Singapore, 6 March 2025 / Prnewswire/ – United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and Principles for Responsible Investment (Pri) were successfully called Round Executive Table for Sustainable Finance – Leadership of Sustainable Finance for a Elastic Future At Hotel Orchard at Singapore Today this high -level meeting collected CEO, CFO and institutional investors to mobilize private and institutional capital towards financing sustainable development, addressing biodiversity loss and closing SDG financing gap in Asia-Pacific region
ABOUT ASIA coping with an annual absence of 1.5 trillion dollars To fulfill the goals of sustainable development (SDG), discussions focused on the escalation of innovative financing mechanisms to promote comprehensive growth, climate resistance and sustainable development. The roundtable, connected to the UN road map for the financing of the 2030 agenda, emphasized the urgent need to lead the private sector in the mobilization of capital for the global south and the integration of factors related to sustainability in financial decision -making.
The topics and mirrors
The discussions were structured around two main topics:
- Funding for Development: Participants explored strategies to increase capital flows in developing economies, handling investment barriers and approximation of financial markets with long -term sustainability goals.
- Biodiversity and climate finance: Leaders discussed how businesses and investors can include nature and biodiversity in investment frameworks, ensuring that capital supports climate sustainability and ecosystem restoration.
Speaking at this event, Neha Das, Chief of ASIA & Oceania, KB Global Compact, underlined the role of corporate leaders in advancing sustainable finances: “Achieving SDG requires bold leadership and concrete action from the private sector. By introducing sustainability into business and investment strategies, companies and financial institutions can accelerate progress towards a more resilient and equitable global economy.”
David atkinCEO I Pri, emphasized the importance of investors’ action: “Institutional investors have a credible responsibility to take into account the factors related to sustainability in their investment and ownership decisions. In addition to the action of investors, a possible policy environment has a critical role in advancing sustainable finances. We are grateful to the UNGC-PPO participants for a significant discussion on how leading in these areas can create a future in these areas Singapore and beyond. ”
The roundtable ended with a call for action for businesses and investors for:
- Strengthening commitments for sustainable finance by approximating corporate financial strategies with sustainability -related factors.
- Cooperate with policymakers to address policy barriers and increase regulatory frameworks that support sustainable investment.
- Advancement of standardized reporting on biodiversity financial risks and climate -related.
This event also set the phase for a deeper engagement in the compact global events of the UN by strengthening the commitment to scape up sustainable finance solutions across Asia-Pacific region
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About the Global KB Compact
The ambition of the global KB compact is to accelerate and escalate the global collective impact of the business by supporting the ten principles and providing SDG through responsible companies and ecosystems that enable change. With more than 20,000 participating companies, 5 regional centers, 63 country networks covering 80 countries and 13 country managers creating networks in 18 other countries, the Global KB Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative – a compact business business business for a better world.
About principles for responsible investment:
Principles for responsible investment (Pri) are the world’s leading supporter of responsible investments. Supported by the United Nations, it works to understand the implications of investment of environmental, social and governance factors (ENG) and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors in their investment and ownership decisions. The prime acts in the long -term interests of its signatories, the financial markets and the economies in which they operate and ultimately the environment and society as a whole. Launched New York In 2006, Pri increased to more than 5,300 signatories, managing long 121 trillion US dollars. For more information visit www.unpri.org.
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