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World Economic Forum - NCIB in Davos
Climate transition in emerging economies
Source: World Economic Forum
26 January 2023
At WEF 2023 in Davos, Peter van Kerckhoven, co-head of Debt Finance at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, expressed relief when chatting to Bronwyn Nielsen that, even with the abundance of crises the world is currently facing, climate change and sustainability are still at the top of the agenda.
26 January 2023
Mike Brown, Chief Executive at Nedbank Group, says that global sustainability trends are one of the popular topics being discussed at the World Economic Forum, which is currently hosted in Davos, Switzerland.
26 January 2023
The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2023 highlights climate change as the number one long-term global risk that the world faces. Arvana Singh, Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, shares her insight into global trends with regard to sustainable finance solutions.
30 August 2022
Kevin Whitfield, Head of Africa Treasury at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, about Nedbank's carbon journey and activities.
15 August 2022
Mike Peo, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Telecoms at Nedbank CIB, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network. Mike is of the opinion that the industrialisation of the Green Hydrogen Economy presents the greatest opportunity for South Africa to achieve its stated net zero obligations, create significant employment opportunities and generate significant GDP growth over the next decade. Let’s not waste this opportunity.
July 28, 2022
Thiago Almeida, Sector Lead for Power and Infrastructure at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network. Many of Africa’s electricity utilities are under threat of insolvency, and according to the International Energy Agency, an average annual investment of US$40 billion between 2026 and 2030 is required to upgrade transmission and distribution networks across the continent.
27 May 2022
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is committed to developing structured projects that enable our clients to deliver sustainable energy to Africa. Amith Singh, Head of Energy Finance at Nedbank CIB talks about scale investments in renewable energy at the right price.
May 27, 2022
Investment Banker turned Art Entrepreneur Karabo Morule, founder of Capital Art and a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, goes into detail about her involvement as a panellist and discusses other topics on the agenda at Davos. From climate change and de-globalisation to the creative arts, Karabo is soaking it all in.
May 26, 2022
René Parker is the Director of RLabs – awarded the 2022 Social Innovators Award by the Schwab Foundation. RlLabs is an International Living Lab movement with a strong focus on Community-driven Innovation and Social Change. Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Parker about her experience at the World Economic Forum and the innovations she has come across at Davos.
May 26, 2022
Since its inception in 2014, Africa Teen Geeks has grown to become the largest computer science non-profit organisation in Africa. Bronwyn Nielsen interviewed Matlali at the World Economic Forum about the company's focus. Matlali is intent on removing education barriers by leveraging technology a key focus at WEF Davos.
May 25, 2022
Sustainability, Digitisation and De-Globalisation has been at the top of the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos. These are the takeaways from from the CEO of the JSE, Dr Leila Fourie.
28 August 2022
Thabang Mahlangu, Sector Lead of Automotive, Transport, Freight and Logistics at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, about the transition to electric vehicles and how to protect South Africa’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry and exports.
The transition to electric vehicles is an economic imperative to protect South Africa's automotive manufacturing sector and exports, which conservatively account for over 60% of all vehicle manufacturing in the country. The sectoral transition offers an opportunity for new investment as well as capacity and skills development in the South African automotive value-chain.
8 August 2022
The dynamic environment we exist in is constantly challenging our ways of thinking. With sustainability being the order of the day, we need more innovative solutions for the future.
Zhann Meyer, Head of Agricultural Commodities at Nedbank CIB, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, on purpose-led finance solutions critical for a sustainable and inclusive agricultural sector.
May 28, 2022
South African Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi is leading the SA delegation in Davos. Minister Kubayi has personally been navigating the KZN destruction caused by the devastating floods in the South African Province so the conversations on the impact of Climate Change have been right at the top of her agenda.
May 27, 2022
Climate and sustainability is key on our agenda and recognising the need to move forward with sustainability through main stream finance is where we are setting our resources, focus and expertise to deliver a transition in sustainability development objectives as well as shared value for key players in this ecosystem.
27 May 2022
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is committed to supporting infrastructure development and growth within emerging countries across Africa. Thiago Almeida, Sector Lead: Power and Infrastructure talks about the appetite from commercial banks to finance increased demands, and the interest from most African countries in deploying renewable energies.
May 26, 2022
Brad Maxwell, Managing Executive Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), talks about CIB’s role in enabling a just transition to low carbon resilient economies and the importance of highlighting conversations on Climate Transition in Emerging markets on the Global Davos stage.
May 25, 2022
Emerging markets need $1trn a year in Climate Finance to achieve 2030 climate goals. The reality they are receiving just $150bn a year. The Africa Finance Corporation has just launched a white paper on Climate Change. AFC President and CEO Samaila Zubairu weighs in on the critical climate debate.
May 25, 2022
With the war in Ukraine pushing up food and fuel prices the world is in a difficult place. Balancing a just Climate Transition in emerging markets, at this time, is necessary but difficult to balance. Calvo Mawela CEO MultiChoice shares his views.
