Business Solutions to Scale Up Sustainability

Date and time: 12 March 2025 (Wednesday), 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (GMT+8)

The webinar "Business Solutions to Scale Up and Contribute to Climate Goals" jointly implemented by the Asian Development Bank, UN Environment Programme and UN Women on 12 March 2025 (Wednesday) at 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (GMT+8).

With women entrepreneurship catching up—albeit slowly—with male entrepreneurship, ensuring women business owners have access to resources, financing, technologies, and other resources becomes more urgent given worsening risks from climate change. 

This webinar examines policies, financial instruments, and digital solutions that can help women entrepreneurs scale their businesses while contributing to global climate goals.

The event marks the launch of the webinar series, Propelling Women Eco-Entrepreneurship into a Sustainable Future, a collaborative effort by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Gender Equality Division and Southeast Asia Development Solutions (SEADS), United Nations Environment Programme, and UN Women, to spotlight the transformative role of women in driving sustainable development.

SPEAKERS 

• Samantha Hung, Director, Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADB
• Marlene Nilsson, Deputy Regional Director, Regional Office for the Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNEP)
• Emma Gooley, Public Sector Leader, Microsoft ASEAN
• Giulia Marsan, Head, Startups and Inclusion, Digital Innovation and Sustainable Economy Center, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
• Anthea Mulakala, Project Director, APAC Cybersecurity Fund
• April Vano, Head, Environmental, Social and Governance, Quest Ventures
• Moderator: Ping Manongdo, Head of Partnerships, Southeast Asia Corporate Decarbonization Exchange (CDx)

Please visit the website to learn more and register.