Date: 30 June - 3 July 2025
Format: In-person
Venue: FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre, Spain
The International Business Forum will be held from 30 June to 3 July at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, Spain. Organized by the FFD4 Business Steering Committee, the International Business Forum will be the centrepiece of private sector engagement in the Conference, bringing together global leaders to drive solutions that unlock private finance and investments for sustainable development.
Key sessions include:
Incentivizing Long-Term Investment by Institutional Investors | 1 July 2025, 08:30-10:00
The PRI, institutional investors, and commercial banks will discuss the key impediments to scaling up long-term investment, how to overcome these obstacles, and measures that can be undertaken by policy makers and regulators to incentivize greater long-term investment for sustainable development.
Investing Forward: Opportunities in Emerging Markets | 1 July 2025, 10:30-12:30
Co-organized by the PRI, UNGC Network Spain, and Spain NAB. Representatives from developed and emerging economies gather to discuss the main challenges – and opportunities – to facilitate and increase the mobilization of North-South capital.
Enabling the Transition: Global & Interoperable Sustainable Finance Policy? | 1 July 2025, 16:30-18:30
Co-organized by the PRI, UNEP-FI, and UN DESA. This event will build on the policy priorities emerging from FfD4 and explore how balanced, effective, and interoperable sustainability policy and regulation can accelerate the alignment of private finance with global development and climate goals.
Innovate Debt Instruments | 2 July 2025, 10:30-12:00
Finance ministers and CFOs discuss what’s working for GSSBs, focusing on KPIs and the business case.
Driving Business Leadership in Sustainable Finance in Uncertain Times 2 July 2025, 17:00-19:00
Unlocking opportunities for private capital navigating public finance shifts and geopolitics. For C-suite only.
View the full programme & side event programme here.
Venue
FIBES Sevilla Exhibition and Conference Centre, Spain
