SEASON 2 | EP 2 | Inside the Engine Room: Mobilising Capital for People and Planet

Impact investing plays a crucial role in closing the $4 trillion SDG financing gap, yet represents only 1.2% of global assets. How can we scale it to meet the world's needs? In this episode, Guillaume Bonnel, CEO of the SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI), examines the barriers constraining impact investing — from liquidity challenges and misaligned risk perceptions to regulatory obstacles — and explores how blended finance can unlock private capital at scale. He discusses how concessional capital, platform approaches, and enhanced data standardization can align public and private interests, ensure genuine additionality, and channel investment flows toward emerging markets where both impact potential and growth opportunities are greatest.

Season 2 is produced in collaboration with the SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI).

Hosted by Luka Biernacki.

Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGenevaConnection

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