Innovative Impact Investing through Blue Peace Bond: Launch of the Blue Peace Bond Roadshows

Water is a vector for peace and sustainable development. Yet the annual funding gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is estimated to an average of USD 4 trillion. As global investors are increasingly interested in supporting impact investment, the Blue Peace Financing initiative opens up a new and innovative market in the Sustainable Finance field.
 
The Blue Peace Financing initiative promotes access to capital for non-sovereign entities by using water as an entry point for multi-stakeholder cooperation frameworks and transforming them into investment platforms. Investing in Blue Peace supports the achievements of the SDGs while also transforming water from a potential source of crisis into an instrument of cooperation and peace. 
 
The issuance of the first ever Blue Peace Bond is planned for 2023. The Bond will finance the Strategic Investment Plan of the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG) to develop infrastructure projects with a high impact on the economic empowerment of vulnerable populations as well as providing access to clean and affordable energy, safe drinking water, food security and other water-related services.

Welcome Speech

• Patricia Danzi, Ambassador, Director General SDC 

Podium speakers 

• Jaffer Machano, Global Program Manager UNCDF
• Thierno Sadou Diallo, Investment Officer UNCDF
• Hans-Ruedi Mosberger, Head of Asset Management and Sustainability, Swiss Bankers Association SBA
• Matus Samel, Research Manager, Economist Impact

Moderation

• Christian Frutiger, Ambassador, Assistant Director General SDC

More informations on https://www.globalcompact.ch/events.

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