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Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 · 11:12 a.m. · 07m 38s
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yeah a good morning ladies and gentlemen it's a great pleasure to be part of this session
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so my name's margaret can see of course standard foundation
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for those of you who are not familiar were a foundation
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based in geneva that was developed to shore environmental integrity
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and maximise sustainable development impact in the card in markets close
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to twenty years ago and in those years almost two
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decades our learning zen lessons and best practised says are now
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being applied to working with private equities impact funds and
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increasingly corporates around the world to manage measure and maximise impact
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so before coming to this session today i prepared at standard presentation of
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process of fun certification but on the way here with get inspired so i decided
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to drop it completely and talk to you about real in pack what measurable impact means
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so all of can i see sure we're hands how many of you are in the financial industry
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okay great how many of you are part of
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n. g. o. community and climate change and sustainable development
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great we have a balanced audience so usually when i go did
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speak to financial industry heavy audience as soon as i talk about gold
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standard the metrics the impacts standard
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measurement monitoring baseline setting social safeguarding i
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immediately lose the entire audience and they tend to go to their twister
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their their phones checking on text so i i i would like to get
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your full attention in the next four minutes because i'm not get gonna get
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into the technical details of the methodology but really talk about what managing measuring
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maximising impact means for you and for us and for the communities that were influencing
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so you coming from the financial industry were or investment teams you're looking at
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a project idea you're looking at a concept you're looking at an investment opportunity
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so often a lot of people sort from carbon angle right how many times as you
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to your reducing how many times as you two are you removing from from uh atmosphere
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but if you think about climate protection projects or sustainable development projects and
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for four years they're far beyond carp and of course corbin isn't important measurement
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but they're far beyond corbin and as or call the uh
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introduced nature based solutions have each huge potential on broader impact
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and we talk about this is a huge buzz word right into
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positive impact maximising impact so let me put it in really layman's terms
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by intervening investing in those
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climate protection projects your enabling curls
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to attend schools is that a fetching water miles away or kilometres away
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you're influencing we're meant to be part of intel perot part of decision making in those communities
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your conserving biodiversity which is basis for everybody's daily lives
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you're improving livelihoods you're improving water access
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you're you're supporting building resilience of these communities
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to react to climate disasters to your
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actually your investment decisions your projects structuring your
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a risk profile return profiles actually have
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real impact on people around the globe
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and and in most vulnerable communities right so you have the project idea and you
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have the narrative you wanna tell your
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investor's your shareholders your colleagues your public media
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how your investment is actually impacting those lights how do you get there from project
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decision or perform your decision or investment decision all the way to that measurable real impact
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a lot of people i speak to in the industry says uh we're gonna hire consultants we're gonna hire auditors
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it it almost seems like an added on acts post
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exercise to justify or some say in pack washing the project
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and i i i've seen issued shift in
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the global community especially in the financial industry
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and corporate world that there is no there's less
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and less tolerance around green washing and impact washing
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so that's where people like us gold standard comes into play as partnerships
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to help you manage measure and actually
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maximise those impact and claim that incredible way
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so is it easy no i'm gonna be honest with you it's
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not easy and if you ask or private equity partners they're gonna
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they're gonna give you straightforward answer it's not easy it's challenging first of all there's
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no harm in nice metrics out there that actually fights the industry in one one direction
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you're dealing with lots of reporting requirements are ready
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and there's no there's lack of capacity of course many banks are
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are really enhancing their capacity around yes jeez but yes jeez not enough
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that's an important step towards positive impact but that's merely of waiting
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risk of course that's a good step forward but we need more
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and the data quality is not so great especially in
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those vulnerable communities and regions that your project operates in
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so those are the challenges we still need to tackle and that's why one of those
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a partnership presentation earlier is important because
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it cannot be done just by financial institution
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just by n. g. o.s just by standard bodies it has to be a collective
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effort and again it's not easy because we come from very different cultures
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ensure i'm not saying profit is not important
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i'm not saying risk reduction is not important
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all i'm saying is maximising impact has to be equally important as your
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profitability and risk profile integrated into your
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decision making so basically what call standard is
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doing is trying to help our partners to address some of the challenges i mentioned
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before and make sure that you can integrate that impact management process into your entire
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investments cycle so if you're interested in baseline setting intentionality uh
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all the exciting terms i'm i'm happy to answer those questions in
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the market place but i really hope to see in few
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years time when i gather with this crowd again in similar place
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that you can tell me as leaders of the financial industry that our
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decision making process or change it's not only e. s. g. teams work
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but the way we make investment decisions are gearing toward in tackles
Conference Program
Forum Introduction
Vincent Nassar, "Innovate 4 Water" Association
March 2, 2022 · 9:01 a.m.
