The SDG Hive is a series of practically focused workshops, power roundtables and hackathons held with industry experts and global leaders established to create a ‘hive of activity’ with the aim of enhancing private capital flows towards achieving the UN SDGs. GEFI recognise certain Goals are the priority for governments to achieve and select Goals are highly impacted by private markets. GEFI view the UN SDGs as a key globally accepted overarching framework for sustainability and that financial institutions have a key role to play in achieving such through both directly financing or through indirect blended financing solutions.
>> Edinburgh SDG Hive - September 2023
19th + 21st September at the EF Global Summit 2023
Deep-dive working sessions, co-curated with our partners, held on Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st September at the NatWest Group Business School, Gogurburn Campus, Edinburgh and include a residential format. Partners include PRI, Martin Currie, Edelman Smithfield, NatWest Group, Gatehouse Bank and The Scottish National Investment Bank amongst others.
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The SDG Hive is an exclusive event for thought leaders and experts. If you are interested in attending, please get in touch with Vicky, our Event Manager.
Sessions
You can register your interest for any of the SDG Hive sessions at the links below.
Please note, this does not guarantee your place. Your request will be reviewed by a member of the GEFI team and you MUST be registered for the Ethical Finance Global Summit on 20th September 2023.
To register for the Ethical Finance Global Summit, please visit Eventbrite »
Speakers
Amy Clarke
Co-Founder & CIO, Tribe Impact Capital
Simon Thompson
Chief Executive, Chartered Banker Institute UK
Dame Susan Rice
Chair, Global Steering Group
Dr Kevin Parker
Business Advisor, Z/Yen
Irina Kurochkina
Portfolio Manager, Aegon Asset Management
Satya Tripathi
Secretary General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance, London Business School
Kristian Nammack
Founder, Matinecock Capital LLC
Modupe Ladipo
Managing Partner, Prosperar Development Consulting
Christian Kunz
Chief Strategy, Innovation and Ventures Officer, DIFC
Amanda Young
Chief Sustainability Officer, abrdn
Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar
Chairman, MIFC Leadership Council
Anuradha Chugh
Chief Executive, Pukka Herbs
Noripah Kamso
Chairman (Designate), Arabesque Malaysia
Dr Akram Laldin
Executive Director, International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance
Dr Hayat Sindi
Founder & CEO of the Institute for Quality
David Chollet
Partner, Accuracy
Stewart Langdon
Partner, Leapfrog
Louise Kjellerup Roper
CEO, Volans
Andy Turnbull
Senior Investment Manager, Federated Hermes
Libby Watkinson
Director – Impact, Scottish National Investment Bank
Miranda Beacham
Head of ESG for Equities and Multi Asset, AEGON Asset Management
Azalina Adham
Managing Director, Securities Commission Malaysia
David Pitt-Watson
Taskforce Chair
Kate Brett
Head of Sustainable Investment for UK & Europe, Mercer
Leon Kamhi
Head of Responsibility and EOS, Federated Hermes Limited
Charles Haresnape
CEO, Gatehouse Bank
Thom Kenrick
Head of Social Strategy & Impact, NatWest Group
Dr Bruce Howard
Ecosystems Knowledge Network
Karen Ellis
Chief Economist, WWF UK
David Testa
Executive Director, DDCAP
Richard Lochhead MSP
Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, Scottish Government
Lauran Halpin
Head of Impact Equities, Martin Currie
Bruno Gardner
Head of Climate Change and Nature, Phoenix Group>> COP28 Dubai SDG Hive - December 2023
During COP28, our SDG Hive series provides a platform for focused discussions around select, technical points.
SDG Hive Sept 2022
The Ethical Finance Global Summit 2022 saw the inception of the SDG Hive which propelled the Hive into a permanent part of our events.
Our discussions centred around:
- Global Leaders
- Islamic Finance
- Finance for Nature
- Women Leaders
Promoting the UN SDGs
In 2018, GEFI commenced a joint venture with UNDP seeking to partner with global financial institutions towards creating financial products that help achieve the SDGs. In 2019 GEFI and UNDP hosted a series of workshops and hackathons in Edinburgh bringing together SDG aligned commercially viable projects alongside financiers across different thematics, including nature and biodiversity. Subsequently in 2020 GEFI launched the SDG Financial Products programme with AEGON and partnered with the UKIFC to launch the Global Islamic Finance and UN SDGs Taskforce together with HM Treasury and IsDB. The Taskforce has been leading global efforts to enhance awareness and engagement with the SDGs by the sector and has successfully engaged key stakeholders including LSEG, Ministry of Finance Indonesia, State Bank of Pakistan along with multiple leading global financial institutions and advisory firms across various workstreams within the Taskforce. Across 2022 and 2023 we have issued various reports including the SDG Insight Series, delivered in partnership with Aegon. GEFI remain committed to ensuring financial markets play their role towards achieving the global goals and the SDG Hive is a key convening platform to inspire and expedite practical action.
Attitudes of Banking Customers towards the UN SDGs
SDG Insight Series
Islamic Finance and the SDGs:Thought Leadership
Attitudes of Banking Customers towards the UN SDGs
A pioneering global survey that gauges the understanding and awareness of the UN SDGs amongst retail consumers of finance products.
SDG Insight Series
This series explores how financial institutions are using the SDGs in their financial products across a range of asset classes. The series also includes briefings on the move from ESG to the SDGs and the SDG Impact Standards.
Islamic Finance and the SDGs: Thought Leadership
A short summary of a four-part thought-leadership series on Islamic finance and the SDGs.
SDG Financial Products is the result of a collaboration between the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to facilitate the development of innovative financial products that are SDG aligned.
GEFI and UNDP believe that private sector led solutions are required to deliver the SDGs. In a market of increasing virtue signalling, financial products listed are prequalified and we only partners with financial institutions that demonstrate a genuine commitment to the 2030 SDG agenda.