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Certified Gender Bonds: What, Why and How?

15 March 2023
This webinar highlighted the importance of expanding capital market instruments, while keeping the focus on gender equality and international standards. ADB has recently subscribed to the first certified gender bond issuance in Georgia by Crystal, the largest microfinance institution in Georgia…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Good Enough Guide to On-Site Sanitation in the Pacific

17 February 2023
This is a recording of the Good Enough Guide to On-Site Sanitation in the Pacific training delivered by the Asian Development Bank at the Water and WASH Futures Conference in Brisbane, Australia in February 2023. This training, targeted at WASH practitioners, explores the principles underpinning…
Organizer: Pacific Department

Impacts of Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Financial Institutions

19 December 2022
Speakers provide insights on how financial institutions can effectively quantify climate risks and its impact on portfolios and identity opportunities.
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

AML/CFT Risk Assessment Training for Financial Institutions in Sri Lanka

1 to 2 December 2022
The ADB Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka – Financial Intelligence Unit, conducts a two-day training for bank and non-bank financial institutions in conducting Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Risk Assessment. The…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

On-Site Sanitary Behaviors

30 November 2022
Achieving SDG target 6.2 of universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation requires faecal waste to be safely contained, transported, and treated along the sanitation service chain. While there are multiple technology options for achieving the SDG target, choices at the point of…
Organizer: Pacific Department

Environmental and Social Sustainability in Trade and Supply Chains

15 to 17 November 2022
ADB Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP), with its aim of making global trade and supply chains inclusive, green, resilient, transparent, and socially responsible, organized a 3-day workshop on ‘Environmental and Social Sustainability in Trade and Supply Chains” for partner banks in…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Upstream Climate Assessments – Rationale, Types, and Examples

23 September 2022
ADB's Central and West Asia Department together with Pacific Asia and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division presented the rationale for upstream climate assessments and highlighted different approaches. It showcased examples including climate assessments to support CPS preparation,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Pacific Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

The Women's Finance Exchange: Sustainable and Inclusive: How Are Financial Institutions Closing Gender Gaps in Green Finance

5 September 2022
Women and women-led enterprises often face greater vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change and disasters, as they are more reliant on threatened natural resources. Despite this, a large gender gap exists in sustainable/climate finance. The Women’s Finance Exchange (WFX) would bring…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department

Pacific Utilities Delivering WASH Services in Peri-Urban Areas

17 August 2022
As Pacific Island countries continue to urbanize, the provision of safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services becomes increasingly important. With urban growth rates now outstripping national population growth in many Pacific nations, towns and cities are seeing peri-urban…
Organizer: Pacific Department

Peer Learning Sessions: Innovations in Pacific Disaster Risk Knowledge

27 June to 29 July 2022
This session was the first of three technical sessions to explore risk knowledge in the Pacific in more detail. We will hear from government departments and regional experts who summarized the current availability of risk information in the Pacific. They presented examples of how risk insights have…
Organizer: Pacific Department