887 views
Welcome address
Gérard Luyet, Services Industriels de Genève
March 2, 2022 · 9:07 a.m.
Highlight WIPO GREEN
Anja Van der Ropp, Senior Program Coordinator, WIPO GREEN
March 2, 2022 · 9:14 a.m.
154 views
Highlight -- Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services
Pauline Zahlaoui, Responsable Membres et Partenariats
March 2, 2022 · 9:20 a.m.
241 views
Session 1 - Efficient Solutions with the Solar Impulse Label
Guillaume Féry, Advisory Expert for the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions
March 2, 2022 · 9:27 a.m.
Osmosun: Renewable powered water treatment solutions
Quentin Ragetly, Head of Business Development, Mascara
March 2, 2022 · 9:36 a.m.
Hydrao: smart solutions for water conservation
Eric Burkel, Co-founder & Head of International Strategy & Development, Hydrao
March 2, 2022 · 9:43 a.m.
Ozone Strong Water
Ivan Pajolli, Application Engineer, Air Liquide
March 2, 2022 · 9:49 a.m.
116 views
WATA, for water treatment and disinfection
Marc-Antoine Menneguerre, Chief Business Officer, WATA
March 2, 2022 · 9:56 a.m.
186 views
Sustainable and resilient rural water supply services in Sahel
Thierry Barbotte, CEO, UDUMA
March 2, 2022 · 10:01 a.m.
Session 1 end - Efficient Solutions with the Solar Impulse Label
March 2, 2022 · 10:06 a.m.
Adeo & the Solar Impulse Foundation - home solutions with a positive impact on the environment.
Pauline Michiels, Innovator Relation - Outreach Team, Solar Impulse Foundation
March 2, 2022 · 10:07 a.m.
Highlight - R20 – Regions of climate action
Melchior de Muralt, Managing Partner, de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie
March 2, 2022 · 11 a.m.
Investing in Nature-based Solutions
Gerard Bos, Directo Sustainability and Innovation, IUCN
March 2, 2022 · 11:07 a.m.
Fund certification
Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard
March 2, 2022 · 11:12 a.m.
208 views
Subnational Climate Fund
David Albertani, CEO, R20 - Regions of Climate Action
March 2, 2022 · 11:20 a.m.
109 views
Nereid Water
Huy Ton That, Nereid Water
March 2, 2022 · 11:37 a.m.
316 views
Panel discussion - Session 2 - Blended Finance for Infrastructure Investment
March 2, 2022 · 11:43 a.m.
Highlight - Water and Impact Funds - Tameo
Ramkumar Narayanan, Tameo
March 2, 2022 · 12:01 p.m.
Thank you to our partners
Vincent Nassar, "Innovate 4 Water" Association
March 2, 2022 · 1:29 p.m.
Highlight - Cluster Eau Evian Lémanique
Jean-Luc Favre, Board Member, Cluster Eau Evian Lémanique
March 2, 2022 · 1:33 p.m.
Highlight - Aqua-Valley
Sylvain Boucher, President, Aqua-Valley
March 2, 2022 · 1:38 p.m.
Session 3 - Sustainable water management for a food secure future - Introduction
Chris Thomas, Marketing and communication, AQUA4D
March 2, 2022 · 1:44 p.m.
Irrigation technologies and innovations in water treatment - Netafim France
Joël Lapicque, Business Development, Netafim France
March 2, 2022 · 1:46 p.m.
Climate-smart technology for plant monitoring reacting to water stress - 2Grow
Olivier Begerem, Sales Director, 2Grow
March 2, 2022 · 1:52 p.m.
AQUA4D sustainable business development in LatinAmerica OK
Felipe Villarino, IST Group - CEO
March 2, 2022 · 1:58 p.m.
Agriculture project monitoring for soil salinization and water retention in the soil OK
Kathleen Glass, AquaSpy U.S. - VP Marketing
March 2, 2022 · 2:09 p.m.
Panel discussion - Session 3 - Sustainable water management for a food secure future
March 2, 2022 · 2:16 p.m.
Introduction - Session 4 - Driving an Aquapreneur Revolution
John Dutton, Head of UpLink
March 2, 2022 · 3:01 p.m.
UpLink introduction
Anna Huber, UpLink Curator, WEF
March 2, 2022 · 3:03 p.m.
Forum Project: Plastic with oceans / freshwater
Roisin Greene, Engagement Manager, WEF - Global Action Plastics Partnership
March 2, 2022 · 3:10 p.m.
Seed Next Generation Living
Sarah Schalles, Director, Seed Next Generation Living
March 2, 2022 · 3:21 p.m.
102 views
Soilify - Earthanalytics
Michael Anthony, Co-Founder, Soilify - Earthanalytics
March 2, 2022 · 3:27 p.m.
