Themed “Catalysing Finance for Impact,” this event will cover ways of leveraging blended finance, carbon markets and digitisation to enable transition to net-zero emissions and other forms of sustainable development. The agenda features sessions such as: (1) Challenges to 2030: How to Finance a Climate-secure, Sustainable Society; (2) What Does “Corporate Responsibility” for Climate Change Really Look Like?; (3) Evolution of the Voluntary Market; (4) New Opportunities for Accessing Investment Using Innovative Finance for Impact Approaches; (5) Tokenisation Beyond the Hype: How Well-designed Digital Assets Can Benefit the Last Mile; and (6) The Future is Digital: MRV [Measurement, Reporting and Verification], Open APIs [Application Programming Interface], Connected Marketplaces.
Background on Organizer: Gold Standard, which is based in Switzerland, was founded in 2003 by a group of nonprofits. Its goal is to support efforts to mitigate human impacts on climate “through robust standards and verified impacts.” This includes work on themes such as environmental markets, corporate sustainability and climate finance. As of 2022, the Gold Standard reports that its efforts span 100 countries and “have created over USD 36 billion in shared value for climate action and sustainable development.”
Cost: The fee to attend the entire event is EUR 650 (USD 709), or one may register for a single day for EUR 350 (USD 382). All registrants have access to the evening networking event on June 26.
For further information, you may email help[at]goldstandard.org or call +41 22 788 7080.
By Renata Samadova, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources
Grow to Zero Conference 2023 webpage
https://www.growtozero.co.uk
Gold Standard homepage
https://www.goldstandard.org
More event listings from MicroCapital
https://www.microcapital.org/category/events/
Did you know that MicroCapital publishes the MicroCapital Monitor newspaper each month? Download a sample at https://www.microcapital.org/products-page/.
Similar Posts:
- MICROFINANCE EVENT: Asia Pacific Microfinance Forum; October 17-18, 2023; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- MICROFINANCE EVENT: ICT4D Conference; March 19-20, 2024; Accra, Ghana
- MICROFINANCE EVENT: Impact Minds: Standing Together; August 28-30, 2023; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- MICROFINANCE EVENT: Climate Investment Summit; June 28, 2023; London, UK
- MICROFINANCE EVENT: Sankalp Global Summit; October 19, 2023; Mumbai, India
