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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.

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

Transforming financial industry players

GIZ works directly with private and public financial institutions to bolster resilience against ESG risks and scale financing for sustainable economic activities.

Projects

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Brazil, India, Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Rwanda

Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Global Project

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

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

Financing Nature-based Solutions for a Just Transition

Building capacities on the financing of nature-based solutions

  • Nature Based Solutions
  • DevelopPPP
  • Triodos
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Germany

Sustainable Economic and Financial Systems Sector Project

Advising on resilient and inclusive financial systems

  • Prudential regulation
  • Disclosure Requirements
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Private Capital Mobilization
  • Blended Finance
  • SCALED