MyEasyFarm
François Thierart, MyEasyFarm - President
March 2, 2022 · 3:32 p.m.
Panel discussion - Session 4 - Driving an Aquapreneur Revolution
March 2, 2022 · 3:38 p.m.
Keynote - Fabienne Fischer
Fabienne Fischer, Conseillère d'Etat, Republic and Canton of Geneva
March 2, 2022 · 4:07 p.m.
Klewel, the webcasting company
Maël Guillemot, Klewel
March 2, 2022 · 5 p.m.
Introduction - Session 5 - Blue Economy - ESG Smart Investment Platform
Derek Queisser de Stockalper, President, Swiss Chapter, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
March 2, 2022 · 5:03 p.m.
126 views
Seaweed revolution
Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Advisor - Ocean & Food, United Nations Global Compact
March 2, 2022 · 5:07 p.m.
161 views
Linking Blue Ecosystem with Blue Finance - the Aspban case
Ruben Eiras, Secretary General, Forum Oceano
March 2, 2022 · 5:13 p.m.
NOAH ReGen
Irene Carrasco, Senior Innovation Strategist, NOAH ReGen
March 2, 2022 · 5:18 p.m.
Development of a Centralized Digital platform for the Blue value chain as a current solution
Paul Holthus, CEO, World Ocean Council
March 2, 2022 · 5:24 p.m.
ESG Certified Smart Investment Platform - NOAH ReGen
Frédéric Degret, CEO, NOAH ReGen
March 2, 2022 · 5:30 p.m.
147 views
Panel discussion - Session 5 - Blue Economy - ESG Smart Investment Platform
March 2, 2022 · 5:36 p.m.
Day 1 conclusions
Vincent Nassar, "Innovate 4 Water" Association
March 2, 2022 · 6:04 p.m.
Opening Day 2 of the forum - A perspective, finance and water
Audrey Selian, Rianta Capital - Artha Platform - Head of Group ESG & Stewardship
March 3, 2022 · 8:30 a.m.
Session 6 - The case of Accelerate2030 catalyzing solutions for the SDGs
March 3, 2022 · 8:38 a.m.
Geneva Ecosystem Opportunities
Morgane Loisel, I-Gravity - Impact investing and innovative financing
March 3, 2022 · 8:40 a.m.
UNDP's investor Maps
Eva Bortolotti, UNDP Geneva - Finance Sector Specialist
March 3, 2022 · 8:45 a.m.
105 views
Accelerate2030: Connecting the Geneva ecosystem with entrepreneurial solutions for the SDGs
Ljupka Mitrinovska, Accelerate 2030 - Co-founder and Global Program Manager
March 3, 2022 · 8:51 a.m.
Green bond investment solution
Mauricio Schneider, Solubio - Chief Revenue Officer
March 3, 2022 · 8:59 a.m.
Toilet Board Coalition drives private sector contributions & engagement in SDG6.2
Cinthya Ramirez, Toilet Board Coalition - Independant Director
March 3, 2022 · 9:45 a.m.
Live Clean
Nazir Pandor, Live Clean - Managing Director
March 3, 2022 · 9:50 a.m.
Liquid Gold
Orion Herman, Liquid Gold - CEO - Founder
March 3, 2022 · 9:55 a.m.
European Space Agency
Roberta Mugellesi Dow, European Space Agency - Dow Integrated applications manager
March 3, 2022 · 10:02 a.m.
WoodCo Biosciences
Mark McCarville, WoodCo Biosciences - Project Manager
March 3, 2022 · 10:08 a.m.
Session 7 Debate
March 3, 2022 · 10:15 a.m.
Session 8 introduction - Swiss cross-sectoral collaboration as key for development
Audrey Selian, Rianta Capital - Artha Platform - Head of Group ESG & Stewardship
March 3, 2022 · 11:24 a.m.
Swiss Water Partnership
Frédéric Koehl, Swiss Water Partnership - Steering Board Member
March 3, 2022 · 11:25 a.m.
Swiss Fresh Water
Thomas Gajan, Swiss Fresh Water - CEO
March 3, 2022 · 11:28 a.m.
164 views
Seecon - Driving Change in the Water Sector through Integrity Management
Celia Schmidt, seecon gmbh - Program Manager
March 3, 2022 · 11:34 a.m.
Geneva Water Hub
Noura Kayal, Geneva Water Hub - Lead Diplomatic and International Relationship Specialist
March 3, 2022 · 11:41 a.m.
133 views
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Marc Finaud, Geneva Centre for Security Policy - Head of Arms Proliferation & Diplomatic Tradecraft
March 3, 2022 · 11:46 a.m.
143 views
