The
From Sustainable to Impact Finance event
took place at the
Innovation House of Expo Dubai 2020
, the first of three initiatives organized by Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione PoliMI and the Lombardy Region as part of the Expo.
A panel of international experts indicated the opportunities that sustainable finance, impact finance and circular economy can offer companies to respect climate commitments and achieve the other ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) objectives, the three central factors in measuring investment sustainability), reducing risks, increasing resilience and making the best use of technology to manage change.
Innovation House is a space reserved for customers and representatives of the Italian, Emirati and international ecosystem, which will be animated for the entire period of Expo 2020. A space that can accommodate up to 40 people in physical presence and connect up to 2 thousand online participants. line.
Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo (Imi Cib Division), will co-organize two other events. Next, on 22-23 February 2022, will be AgriTech with Israeli Technologies, a matching event between Italian, Emirati and Israeli technologies companies in collaboration with StartUp Nation Central of Israel. After a panel made up of international speakers, the companies will rotate to meet agritech startups selected by the Israeli partners of Startup Nation Central.
The second event, on March 28-29, 2022, will be Smart City with Corporate Club Ispic and a selection of Techstars companies.It will be the occasion to present the startups of Techstars' Smart City acceleration program to Italian / international investors and corporates and will promote a Tech Tour for the Corporate belonging to the Ispic network interested in meeting local technological counterparts.
Dubai Future Foundation and Dubai Internet City, Dubai's Smart City incubators will also participate.