SSF Present at Other Events in 2025

 Latam-Europe Impact Investing Roadshow

The 2025 AlphaMundi Latam-Europe Impact Investing Roadshow in Zurich provided an insightful overview of the current market landscape in Latin America and emerging impact investing opportunities for asset owners. The session opened with welcoming remarks from Juan Pedro Coello de Portugal, Relationship Manager – Institutional Partnerships at AlphaMundi Group Ltd.

This was followed by Veronica Baker, Project Manager - Lead Impact Investing and Nature, who shared a Swiss perspective, offering insights into the local impact investing market and the challenges asset owners face when integrating impact strategies into their portfolios. The core of the session featured María Carolina Suarez Visbal, CEO of Latimpacto, who introduced the organisation’s work and highlighted some of the SMEs they are supporting across the region. Raul Pomares, Founding Partner of Sonen Capital LLC and Sandra Y Sainz Heredia, Managing Director of Private Investments, Sonen Capital LLC, provided key insights into growth opportunities in Latin America and explained how their regional approach has enabled them to identify a diverse range of funds beyond the region’s two largest economies, Mexico and Brazil. Tim Radjy, Founder and Managing Partner of AlphaMundi Group Ltd. rounded off the panel with insights into the emerging economy in Latin America and the performance potential it offers for European impact investors.

The session sparked engaging discussions around how global market developments influence investment opportunities in Latin America and helped raise the region’s visibility as a growing and diverse destination for impact capital.

Crypto Valley Conference 2025

Our Director Projects, Romain Leroy-Castillo, participated in a panel discussion at the Crypto Valley Conference alongside Daniel Jogg (ENERHASH), Alvaro Cosi (Switzerland for UNHCR), and Yvonne-Anne Pignolet (DFINITY) and moderated by Michele Soavi (Crypto Valley Association). The panel addressed the key challenges in sustainability data, particularly concerning transparency, accuracy, and reporting. The discussion highlighted the critical role of high-quality data, specifically when leveraging emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain. As the panellists noted, AI systems are only as effective as the data they are trained on. The session concluded with a call to action: invest in advanced data tools, embrace regulatory reform, and foster collaboration to develop consistent and reliable sustainability data practices.

Swiss Climate Reporting Forum

At the 2025 Swiss Climate Reporting Forum, Sabine Döbeli, CEO SSF, took part in a panel discussion focused on the role of reporting in accelerating business transformation. Sabine Döbeli was joined by Ophelie Janus (Siemens), Florian Suter (KNF Micro) and Jana Soosova (Google). The panellists examined how key stakeholders, including those in the financial sector, technology companies, and city governments, can contribute to system-wide sustainability efforts. The discussion covered practical approaches to integrating climate goals into business strategies, the importance of cross-sector collaboration, and the challenges of aligning reporting frameworks with real-world impact. 

 Integrating Physical Climate Risk into Investment Practices

On 9 April 2025, our Legal & Regulatory Director, Katja Brunner, participated in the CelsiusPro webinar titled "Integrating Physical Climate Risk into Investment Practices" where she joined other experts, including Ruben Feldman from Zürcher Kantonalbank, to share legal perspectives and insights on incorporating physical climate risk into resilient portfolio strategies. The discussion centred on the potential impact of physical climate risks on investment portfolios, with a focus on enhancing awareness of climate vulnerabilities, integrating climate risk assessments into investment activities, and adhering to climate-related disclosure standards such as IFRS S2 and TCFD.

Real Estate Circle

On 7 April, our Senior Project Manager Dr. Hendrik Kimmerle took part in the Real Estate Circle hosted by ZHAW Banking, Finance, Real Estate with a focus on timber construction and sustainable financing as a key to sustainable, future-oriented construction. The issue of the monetary valuation of emissions is also still being given little consideration, although materialisation is increasingly coming to the fore as a lever for reducing emissions. The panel discussion brought together architectural, technical and financial perspectives - with the common conclusion: timber construction offers great potential, but is still on the way to becoming an established construction method. Other speakers included Dr. Ricarda Haffki, ZHAW, Prof. Thomas Richter, ZHAW and Thomas Fedrizzi, Timber Finance.

