Date & Time: 24th June, 11am
Location: Reset Connect, Finance & Investment Stage
Panel: Embracing a New Economic Era: Finance as a Catalyst for Transformation
Moderator:
- Hannah Cool, COO, B4NZ
Speakers:
- Gavin Starks, Founder & CEO, Icebreaker One
- Tomas van der Heijden, CEO, Briink (AI Powered Document Analysis for ESG Teams)
- Sir Andrew Steer, Professor of Practice, Economics & Sustainability, LSE; Former President and CEO of Bezos Earth Fund
- Danielle Boyd, ESG Manager, M&G Investments
Session Description:
In today’s rapidly evolving business and financial landscape, a profound transformation is underway. The adoption of global financial standards, coupled with innovative metrics such as nature-based and climate-related disclosures, is reshaping economic systems.
This session examines how investment firms across banking, public, multi-asset, private, and commercial markets are partnering with emerging economies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and stakeholders managing nature-based projects. We’ll explore strategic approaches that prioritize collaboration, accountability, and inclusion, unlocking new opportunities in the transition to a more sustainable economic model.
This new era comes with a huge data requirement and a huge regulatory burden. What technologies are there to assist this and how will AI help?
A final discussion point will be how do we drive broader economic growth when banks and capital markets don’t lend to small companies.