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Promoting financial innovation and sustainable finance in Brazil

Sustainable Finance Platform – Financial Innovation Lab (Brazil)

Description

The Financial Innovation Laboratory (Lab) is a multi-stakeholder platform that promotes financial innovation and sustainable finance in Brazil through exchange, joint knowledge creation and dissemination, the piloting of innovative instruments, capacity building, and public policy dialogue.

The Lab brings together more than 1,400 professionals from around 360 institutions from government, regulatory and supervisory authorities, the financial sector, the real economy, academia, and civil society. It is organised into four thematic working groups: Green Finance; Financial Instruments and Impact Investments; ESG Risk Management and Transparency; and Fintech.

The Lab was founded in 2017 by the Brazilian Development Association (ABDE), the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). GIZ, in the context of the FiBraS project, was part of its Managing Committee between 2019 and July 2024.

Project context

The Lab is co-managed by ABDE, CVM, IDB, and, until July 2024, by GIZ, with funds from the German Government under the BMZ-funded project FiBraS.

Target group

Financial market participants, policymakers, regulators and supervisors, academia, think tanks, and civil society.

Status

As of July 2024, the Lab has produced 15 regulatory contributions, 7 pilot initiatives, 52 publications, and 116 webinars. In 2022 and 2023, it was awarded one of the world’s best financial innovation laboratories by Global Finance Magazine.

GIZ, in the context of the FiBraS project, was part of its Managing Committee between 2019 and July 2024.

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Contact:

Fernanda Feil
Senior Technical Advisor, Finanças Brasileiras Sustentáveis (FiBraS II)
fernanda.feil@giz.de

This product/tool is part of our technical assistance service offer on:

Transforming financial industry players

GIZ’s collaboration with the public sector is complemented by, and often directly involves, working with the private financial sector.

Projects

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Germany

Developing resilient and inclusive financial systems through responsible and sustainable finance and investment

Financial Systems Development, Sustainable Finance and Investment Sector Project

Technical and conceptual advice to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on national and international processes

  • climate related risk management
  • supporting transition of FIs
  • taxonomy
  • sustainable finance strategy/roadmap
  • disclosure requirements
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Germany, Brazil, India, Peru, Rwanda, Mexico, Egypt, Senegal

Aligning economic and financial systems with global sustainability agendas to mobilise capital for socially and environmentally sustainable investments

Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Global Project

Aligning economic and financial systems with global sustainability agendas to mobilise capital

  • climate related risk management
  • supporting transition of FIs
  • taxonomy
  • sustainable finance strategy/roadmap
  • disclosure requirements
  • support for green bond issuance
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Mexico

Enhancing the regulatory and financial frameworks to mobilise climate finance

Financing for Climate Action in Mexico (FINACC)

Enhancing the regulatory and financial frameworks to mobilise climate finance

  • climate related risk management
  • supporting tranisition of FIs
  • taxonomy
  • sustainable finance strategy/roadmap
  • standards for sustainable finance products
  • disclosure requirements
  • general support for sustainable funds
  • support for green bond issuance