The top leaders of the sustainability and the financial inclusion will meet in the coming days in the City of Buenos Aires. The objective? To become a reference for the exchange of knowledge and business development for actors from financial sector entities and their stakeholders in Latin America, which will take place in the second edition of the Latin American Congress on Sustainable and Inclusive Banking.
Organized by the Association of Public and Private Banks of the Argentine Republic (ABAPPRA) and the Latin American Federation of Banks (FELABAN)will take place on August 26 and 27 at the Libertad Palace (formerly CCK).
The event is aimed at senior executives in the areas of sustainable finance, inclusion and financial education. It will also be beneficial for banks, microfinance institutions, cooperatives, fintechs, insurance companies, brokerage firms and non-profit organizations. In general, it will be beneficial for all professionals in the financial sector, suppliers and clients.
Silvia Elena Chaves and other sustainability leaders
The presentation that the Costa Rican will give stands out Silvia Elena Chaves, CEO of Florex and one of the most listened to voices in business sustainability in the region. In fact, during the two days, a packed agenda will be developed, in two simultaneous rooms, where the latest global trends and initiatives in financial inclusion will be addressed. The program includes panels on specific topics such as the role of digital currencies and impact measurement to scale inclusion. The opening session will be on August 26 at 9 a.m. and will be led by Giorgio Trettenero, Secretary General of FELABANand Daniel Tillard, President of ABAPPRAExecutives from the region’s leading banks, as well as representatives from local and international government agencies and experts in financial technology (fintech) and startups will participate in the event.
“For Felaban, it is important that banks and the financial sector in general find in the principles of sustainability an option to contribute to critical problems of our time. Financial institutions learn that sustainability has a business sense, whose objective is to obtain sources of financing at reasonable costs to adapt production and mitigate problems that affect the current economic system and society as a whole,” he said. Trettenero.
“It is a great pride to organize this event that will be a meeting point for all financial, economic, productive, Fintech and even university actors. The idea is to address this agenda, which has an important international dynamic and development, but we also want to show that it is reflected in the Argentine reality.”said Marcelo Mazzón, executive director of Abappra.
Initiatives, regulations and finances
The first day will allow us to address high-impact thematic axes together with international cooperation organizations and representatives of each topic: for example, the development of topics related to the role of development banks and finance roundtables to promote more sustainable banking, global initiatives and international regulations for financial inclusion and sustainable finance, and impact measurement instruments to scale up financial inclusion and sustainable finance.
The second day of the meeting will delve into more work strategies applied to the region: digital currencies and means of payment for inclusion, successful microfinance programs with a gender focus and applied to vulnerable communities, migrants, older adults, thematic financial instruments, good practices and examples of applicability.
Some of the exhibitors:
- Marcela Ponce – Sustainable Financial Advisory Services Leader – IFC
- Diego Flaiban – Chief Director of the Financial Sector Division, IDB Invest.
- Rafael Janequine, Director, Sustainable Finance S&P
- Fernanda Reyes, Undersecretary of Human Potential Development GCBA
- Luis Alejandro Mejia – Leading Advisory Officer at IDB Invest
- Juan Pablo Barquiza – Project Leader – IFC Green Banking Academy (GBAC) LAC · IFC
- Alejandro Henke – Director of the Argentine National Bank
- Ana Vera – Investment Officer – Financial Institutions Bid Invest
- Helena de la Torre – Regional Industry Manager at IFC
- Alan Gomez – Managing Director Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
- Mabel Pacheco – LAC Regional Lead at UNEP FI Sustainability
- Mariana Escobar – Senior Operations Officer, IFC
- Sandra Carillo- ESG & Sustainable Finance Consulting Partner ERM
- Lina Sun Kee – Senior Climate Finance Specialist
An innovative award for change leaders
On the 27th, the Congress will present awards to the winning initiatives of “+Futuro, the First Competition for Leaders of Change”. Contributions that promote inclusion and sustainability in the financial sector of the region will be recognized in four categories: on the one hand, “Financing the transition to sustainability”which will highlight innovative projects that promote the adoption of responsible business practices within the institution’s client portfolio, promoting energy efficiency, waste management and/or other measures that contribute to the mitigation of climate change and sustainable production and development.
“Sustainable Development Goals” is another category, an opportunity in which those entities that have integrated the SDGs into their business strategy and have demonstrated a solid commitment to the preparation of transparent and complete sustainability reports will be especially recognized. A third category is “Climate action”where specific actions that contribute to the mitigation of carbon emissions, the conservation of biodiversity and environmental restoration and care will be awarded. Finally, “Gender, vulnerable groups and financial inclusion”which will recognize those projects that have managed to expand banking access and access to financial services among vulnerable groups and that have reduced gender gaps in access to economic opportunities.
Source: Ambito
