IDB Invest
Sustainability Week
Barbados | May 26-28, 2026
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Anchoring Investment
to Cultivate a Resilient Future
Latin America and the Caribbean’s premier hub for collaboration and impact investment.
IDB Invest’s award-winning SW convenes global and regional business leaders to exchange solutions, build strategic partnerships, and unlock business opportunities that drive impact, competitiveness, and sustainable growth.
The Opportunity: Mobilizing Impact Capital
The global investment landscape is shifting, creating unprecedented opportunities for sustainable development in emerging markets.
Surging Investor Appetite: Investor appetite for sustainable assets in emerging markets is experiencing significant growth, with capital increasingly flowing toward projects that deliver both financial returns and measurable impact.
Project Pipeline Gap: Latin America & the Caribbean face an important shortage of bankable, risk-adjusted projects that meet international investment standards.
Unique Market Position: This creates a unique market opportunity to channel private investment into high-impact, competitive-return projects that can transform the region’s development trajectory.
Strategic Platform: Sustainability Week serves as a platform to connect leaders, mobilise capital, and deliver practical solutions for a sustainable future.
Preliminary Agenda
Sustainability Week 2026 will explore seven transformative themes that are critical to sustainable development across the Americas.
• Oceans and the Blue Economy
• Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management
• Energy Security and Resilient Infrastructure
• Capital Markets and Sustainability-Linked Financing
• Natural Resource Management and Food Security
• Sustainable Supply Chains and MSME Empowerment
• Technology Disruption, Financial Health, and Circular Economy
Who Will Be There?
Sustainability Week brings together a diverse and select group of doers from across the world.
• Institutional and Impact Investors
Seeking high-impact investment opportunities in emerging markets.
• Private Sector Leaders
Driving sustainable business practices and innovation.
• Development Finance Institutions
Mobilizing capital for transformative projects.
• Technology Innovators
Developing solutions for sustainability challenges.
• Financial Institutions
Structuring innovative financing mechanisms.
• Sustainability and Development Leaders
Experienced sustainability and development leaders who apply global best practices to deliver impact.
Paths to Participate
Sustainability Week 2026 offers multiple pathways for engagement, allowing participants to contribute their expertise and maximize their impact.
• Speaking Opportunities
• Knowledge Dissemination
• Exclusive Networking Moments
• Co-create Solutions
• Capacity Building
• Capacity Building
Our Last SW in Manaus
SW24 KEY HIGHLIGHTS
• +900 in person, by invitation-only attendees
• 17 million social media views
• 46 partner organisations worldwide
• +14,500 online participants
• +12,000 companies represented
A Track Record of Global Recognition
SW24 has been awarded the prestigious Eventex Awards for its innovative and sustainable practices.
Global Eventex Awards Winner 2023 and 2025
• People’s Choice Event
• Green Event
Most Consequential Private Sector Event
in Latin America and the Caribbean
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