THE ARK

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Our expert and ambassador Florent Kaiser won the The Earthshot Prize 2023! Incredibly proud of you and your team. Acción Andina And we are full of gratitude for your support at THE ARK.

🦁 🦓 🦒 We took a group of Venture Capitals to the Kenyan Bush 🦁 🦓 🦒 A huge thank you to all those who participated in our first 'Conservation behind the Scenes' expedition with the Kauffman Fellows alumni. A group of 22 visited some of the world's best conservation organisations to be educated on what it takes to protect the local species. Our guests were given all access to the operations, to gain understanding of the extreme challenges frontline conservationists face on a daily basis. The trip was structured into four key conservation themes. 1. Poaching and Trade 2. Technology and Innovation 3. Rescue and Rehabilitation 4. Communities in Conservation Thank you to Northern Rangelands Trust and Ol Pejeta Conservancy for so generously hosting us. Thank you also wonderful group: Cédric Köhler, Qasim Abbas, Jack Baucher, Clint Korver, Miriam Rivera, Gyan Kapur, Kirill Kozhevnikov, Areije Al Shakar, Herty Tammo, Shane Shin (شين شن) 유근 ,Shirley Speakman, Tracy Chadwell, Philip Chadwell, Consuelo Valverde, Juan-Diego Perez-Vargas, Beau Seil, Sonia Weymuller, Karen Kerr, Heiko Nemmert, Dr. Nora Schaffer, Zheng Yu Huang and Hannah Geddes.

Join us again! Next Week at Building Bridges in #Geneva: 📍 Wednesday 4th October 13:30 - 15:00 'Outcomes based financing for nature based infrastructure' THE ARK co founder Qasim Abbas will be joined by Eric Letsinger, Tessa Maurer, Ph.D. and David Uzsoki from International Institute for Sustainable Development. Link Below. Looking forward to the insightful discussion.

📣 Join us during #BuildingBridges23 in Geneva: On 3rd October, 11:30am, the Green Fintech Network (GFN) and University of Zurich are hosting the session "Green Fintech: Accelerating Solutions for Climate Change and Environmental Challenges" at #BuildingBridges23. Moderated by University of Zurich Executive Director Thomas Puschmann, the Swiss Envoy for Sustainable Finance Christoph Baumann, GFN President Gerrit Sindermann, CLIMADA Technologies Co-CEO Simone Thompson, MSCI Inc. Global Head of Climate Research Oliver Marchand, UBS Co-Head Sustainability Center of Excellence Yvonne Johansson, Open Forest Protocol CEO Frederic Fournier and THE ARK Co-Founder Qasim Abbas will discuss how #greenfintech will enable the transition towards #greenfinance, challenges entrepreneurial pioneers are facing on their mission, and how Switzerland will address those. ❗️Sign up quickly to reserve your seat for our session: https://lnkd.in/e98ydeWy #sustainablefinance #switzerland Building Bridges State Secretariat for International Finance SIF SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva Gwen Jettain Stefan F. Swiss Sustainable Finance Swiss Banking - Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung Green Digital Finance Alliance Startupticker.ch SWISS FINTECH Eva Selamlar-Leuthold

Co founder Qasim Abbas will be at #buildingbridges23 next week celebrating the ever closing gap between finance and sustainability. Qasim will be on two panels, the first of which is hosted by the Green Fintech Network and moderated by University of Zurich discussing the essential role fintech plays in our green finance transition. See below for the link to have a seat in the audience. See you there!