Mobilizing bold collective action with the finance and food sectors to transform food systems and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Upcoming Events with GFFN
The COP28 Summit and accompanying high-level events will serve as the foundation for the political mandate required to achieve tangible outcomes and deliver on final negotiated outputs. We invite you to engage in these insightful discussions, contributing to the formation of a more sustainable and resilient future.
GFFN’s High Ambition Group: consultations
The High Ambition Group, led by the UNEP-Finance Initiative, is a diverse group of financial actors from the public and private sector who set, and publicly commit to, specific and time-bound targets across material impact areas. We welcome you to join the 2023 cohort.
Good Food Finance Facility Workshops
Once a month the GFFN core and supporting partners get together to advance the co-creation of the Good Food Finance Facility for food systems transformation. This Facility will be officially launched at COP28.
Past Events with GFFN
A Roadmap to Align Food and Finance to the 2030 Agenda & Climate Goals
Join Planet Tracker, FOLU, and GFFN Partners FAIRR, WBCSD and the Rockefeller Foundation July 24th, 18:00-19:00 (CET) for a virtual event focusing on progress of companies’ commitments and actions towards the objectives of the 2030 Agenda.
Taking Stock of Progress: Scaling up transformative private sector investments in food systems
Tuesday 25th July, 16.30 – 17.30. This UNFSS +2 STM private sector Special Event will provide a platform for food systems private sector actors to take stock on progress of private sector transformative investment at scale for food systems.
Good Food Finance Week 2023
The annual Good Food Finance Week brings together leaders in the food and finance industries to discuss the latest trends and innovations in financing sustainable food systems. The 2023 event provided a platform for attendees to learn about the latest developments in food systems finance and explore opportunities for investment and collaboration.
Highlights of the Week:
- Read now: Good Food Finance Week Outcomes: Driving change in food systems finance
- Presented at GFFW, the Integrated Data Systems Initiative, launched in May 2023, is a 5-year innovation sprint linked to AIM for Climate Summit. This work aims to transform the way data systems inform financial decision-making across the private, public and multilateral sectors.
- New UNEP Report Outlines Steps to Mobilize Good Food Finance, Highlighting Exemplary Targets – The report outlines a roadmap for financiers to drive significant capital flows towards sustainable food systems, identifies pillars to develop an enabling policy environment, and highlights good practices demonstrated and promoted by the GFFN’s High Ambition Group.
2022 UNFCCC Climate Change Conference
GFFN and its core partners were present at UNFCCC’s 27th Conference of the Parties in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. We aim to bring finance for sustainable food systems to the top of the agenda.
- Watch the GFFN & Just Rural Transition joint event: Financing a Sustainable and Just Food System Transition: How leading financial institutions set concrete targets and take action.
- Read outcomes from the UNFCCC side-event: Food System Climate Solutions: Managing climate risks and externalities from the food system.
- Read about the GFFN Press Conference: Good Food Finance for Climate Action
Good Food Finance Week 2022
In April 2022, GFFN held its first Good Food Finance Week. It kicked off with a high-level Leaders Dialogue and continued with an event series that launched the Catalyst Groups. The week marks the start of the implementation phase for GFFN.
Good Food Finance at NY Climate Week
GFFN met businesses and investors during Climate Week NYC 2022 to demonstrate the progress made and invite them to join the network to unlock finance for sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.
Strengthening collaboration between private and public banks
This GFFN event took place in November 2021 to strengthen private-public partnerships to scale up finance for sustainable food systems.
High Level Leaders Roundtable 2021
The high-level leaders’ roundtable in September 2021 marks the official launch of the Good Food Finance Network.
“GFFN is starting to become the go-to forum for the world of finance to come together and build massive momentum behind transforming food finance. Together, we must work to create and flesh out the Good Food Finance Agenda for this decade and beyond.“
Gunhild Stordalen, Executive Chair, EAT Foundation
The Road to COP28
In 2023, the Good Food Finance Network is driving progress in its priority areas of action and focus on these global key events:
- January 16-21 — WEF Annual Meeting (Davos), Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference 2023 (GFFA)
- April 24 -28 — Good Food Finance Week 2023 (including Leaders Dialogue)
- July 24-26 — UN Food Systems Coordination Hub Stocktaking Moment
- September 12-30 — Climate Week NYC, UN General Assembly (UNGA 78)
- November 30 – December 12 — 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
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