Market Forces At Work: Institutional Investors And A Sustainable World 2018 | The World Bank | 19 April 2018 | Atrium, World Bank Group Headquarters, 1818 H St NW (at Pennsylvania Ave) Washington, D.C. 20006 United States

This high-level panel discussion will focus on how innovative partnerships between the World Bank Group, investors, and governments can lead to win-win financial solutions that help countries meet 21st century aspirations and support sustainable and inclusive growth, while offering investors sound returns. Building on the World Bank Group’s engagement with institutional investors, speakers will discuss ways to incorporate sustainability considerations into investment and business decisions in financially viable ways. Panelists will be asked to reflect on trends, opportunities, and challenges for unlocking private capital flows to support critical development projects across and beyond G20 markets, and to achieve positive development impact. The event will build momentum toward the G20 Investor Forum in Buenos Aires in November 2018.

2018 Speakers

Luis Caputo
Minister of Finance, Argentina

Jim Yong Kim
President, World Bank Group

Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Founder and CEO, Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism

Stephanie Flanders
Senior Executive Editor for Economics at Bloomberg News and Head of Bloomberg Economics

Brune Poirson
Secretary of State attached to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition

Hiro Mizuno
Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan

Axel Weber
Chairman, UBS