Journée Romande du Développement

During Real Estate Week at the SWISSTECH Convention Center in Lausanne, Dr. Hendrik Kimmerle, our Senior Project Manager, participated in a thought-provoking panel discussion at the Journée Romande du Développement, hosted by Real Estate Meetings. The discussion with Yves Cartegny (Naef Immobilier), Pierre-Jean Capdeville (UBS) and many more focused on how ESG and sustainability are reshaping investment strategies and redefining real estate as a sophisticated financial asset class, offering valuable insights into the future of sustainable real estate investments. The event also highlighted emerging trends in the sector, emphasizing the increasing importance of responsible investment practices. 

Can Artificial Intelligence help manage the ESG data overload?

Romain Leroy-Castillo, Director of Projects at SSF, delivered a presentation  at an EY event entitled "Can Artificial Intelligence help manage the ESG data overload?" attended by SMI companies and other global firms based in Switzerland. The event explored how AI can support ESG efforts, drawing from SSF's "AI initiative," which covers areas such as automating data extraction, enhancing data quality, deriving insights like transition plan assessments, establishing predictive analytics like portfolio decarbonization potential, and supporting automated reporting. The discussion, organized by Alberto Zampella (EY) was a very productive exchange.

Eurosif: Annual General Meeting

Sabine Döbeli, our CEO, participated in the Annual General Meeting and SIF Exchange Day, recently held in Brussels by Eurosif. The event focused on the latest trends and challenges in sustainable finance, with discussions centred on regulatory developments and the evolving landscape of responsible investment. The event also provided a valuable opportunity to network with industry leaders and deepen collaborations within the sustainable finance community. The event highlighted the importance of ongoing dialogue and collaboration to drive forward sustainable finance initiatives in a rapidly changing environment.

ESG Conference Geneva 2025:

Katja Brunner, our Director of Legal & Regulatory, was a key speaker at the ESG Conference Geneva 2025, where she shared valuable insights on the legal and regulatory aspects of sustainable investing. The conference addressed the rapidly evolving ESG landscape, marked by increasing regulatory reporting requirements, political scrutiny, and debates around performance and impact.

The event hosted by CFA brought together a range of professionals, including asset owners, investment managers, academics, industry self-regulatory bodies, and industry leaders. The discussions covered the challenges and opportunities ahead in shaping the future of responsible investment, with contributions from Guillaume Toffel (AMAS), Erol Bilecen (SBA), and Dimitri Senik (CFA) and many more.

Investor's Guide to Systemic Investing:

Romain Leroy-Castillo, Director of Projects participated in an engaging panel discussion at the launch of the CSP Investor's Guide to Systemic Investing at the University of Zurich.

During the event, Romain joined Dominic Hofstetter (TransCap) and Falko Paetzold (UZH CSP) to delve into the integration of systems thinking in investment decision-making. Their conversation highlighted the importance of adopting systemic approaches to investment strategies, emphasizing their role in creating sustainable and impactful investments. This approach is key to driving long-term value in a dynamic and constantly evolving market environment.

Sustainable Investment Summit: Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Finance

Romain Leroy-Castillo, our Director Projects spoke on a panel at the Sustainable Investor Summit about tranforming sustainable finance through AI. Together with Parag Cameron-Rastogi (GRESB), Karen Kharmandarian (Thematics Asset Management), and Tomas van der Heijden (Briink), he discussed how AI can bridge the gap between innovation and implementation. Key issues and areas for further development were highlighted, including investment opportunities, environmental impact, scaling within the financial industry, and going beyond LLMs.

Sustainable Investment Summit: Swiss Stewardship Code

Katja Brunner, our Director Legal & Regulatory was speaking about the Swiss Stewardship Code at the Sustainable Investor Summit in Zurich. Together with Simon Gupta (Broadpik), Florian Bitsch (Helvetia), Aurélia Fäh (AMAS), and Matthias Narr (Ethos), the panel discussion focused on how the code has become a new standard for responsible investing in Switzerland. In addition, current engagement related challenges were discussed, including scaling, how asset owners and asset managers can frame a business case around it, and different escalation measures.