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FIRESIDE: STAGE OF IMPACT DAVOS WITH ERIC USHER
This conversation features Eric Usher, Head of UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, together with Mathias Wikström, CEO & Co-Founder of Doconomy, discussing the "hotspots and hope spots" for 2026, and sharing practical examples of how leadership in sustainable finance is broadening beyond Europe, with strong policy signals driving rapid progress in Asia Pacific and other regions.
This is a recording from the Stage of Impact Davos Edition held during the week of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in January 2026, and hosted by Doconomy at the Arctic Basecamp in partnership with The Banker, Standard Chartered, Adapteo Group, Consumers International, Osborne Clarke, Business Sweden and IMAGINE.
LIVESTREAM RECORDING: Doconomy Stage of Impact hosted at the Arctic Basecamp Davos during the week of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in January 2026.
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SPEAKER
Eric Usher
Head of UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFi)
Eric Usher heads the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, UNEP FI, a global partnership bringing together the UN with a global group of banks, insurers and asset managers working to develop the sustainable finance and responsible investment agendas. Eric oversees governance, strategy and day-to-day management of UNEP FI’s work programme and global network development. Over the years UNEP FI has established some of the most important sustainability oriented frameworks within the finance industry, including the Principles for Responsible Investment (2006), the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (2012) and the Principles for Responsible Banking (2019). Since joining in 2015, Mr. Usher has focused on accelerating the deep integration of sustainability risks into financial practice, including addressing climate change, natural capital loss and human rights abuses, as well as building out the frameworks for positive impact finance needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Eric sits on several industry bodies including as UN representative on the Board of the Principles for Responsible Investment, and as a member of the governing boards of the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, the Investor Agenda and the impact fund REPP Africa.