Roundtable
Navigating the Sustainable Finance Ecosystem:
Value Creation through Transition Finance and Impact Investing
11.45 to 13.00 | 14 October 2026
Context
European companies are operating in a rapidly evolving investment landscape, where sustainability, competitiveness, and resilience are becoming increasingly interconnected. Through the European Green Deal and the EU sustainable finance agenda, Europe is seeking to mobilise public and private capital towards a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and just economy. For companies, the transition is no longer only a response to compliance obligations, investor expectations or customer pressures: it is also a business opportunity. Companies that adopt credible transition models and transformation pathways will be better positioned to remain competitive, strengthen resilience and access capital. By financing companies across areas such as decarbonisation, circularity, resilient supply chains and the just transition, transition finance is becoming a key bridge between corporate sustainability strategies and the investment landscape.
At the same time, impact investing is expanding in Europe, with the European impact investing market estimated at around €190 billion. The opportunity for companies is twofold. On one side, companies can become more credible recipients of transition and impact-oriented capital; on the other, they can act as investors for impact through corporate foundations, corporate impact funds, co-investment or blended finance instruments.
ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE
This roundtable will connect these two perspectives and explore how transition finance and impact investing can help companies move from sustainability commitments to practical value creation.
The discussion will focus on:
The evolving European sustainable finance and investment landscape, including the role of EU policy, and the implications of regulations such as the EU Taxonomy.
What banks’, development finance institutions’ and impact-oriented capital providers’ expectations are when financing corporate sustainability transitions, and how companies can develop credible, bankable transition and impact-oriented projects that attract capital.
How strategic collaboration can bring together companies, corporate foundations, capital providers, impact funds and NGOs to address shared priorities, de-risk innovative solutions, and mobilise capital towards measurable social and environmental outcomes.