May 18-19, 2022, regional and global leaders gathered together at the inaugural Bloomberg New Economy Gateway Latin America in Panama City, collaborating on actionable solutions to create sustainable social, economic and environmental impacts in Latin America and beyond.
“Latin America is an economic engine, a dynamic center of entrepreneurship, a global trade gateway, and a critical part of our planet’s natural defense system against climate change, and Panama is at the center of it all.”
– Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies
On May 18 Wednesday, Fluxus CEO Fanyu Lin attended the roundtable discussion “Sustained and Sustainable Growth: Latin America’s Unique Investment Opportunities”, hosted by Panama’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Ramón E. Martínez de la Guardia. Panama is creating a more sustainable and inclusive innovation-led economy, while continuing to explore better policies, technologies, and infrastructures to balance sustainability with sustained growth and to attract further investments.
Sustainable investments around the world have grown exponentially in the last couple of years. As one of the planet’s most biodiverse regions, Latin America is uniquely positioned to offer sustainable investment opportunities from decarbonization of industry to nearshoring. Leaders from public and private sectors discussed elevating global ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investment standards, and leveraging the region’s unique value proposition, strategic geographical position, special economic zones, digital connectivity and infrastructure.
Decarbonizing buildings and infrastructure around the world are crucial not only to achieving the environmental goals, but also contributing to cost savings, social equity, health, and well-being of people, particularly the most vulnerable. To finance this ambition, the world will need to make significant investment in infrastructure – around US$90 trillion by 2030. With ESG assets representing more than a third of the projected $140.5 trillion in total global assets under management by 2025, ESG plays a huge role in providing the much-needed capital.
On May 19 Thursday, under the overarching theme of “Striving for Social and Environmental Progress”, experts analyzed important regional milestones with international perspectives from both developed and emerging economies, addressing the critical alignment amongst economic growth, social justice, and environmental awareness to help shape a more inclusive global economy.
At the plenary session “The Shift Towards Smarter, More Equitable Cities”, Holcim’s Group Head of R&D and IP Edelio Bermejo, talked about the pathway to tackle global housing crisis and climate change through innovation, research and development. The growing population and urbanization increase the demand for new housing and infrastructure, which create an even higher sense of urgency to decarbonize the industry. “We need to redefine the way cities are planned, we need to redesign the way houses are built in a more adequate, low carbon, truly affordable and connected way. To make that a reality, we need to rethink at the level of the whole construction value chain, including the designers and architects to make the buildings more integrated, smarter, greener, and circular, and looking to the governments, public procurements to implement climate policies to drive the environmental movement.”
About Fluxus
Fluxus is a privately held real estate & infrastructure technology and consulting company, committed to Sustainable Way of Building to improve quality of life. The company pioneers Smart Methods of Prefabrication powered by Internet of Things (IoT) – the convergence of the digital and physical worlds, and leverages networks of global partners and innovations in advanced building materials, smart city and connected building technologies, next-generation networks, industrialization and digitalization of construction, where measurable ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) metrics are woven into the value chain for creating energy-efficient structures.
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