International Conference for Christian Development Agencies and Investors
FaithInvest: Impactful Cooperation
Friday 17 January 2020, 9am – Saturday 18 January 2020, 5pm
Geneva/Switzerland, Ecumenical Centre
I. Books for downloading:
2nd enlarged Faith at Work Directory
II: Presentations
1) Opening Addresses
- Christoph Stückelberger, Executive Director Geneva Agape Foundation
- Martin Palmer, President FaithInvest, Bristol/UK
- Isabel Phiri, Deputy General Secretary World Council of Churches
2) Keynotes
Church Investments in Africa. Successful Examples and Strategy for the Future.
- Bright Mawudor, Head of Finance and Deputy General Secretary of the African Conference of Churches AACC, Nairobi/Kenya
Sustainable Finance: UN and Geneva Build Innovative Bridges
- Nicholas Niggli, Deputy Secretary General at the Republic and State of Geneva, Promotor of the International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability FC4S, Initiator of the Building Bridges Week Geneva.
- Roland Schatz, Founder and CEO, United Nations Global Sustainability Index Institute (UNGSII), Vienna/Geneva
3) Investment Strategies of Development Agencies and Churches: Presentation of investment strategies and experiences of (Christian) development organisations and churches
- Danchurchaid, Denmark, Eva Pinada Hansen, Head of Global Funding
- FCA Investments (Subsidiary of Finn Church Aid), Finland, Jukka-Pekka Kärkkäinen, CEO
- Bread for the World/Diakonia, Berlin/Germany, Monika Redecker, Head Africa
- Cui Ruitong, Board Member of GAF Foundation
4) Needs and Offers. Group Discussions
Table discussions about investment and development needs and offers. Every participant focusses on 1-2 example projects. Mixed groups
5) Keynotes: Investments with Public-Private Partnerships
- Jean-Pierre Sweerts, CEO Water Finance Facility and Board Chairman of DOB Equity, Kenya
- UNEP Finance Initiative, Nairobi/Geneva, Kai Remco Fischer, Head Climate Change
- World Bank, Mafalda Duarte, CEO Climate Investment Fund, USA, with Internat. Organisation for Migration IOM, Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General
- Liu Baocheng, Director Centre for Business Ethics, Beijing/China, Advisor to the Chinese Government on CSR Performance of Chinese Outbound Investments in Africa (Video)
6) Investment Strategies and Offers of Investors and Banks. Presentations
- LGT, Liechtenstein/Zurich: Oliver Karius, CEO LGT Venture Philanthropy and Representing LGT Lightstone
- Pax Bank, Köln, Germany: Gregor Kuhl, Head of Investment/ Asset Management
- Evangelische Bank, Kassel, Germany: Helmut Kotschwar, CEO, Sustainable Investment Management.
- Hauck&Aufhäuser Switzerland, Private Bank, Roman Limacher, CEO, Prime Values Funds
- The Global Impact Investing Network GIIN, New York: Sean Gilbert, Director of Capital Mobilization Programme
7) Divestment Policies and Blended Finance. Podium
- Frédérique Seidel, Manager, WCC-UNICEF Global Partnership
- Hubert Miyimi Muwawa, CEO of State Oil and Gaz Company, RD Congo
- Collins Beth, Catholic Relief Services and Chair of the Caritas International Impact Investing Working Group
- Mrsg Lucas Kalfa, Burkina-Niger, President John Paul II Foundation for Sahel, Vatican
8) Plenary Discussion on sections 5-7
9) Chapel prayer
10) Keynote
FaithInvest: Goals, Programmes, Perspectives, Members
Martin Palmer, President, CEO of FaithInvest, Bristol, United Kingdom
11) Innovation: Academic Research Projects, Project Pipeline, Pooled Fund, Institution-building, regulatory investment requirements and tax issues
- Overview: Christoph Stückelberger, Executive Director Geneva Agape Foundation
- Mapping Academic Research projects on faith and investments: Oxford and Princeton University, Faith & Work Initiative, USA. Nicoleta Acatrinei, Associate Research Scholar
- Regulatory Requirements: Karl Pilny, International Investment lawyer, Senior Investment Advisor Geneva Agape Foundation
12) Progress Reports/Lessons Learnt/Promotion of initiatives presented at the conference in January 2019
- Timo Plutschinski, Director, the World Evangelical Alliance Business Coalition, Department Theological Concerns, Hamburg, Germany
- Ulrich Möller, Member of the Church leadership, Protestant Church of Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany, President of OneClimate Fund
- Stephan Werhahn, Board member for International relations of the Workgroup Responsible Finance of the Alliance of Catholic Entrepreneurs (BKU), Germany
- Nicolas Lorne, Founder of Waterpreneurs, Innovate for Water Marketplaces, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Beris L Gwynne, Impact Bridges Group for Impact of Social Programmes, Canada.
13) Investment/Development Projects by Topics:
Sustainability in Water, Agriculture, Education, Technology, Buildings, Energy
Mixed Group discussions between development agencies, churches and investors
14) Pitching: Bilateral Cooperation based on prior registration and spontaneous decisions
15) Plenary: Strategic Planning, Lessons Learnt, Next Steps, Conclusions
Closing