Capital in a Fractured World: ESG Under Geopolitical Pressure
ESG was supposed to be the lingua franca of global capital — shared disclosure regimes, aligned sustainability frameworks, a rising tide of common rules. In 2026 that consensus has fractured. The US is pulling back from DEI and ESG language; the EU is pushing harder with CSRD and SFDR; Japan sits in the middle; and emerging markets increasingly operate on their own terms. Allocators now face a concrete choice: keep the frameworks and lose US deal flow, strip the language and lose European credibility, or find a third approach that keeps impact capital moving when the geopolitics no longer cooperate. This closed-door dialogue brings senior capital allocators into one room to compare what they're doing in practice and design at least one concrete investment approach that can survive the fracture — committable within the next 12 months.
Speakers
Graduated from Wesleyan University. Engaged in business development at Mitsui & Co., including real estate development in the U.S. and Southeast Asia, as well as forestry and afforestation-related...
Anastasiia Dieieva is the CEO of Tokarev Foundation Ukraine, a pioneering philanthropic organization driving innovation and systemic change in Ukraine's tech ecosystem during wartime. The foundation...
Deborah was a member of the founding team at IBM Ventures and brings the Corporate VC perspective to NextStar Venture Partners (NSVP), an early-stage VC firm that invests in startups using AI to...
Prior to joining Jolt Capital in 2024, Akira served as Chief Investment Officer at Manulife Japan (2013-2024), overseeing a broad range of asset classes, including Private Equity and managing...
Philipp Moehring is co-founder and Founding Partner of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, a Berlin-based venture firm backing Europe's most ambitious founders from the first round. Tiny has...