 2 PM
Speaker: Steffen Müller
Steffen Müller is an experienced C-Level advisor in the nexus of sustainability, technology, and corporate strategy. He leads the tech and sustainability advisory of a global software company, lectures on biodiversity finance at Frankfurt School of Finance, and sits on the board of Bitkom's "Digitalization and Sustainability" committee.
The webinar will cover the following topics:
Date: February 13th, 2025
Time: 2 - 3 PM (CET)
Speaker: François RANCOURT
The Latin America and Caribbean region continues to be a vital hub for global agriculture. In this context, the need for sustainable practices and dedicated financing is more important than ever.
Join us for a webinar where we will explore the crucial role of climate finance in promoting sustainable agricultural practices and reducing carbon emissions. Discover new financial tools and products, such as green bonds and sustainability-linked loans, designed to support farmers in their transition to a greener future.
Date: February 21st, 2025
Time: 4 - 5 PM (CET)
Language: Spanish
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Laura Stender
Senior Programme Manager
