Events
Unveiling Transition Finance: Financial Sector’s Perspective
13 November 2024
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On 13 November, ADB and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group jointly presented a draft research paper, ‘Unveiling Transition Finance: Financial Sector’s Perspective’, along the sidelines of COP 29 in Baku. The paper examines existing frameworks, initiatives, and practices related to transition finance, highlighting factors that hinder growth of transition finance from the financial sector’s perspective. The session was followed by a roundtable with regional finance sector stakeholders.
gWFX and UNEP FI Host Roundtable on Transition Finance
16 October 2024
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On 16 October, we held a seminar on Demystifying Green Transition Finance at ADB Headquarters in Manila in collaboration with UNEP FI. Over 70 representatives from financial institutions across the Philippines attended the event and explored key principles and challenges of the green transition. This event was sponsored by the Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund. Our Director, Asif Cheema, provided the opening remarks and examples of ADB’s work in supporting the financial sector to transition to a green economy. Ellen Joyce Suficiencia, Director, Sustainability Office at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, provided the Philippines’ country context. ADB's Private Sector Operations Department's Deputy Director General, Cathy Marsh closed the seminar.
gWFX Knowledge Series for Members
June - August 2024
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This new online knowledge series is exclusively for gWFX site members covers the following topics:
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Preparing for the Green Transition
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Gender Finance
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Digital Technology
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The first two sessions were successfully conducted, and the materials are available here.
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If you are not a gWFX member yet, you are welcome to sign up here to access the materials and other resources.
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WE Finance Code in Fiji
26 March 2024
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We held a workshop in Suva, Fiji, on the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Code (“WE Finance Code” or simply “the Code”), following its official launch on 23 March. The workshop, attended by 25 individuals from 7 different financial institutions, provided insights into the Code and its capacity-building program for financial institutions. The workshop provided examples of best practices and case studies demonstrating how to gather, analyze, and apply data to create customized solutions for women entrepreneurs.
Certified Gender Bonds: What, Why and How?
30 March 2023
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Check out the recording of our in-house event on the lessons learned from certified gender bond issuance.
ADB Gender Forum
22 November 2023
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We held a “Spotlight on Gender-Inclusive Green Finance” event at ADB’s Gender Forum on 22 November, sharing global trends and discussing how to catalyze and scale up gender inclusive green finance in Asia and the Pacific. The event was introduced by ADB’s Director General of the Private Sector Operations Department, Suzanne Gaboury. Speakers highlighted key insights from innovative projects at the intersection of green and gender. The event was attended by over 700 participants from 70 countries, including representatives of government agencies, the private sector, academia and civil society. Visit ADB Gender Forum's event website for more information. See our session's photos here.
Climate Risk Management
19 September 2023
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Climate risks can have severe impact on a financial institution’s portfolio. The management and monitoring of these risks are complex exercises. On 19 September, gWFX held an invite-only webinar for financial institutions on this subject.
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The webinar recording and presentation materials are available for members.
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Gender and Tech: The Necessary Frontier
29 March 2023
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As part of our activities for the Women's Month 2023, we held this fireside chat which delved into the reasons behind the scarcity of women in leadership roles and the boardrooms within the startups technology space. Gender bias, lack of female role models, and underrepresentation of women in STEM studies were identified as some of the key contributing factors.
Mo Harvey, CEO and Founder of Tribe Fintech and Jacqueline Yee, Board Member of Advance Health Intelligence and Mustang Energy PLC spoke about ways to increase female representation in the tech space.
Watch the webinar here.
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Certified Gender Bonds: What, Why and How?
15 March 2023
ADB has recently subscribed to the first certified gender bond issuance in Georgia by Crystal, the largest microfinance institution in Georgia. During this webinar, lessons learned from this 1st issuance were shared by the international standard setting body, the second party opinion provider, the issuer and ADB.
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Watch the full webinar here to appreciate the importance of expanding capital market instruments, while keeping the focus on gender equality and international standards.
Impacts of Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Financial Institutions
24 November 2022
The webinar provided an overview of climate risks and opportunities and how they might impact the portfolios of financial institutions. The speakers have provided insights on how climate risks can be quantified and opportunities identified. Case studies were presented to explain what bankable “green” projects are in terms of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience and the increased pressure from stakeholders including regulators, shareholders, and the international community to direct financial flow towards climate aware projects. International discourse on disclosure guidelines and questions from the audience were also discussed.
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Watch the full webinar here.
Sustainable and Inclusive: How Are Financial Institutions Closing Gender Gaps in Green Finance
5 September 2022
Women and women-led enterprises often face greater vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change and disasters, as they are more reliant on threatened natural resources. Despite this, a large gender gap exists in sustainable/climate finance. On this event, gWFX virtually brings together experts from various financial institutions to share what they are doing to achieve the twin goals of gender equality and climate action through finance.
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Watch the full webinar here.
Webinar Series: Digitalization and Credit Scoring for Women SMEs
02 December 2021 to 24 February 2022
The series aimed to provide practical knowledge on gender, alternative data, and insights on credit scoring for financial institutions, with discussants Dean Caire, a credit scoring specialist, and Steven Landman, a fintech expert. A total of three episodes were published to tackle the basics, the technical and implementation challenges.
Find more details here.
The Business Case for Financing Women
25 November 2021
In this session, ADB’s Private Sector Financial Institutions Division showcased financial institutions which are banking women in innovative ways. The session provided insights into different financial institutions’ journeys to identify and capture the business opportunity that women borrowers present.  Founders, CEOs and heads of businesses of financial institutions and neo banks shared their experiences on how they use creative business models to finance women.
Watch the full webinar here.
12 August 2021
The Women's Finance Exchange was launched through this webinar which also talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and women’s businesses, and reinforced the importance of a digital economy, which can accelerate gender equality.
Watch the full webinar here.