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 private 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...