26 January 2023
At WEF 2023 in Davos, Peter van Kerckhoven, co-head of Debt Finance at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, expressed relief when chatting to Bronwyn Nielsen that, even with the abundance of crises the world is currently facing, climate change and sustainability are still at the top of the agenda.
26 January 2023
Mike Brown, Chief Executive at Nedbank Group, says that global sustainability trends are one of the popular topics being discussed at the World Economic Forum, which is currently hosted in Davos, Switzerland.
26 January 2023
The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2023 highlights climate change as the number one long-term global risk that the world faces. Arvana Singh, Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, shares her insight into global trends with regard to sustainable finance solutions.
30 August 2022
Kevin Whitfield, Head of Africa Treasury at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, about Nedbank's carbon journey and activities.
15 August 2022
Mike Peo, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Telecoms at Nedbank CIB, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network. Mike is of the opinion that the industrialisation of the Green Hydrogen Economy presents the greatest opportunity for South Africa to achieve its stated net zero obligations, create significant employment opportunities and generate significant GDP growth over the next decade. Let’s not waste this opportunity.
July 28, 2022
Thiago Almeida, Sector Lead for Power and Infrastructure at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network. Many of Africa’s electricity utilities are under threat of insolvency, and according to the International Energy Agency, an average annual investment of US$40 billion between 2026 and 2030 is required to upgrade transmission and distribution networks across the continent.
27 May 2022
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is committed to developing structured projects that enable our clients to deliver sustainable energy to Africa. Amith Singh, Head of Energy Finance at Nedbank CIB talks about scale investments in renewable energy at the right price.
May 27, 2022
Investment Banker turned Art Entrepreneur Karabo Morule, founder of Capital Art and a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, goes into detail about her involvement as a panellist and discusses other topics on the agenda at Davos. From climate change and de-globalisation to the creative arts, Karabo is soaking it all in.
May 26, 2022
René Parker is the Director of RLabs – awarded the 2022 Social Innovators Award by the Schwab Foundation. RlLabs is an International Living Lab movement with a strong focus on Community-driven Innovation and Social Change. Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Parker about her experience at the World Economic Forum and the innovations she has come across at Davos.
May 26, 2022
Since its inception in 2014, Africa Teen Geeks has grown to become the largest computer science non-profit organisation in Africa. Bronwyn Nielsen interviewed Matlali at the World Economic Forum about the company's focus. Matlali is intent on removing education barriers by leveraging technology a key focus at WEF Davos.
May 25, 2022
Sustainability, Digitisation and De-Globalisation has been at the top of the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos. These are the takeaways from from the CEO of the JSE, Dr Leila Fourie.
28 August 2022
Thabang Mahlangu, Sector Lead of Automotive, Transport, Freight and Logistics at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, about the transition to electric vehicles and how to protect South Africa’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry and exports.
The transition to electric vehicles is an economic imperative to protect South Africa's automotive manufacturing sector and exports, which conservatively account for over 60% of all vehicle manufacturing in the country. The sectoral transition offers an opportunity for new investment as well as capacity and skills development in the South African automotive value-chain.
8 August 2022
The dynamic environment we exist in is constantly challenging our ways of thinking. With sustainability being the order of the day, we need more innovative solutions for the future.
Zhann Meyer, Head of Agricultural Commodities at Nedbank CIB, talks to Bronwyn Nielsen, founder of The Nielsen Network, on purpose-led finance solutions critical for a sustainable and inclusive agricultural sector.
May 28, 2022
South African Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi is leading the SA delegation in Davos. Minister Kubayi has personally been navigating the KZN destruction caused by the devastating floods in the South African Province so the conversations on the impact of Climate Change have been right at the top of her agenda.
May 27, 2022
Climate and sustainability is key on our agenda and recognising the need to move forward with sustainability through main stream finance is where we are setting our resources, focus and expertise to deliver a transition in sustainability development objectives as well as shared value for key players in this ecosystem.
27 May 2022
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is committed to supporting infrastructure development and growth within emerging countries across Africa. Thiago Almeida, Sector Lead: Power and Infrastructure talks about the appetite from commercial banks to finance increased demands, and the interest from most African countries in deploying renewable energies.
May 26, 2022
Brad Maxwell, Managing Executive Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), talks about CIB’s role in enabling a just transition to low carbon resilient economies and the importance of highlighting conversations on Climate Transition in Emerging markets on the Global Davos stage.
May 25, 2022
Emerging markets need $1trn a year in Climate Finance to achieve 2030 climate goals. The reality they are receiving just $150bn a year. The Africa Finance Corporation has just launched a white paper on Climate Change. AFC President and CEO Samaila Zubairu weighs in on the critical climate debate.
May 25, 2022
With the war in Ukraine pushing up food and fuel prices the world is in a difficult place. Balancing a just Climate Transition in emerging markets, at this time, is necessary but difficult to balance. Calvo Mawela CEO MultiChoice shares his views.
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