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SASFI 2026

Climate Risk: Made Bankable

Climate Risk: Made Bankable

How can climate risks be made measurable, manageable, and structured so that sustainable finance becomes credible and investable?

South Africa’s financial sector has the regulatory foundation, a growing project pipeline, and the institutional capacity to lead sustainable finance across the continent. What remains missing is a shared, practitioner-led platform capable of translating political intent and technical capability into bankable transactions at scale.

Despite meaningful progress, the market continues to face a distinct set of structural constraints: an evolving green finance taxonomy, uneven climate-risk disclosure practices, limited integration of physical climate risk into credit and investment models, and a transition finance architecture that is still underdeveloped for the country’s most climate-exposed sectors.

These are not awareness gaps. They are bankability constraints. SASFI exists to close this gap. It is a practitioner-led platform designed to convert policy ambition into executable, investable outcomes.

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5th SASFI

July 27 - 28, 2026  |  Johannesburg 
The South Africa Sustainable Finance Intensive (SASFI) examines the evolution of thematic financial instruments for climate transition and adaptation. Now in its fifth year, the programme showcases proven transactions and high-impact de-risking structures. By drawing on pan-African lessons, SASFI identifies actionable pathways to accelerate institutional capital toward a lower-carbon, socially inclusive, and resilient South African economy.
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Demystifying Climate Risk & Decarbonisation

July 28 - 29, 2026  |  Johannesburg 
A practitioner-led masterclass designed to demystify ESG, climate risk, and decarbonisation, enabling South African fund managers and institutional investors to move beyond compliance-driven approaches toward proactive, investment-led climate strategy. As one of the world’s top 12 greenhouse gas emitters, South Africa faces significant transition risk. At the same time, its Just Energy Transition represents one of the largest emerging pools of investable climate capital—available to institutions able to demonstrate credible risk frameworks, execution capacity, and disciplined allocation strategies.
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Financing Water
JULY,30 2026 • JOHANNESBURG

Asset Owners Intensive

A private collaborative platform where C-suite asset owners, capital allocators, and asset managers forge partnerships and access the end-to-end solutions needed to build resilient portfolios beyond domestic concentration—balancing local development impact with international exposure that reduces home-market risk, manages rand-dollar volatility, and unlocks sustainable returns.

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Vukile Davidson

South African National Treasury

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Belaina Negash

Government Employees Pension Fund

Nadège Hopman_EIB

Nadège Hopman

European Investment Bank

Sanisha Packirisamy at SASFI

Sanisha Packirisamy

Momentum Investments

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James Brice

Vuna Partners

Tania Swanepoel_OMAI

Tania Swanepoel

OMAI

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Kershia Singh

FSCA

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Lucky Pane

Public Investment Corporation

Jesmane Boggenpoel_AIH Capital

Jesmane Boggenpoel

AIH Capital

Mike Peo_NEDBANK

Mike Peo

Nedbank CIB

Janice Johnston_Edge Growth Ventures

Janice Johnston

Edge Growth Ventures

Shameela Soobramoney​​​_NBI

Shameela Soobramoney​​​

National Business Initiative (NBI)

Nicola Comninos

Nicola Comninos

Purple Group

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Louise Gardiner

International Finance Corporation

Preludes

Join the Dialogue: Be Heard. Be Seen.

Help shape the digital dialogue themes that will lead the national conversation on sustainable finance. Take a 2-minute poll to share your priorities and guide the dialogue ahead of NaSFI 2026.

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Climate-related Legal Risk

How can legal professionals navigate climate-related legal risk to strengthen accountability, governance, and sustainable transformation? Demystifying Climate-Related Legal Risk (DCrLR) explores climate law and policy, decarbonisation pathways, climate litigation, and emerging legal action, providing practical insights into international frameworks, corporate obligations, and regulatory strategy.
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Climate-related Financial Risk

Climate risk is reshaping balance sheets, regulation, and investor mandates, yet many financial professionals still lack the tools to price, disclose, and manage it effectively. The Demystifying Climate-Related Financial Risk (DCrFR) Masterclass equips finance teams to operationalise climate risk across three areas: ISSB-aligned disclosure, quantification of physical and transition risk, and climate-resilient investment strategy.
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Reorienting Allocation

A transformative programme for African asset owners and managers seeking to future-proof portfolios through ESG integration and strategic asset reallocation. Over two intensive days, C-suite executives will master the balance between fiduciary excellence and sustainable impact while unlocking opportunities in private markets, real assets, and alternatives—addressing inflation, currency risks, and Africa's unique investment landscape.
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Onitsha River Port Rehabilitation and Concession

Port rehabilitation

Onitsha River Port Rehabilitation and Concession

A Nigerian firm secured the concession to launch three transformative projects: Port rehabilitation, a Free Trade Zone, and a 10MW gas power plant. This drives regional growth and modernises inland logistics.

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Jun, 1-5, 2026 • OCT, 19-23 2026 • LONDON

Diversifying Beyond

How can African asset owners balance the attractive yields of domestic markets with the need for global diversification to enhance resilience and protect long-term real returns? Diversifying Beyond is an immersive executive programme for trustees, CEOs, CIOs, and senior insurance leaders. This year’s immersion is scheduled in London and Zurich, delivering liability-aware allocation frameworks, practical hedging strategies, and vetted pathways to global managers, enabling institutions to capture domestic yield advantages while mitigating concentration risk and strengthening long-term portfolio resilience.

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