On May 25, the Sustainability Week 2026 Knowledge Hub will host 14 free virtual sessions on sustainability, finance, and business innovation. Topics range from how to select reporting technology solutions aligned with your company’s needs, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in executive board decision-making, to practical strategies to strengthen the participation of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in supply chains through access to finance.

These interactive workshops, led by experts, will offer insights into global trends, real-world implementation experiences, and business cases that can help you make better decisions for your company. The first step is simple: choose the sessions you want to explore and register.

Thanks to technology, Sustainability Week has evolved since its first edition in 1999 – from in-person training sessions for our clients to a global hybrid platform that each year brings together thousands of business leaders, creators, and innovators who turn knowledge into concrete business action.

Sustainability Week 2026 Knowledge Hub

*All sessions will offer simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Corporate Governance

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  Making Family Business Governance Work: Structures, Alignment, and Boundaries

  How to structure a Family Council: composition, role, and connection with the company, according to the stage of business development. Register.

SMEs and Integrity

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  Building Resilience for SMEs Through Integrity

  
  How to design compliance and integrity programs tailored to the size and operational reality of SMEs. Register.

   

Technology

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  AmazoniaForever360+: Unlocking Territorial Intelligence Across the Amazon

  
  Explore AmazoniaForever360+, the platform that analyzes Amazon territorial data to support better decision-making: a live demonstration of the IDB Group platform featuring more than 140 indicators and artificial intelligence tools accessible to any user. Register.

   

Environmental and Social Management

• Applying Performance Standard 1 "Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts" in a Practical Way

  
  Through seven modules, learn how to design and implement an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) in line with Performance Standard 1 – from risk management in project execution to minimum requirements for engaging with communities. Register.

   

Finance and Local Capital Markets

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  Local Currency: Why It Matters for IDB Invest and the Region

  
  Strengthen your business resilience through local-currency financing and explore how development banks are building stronger capital markets across the region. Register.

Artificial Intelligence

• Governing Innovation and AI: Mistakes Boards Cannot Afford to Make

  
  Effective oversight of artificial intelligence (AI): aligning innovation with corporate strategy and managing risk. Register.

   

Compliance and the Financial Sector

• Strengthening Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Effectiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean

  This seminar explores how to strengthen AML/CFT systems in Latin America and the Caribbean through public-private partnerships and information sharing. The goal: reduce risk, build market confidence, and mobilize capital. Register.

   

Transparency and Sustainable Investment

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  From Data to Dollars: What Role Does Transparency Play in Investment Choices?
   

  Better and more robust private-sector disclosure practices – and how data transparency shapes sustainable investment decisions. Register.

MSMEs and Markets
 

• Sustainable Supply Chains and MSMEs: What Works and What Doesn’t. Offered by Columbia University, SIRI 

  
  Practical strategies to strengthen MSMEs participation in supply chains, including the critical role of local intermediaries, the use of guarantees, and capacity building to scale access to finance and markets. Register.

Investment in the Caribbean
 

• The CARIBEquity Toolkit: Training and Networking for Early-Stage Investment in the Caribbean

  
  Discover tools for early-stage investors in the Caribbean and a model that combines knowledge, networking, and capacity building to mobilize capital toward regional innovators. Register.

   

Local Financing

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  Data for Impact: How Has Data Changed Sustainable Investment Reporting

  
  A seminar on IDB Invest’s AI-powered cash forecasting tool, which replaces fragmented spreadsheets with a unified platform and enables more precise scaling of local-currency financing. Register.

State-Owned Enterprises

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  Beyond the Electoral Cycle: How SOEs Sustain Good Governance Through Political Transitions

  
  A practical session on internal governance mechanisms that allow state-owned enterprises to maintain strategic continuity amid changes in government. Register.

   

Sustainability Reporting

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  Future-Ready Reporting: Using Technology to Build Trust, Efficiency, and Control
  Offered by Flag Communication
   

  Beyond Excel: How to integrate AI and foster cross-team collaboration to improve sustainability performance analysis and reporting. Register.

   

Impact Financing

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  IDB Invest’s Experience in Structuring Bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean

  
  A seminar on innovative financial solutions linked to oceans and the expansion of basic sanitation services in the region. Register.

Other Contents on Sustainability Week 2026

•    The Rules Have Changed: Sustainability Is Now the Price of Entry for Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

•    Turning Sustainability Commitments into Bankable Investments 

•    Corporate Governance: Practical Sessions from Family Business to AI Oversight

•    Impact Talks: The Region’s Appeal for Global Investors

More than two decades after our first gathering, the goal of Sustainability Week remains the same: to drive regional growth through private-sector leadership by co-creating solutions and sharing lessons that other businesses can scale.
Along the way, we have evolved into a platform where knowledge becomes real investment opportunities – connecting with global capital and generating sustainable impact across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Visit the Sustainability Week 2026 Knowledge Hub