Water Resilience by 2030: Financing the Acceleration

During World Water Week, the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Sweden and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) will host a roundtable bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders from across the financial sector to explore how capital can be mobilized and aligned to unlock systemic impact for water resilience.

With only five years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and amid growing fragmentation in the global financial and regulatory landscape, scaling investments across sectors and value chains for water resilience is not only urgent, but essential.

This invite only in-person roundtable, held under the Chatham House Rule, will provide a dynamic, action-oriented platform to discuss key barriers, opportunities, and pathways to scale.

The roundtable discussion will primarily focus on the following themes: 

  • Scaling finance for water resilience: Mobilising capital at scale to address water-related value chain risks and invest in climate and nature-aligned infrastructure and services. 
  • Embedding water into sustainable finance: Integrating water into ESG frameworks, climate-related financial risk disclosures, and sustainable finance taxonomies and metrics. 
  • Innovation and investment potential: Advancing financial instruments, data tools, and business models that make water solutions bankable at scale. 
  • Cross-sector collaboration: Building partnerships across public, private, and philanthropic actors to create systemic impact and deliver on the SDGs.  

This roundtable is by invitation only. For more information about participation, please contact Albert Askeljung Andrée at albert.askeljung@globalcompact.se.