Last week, we had the pleasure of joining the GIIN Forum 2025 in Berlin. Together with over 1,200 peers from across the global impact investing community, four of our team members had an energising and insightful few days of exchange, ideas and collaboration.
A thematic highlight this year was the strong focus on natural capital – from ecosystem restoration to new financial structures that recognise the value of nature as an emerging asset class of its own. On Members Day, a roundtable offered an opportunity for deep discussions on practical steps to bring such approaches to scale.
We were particularly inspired by Dr Sonja Stuchtey, co-founder of The Landbanking Group, whose keynote on day 1 reminded us how urgently and creatively the finance sector must engage in protecting and restoring natural systems. Sonja reminded us of the growing likelihood of a “Minsky moment” as a major repricing of traditional assets that should be the wake-up call for financial institutions to begin formally including nature on their balance sheets. Look out for more, as we are collaborating on this together with The Landbanking Group on our joint project “Natur.Kapital.Rhein-Main”.
Another standout moment was the high-level panel “Navigating Headwinds: Navigating Through Uncertainty”, where, amongst others, GIZ CEO Anna Sophie Herken delivered powerful reflections on resilience, trust and the evolving role of public institutions in blended finance, coupled with a call for action and innovation in funding sustainable development.
Across the forum, the question of how to blend public and private capital in new spheres of innovation emerged as a central thread – from catalytic instruments to AI-enabled transparency in impact data.
We were proud to contribute directly to that dialogue by supporting the session on “Building an AI-Ready Impact Investing Community” as a discussion facilitator, exploring how technology can strengthen the rigour, collaboration and inclusiveness of the impact ecosystem. We look forward to seeing how this conversation evolves within the GIIN network.
Growing impact investing through active engagement and partnerships
Beyond the sessions, we were also able to have a number of promising conversations around our fundraising efforts for the new generation of the Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF), focused on renewable energy developments and bringing early-stage climate and clean energy solutions to life – a strong fit with the GIIN community’s mission and momentum.
We are once again grateful to the The Global Impact Investing Network team for creating such an inspiring space and to all participants for the meaningful conversations that keep pushing the boundaries of what impact investing can achieve.
