The Forum

These remarkable investments in social innovation are enabling communities to respond to pervasive issues and or realize their aspirations more effectively than before. We are in the midst of a global renaissance in which we are collectively accelerating the growth of sustainable finance tools and connecting international communities of practice. This important local and international work is a unique and viable opportunity to unlock the private and philanthropic capital needed to tackle pressing challenges.

The inaugural SFWF23 - Sustainable Finance World Forum convened in Accra, Ghana December 10th – 12th 2023 was a three-day remarkable hybrid experience that brought together social purpose organizational leaders, social enterprise practitioners, policymakers, stakeholders in mission driven businesses, government, academia and civil society to discuss long-term and sustainable global prosperity. This three-day gathering advanced awareness of sustainable finance as a tool used since time immemorial in communities and cultures across the world. Sustainable finance is an expanding and remarkable global mechanism for social impact.

Over seven phenomenal days of capacity building and knowledge mobilization in September of 2024 we aim to facilitate;

• Ecosystem Mapping

• Ecosystem Excavation

• Increasing opportunities for partnership, and collective impact

• Decolonized approaches to community economic development

• International Community Economic Development Case Studies

• Advancing Environmental Justice

• Sustainable Finance Strategy & Co-Creation

• Impact Measurement

• Data, Information and Insight

Our speakers are some of the pioneers and global innovators driving a sustainable transition and future predicated on the principles of justice, access, inclusion, diversity, and equity. With an agenda packed with global best practices, case studies, and intergenerational collaboration we will provide opportunities for meaningful community economic development.

The world is at a crossroads.

A series of crises threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the globe. In the vast geographical, political, social and cultural space that the Global South represents, contradictions and complexities of various kinds converge. The fact remains a disproportionate priority of resources, thought leaders and practitioners in various sectors convene in the UK, Canada and the United States to make decisions and generate intellectual property at forums and conferences with a complete disregard for Africa, the birthplace of humanity. As a result social innovation and production in the past and present are sedimented in western mental models & mindsets. In this sense, conferences in the Global South organised by the Sustainable Finance World Forum are imperative and aim to balance the historical exclusion and disregard for colonized and so-called underdeveloped and emerging nations/markets. Our work at the SFWF seeks to open spaces for discussion and reflection on global social policies and their impact on social innovation, justice, access, inclusion, diversity and equity while centering the SDG’s and social transformation.

Sustainable finance has seen trillions of dollars of private sector capital being committed to net zero by 2050, there is also growing pushback against ESG frameworks internationally. We must collectively remain vigilant to innovate and develop practical solutions to regional, legal, political, and macro-economic barriers.

The SFWF24 will bring together leading practitioners, policymakers, regulators, and civil society organizations to examine and reflect on the latest developments in sustainable finance.

SFWF 24 Themes

• Gender Justice & Equity

• Impact Investing

• Economic Vitality & Entrepreneurship

• Climate Finance

• Agroecology

• Venture Capital

• Social Finance

• Net Zero Investing & Offsetting

• Clean Tech Innovation

• Non-Profit Digital Resilience

• Social Entrepreneurship

• Tech for Good & Innovation

• Cooperatives & Coop Conversions

• Employee Ownership

• With more than 300 changemakers, including investors, social entrepreneurs, government officials, domestic and international non-profits, academia, philanthropy, and the corporate sector we will work towards a more just and sustainable future.

• Build global capacity to adapt to economic and climate changes by creating new economic, social and cultural pathways between leaders in innovation;

• Support learning and knowledge exchange of ecosystem builders who are working to grow the field and support SPOs from across the world;

• Strengthen relationships and build new connections between the delegates;

Become a Summit Partner

We have a range of partnership benefits, including speaking slots, branding opportunities, social media engagement, and complimentary tickets for staff and clients, among other things.

About SFWF

The Sustainable Finance World Forum (SFWF) is an emerging international initiative to connect social innovation practitioners and thought leaders to build a global ecosystem.

“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”

― Lilla Watson