nexos+1 is designed to offer an agenda of dynamics and methodologies to move from personal inspiration to collective action. During the 3 days of the central event, and throughout the year, participants live a deep immersion experience in sustainability with moments of deep reflection and real cases carried out by leading companies in the region.
Block 1
The future we choose:
Building a sustainable and resilient future from Latin America
The challenge of degraded natural ecosystems, unstable climate, social inequity, and consumption trends drive our expectations of the role our leaders and companies should play in building our future. In this first block, we set out our great global challenge: to reduce inequality gaps and reduce our GHG emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees in 10 years. Faced with this collective challenge, what is the future we choose for Latin America?
Trends that will define our future
The way of doing business has changed substantially with the health crisis and will continue to do so in the near future. In this space we identify and delve into trends such as: consumer preferences and behavior; advances in technology; the state of the environment and natural resources; and trends in policies and regulations that influence the business strategies of the future.
In addition, we will explore how these trends influence different sectors and territories, and instruments such as Long Term Strategies (LTS) that allow us to build our future with present actions.
Organizations and roles of the future: How do our roles evolve in the future we choose?
COVID-19 has not invented trends as much as it has accelerated existing ones. Before the pandemic a purposeful consumer and a more informed citizen already had high expectations about the brands they consumed and the leaders they chose. The early response of our leaders has made a difference to those affected by COVID-19 in the countries of the region, so in this block we will examine the various key roles in reviving the economy and transforming Latin American society in a context of a latent climate crisis.
- Governments that add up: Where are policies going in a context of an unstable climate and inequity?
- Companies and partners that add up: Where are companies heading? What is the role of the company and the new partner?
- Consumers that add up: How does our consumption impact the world?
- Investors that add up: What are the new triple impact investment criteria?
Block 2
XXI Century Organizations:
The new role of business and leadership in the transformation of Latin American society
In this second block we will learn about the major changes that the economy and society will have to carry out in the next 10 years in a context of climate crisis and inequality. We will discuss the essential role that companies and their leaders are called to play in this context of an unstable climate. Finally, we will learn about cases of companies that have already taken this transformation path (or are taking it) and that, therefore, demonstrate a differentiating strength and capacity to sustain themselves in the market in the face of systemic risks such as COVID-19.
The new role of business and leadership in the transformation of Latin American society
The Latin American private sector plays a crucial role in building the future and the COVID-19 challenge has prompted companies to innovate their business models to face the crisis and be sustainable. When the healthcare crisis is over, will we return to Business as Usual or will we take the opportunity to RESET our traditional business models? If we want to re-engineer our future, we must rethink our businesses, our products and our impacts. In this space we explore the market opportunities available to those organizations willing to lead the transformation in a context of a latent climate crisis and inequity.
Time to RESET: The kind of business leadership needed for transformation
We will learn how the region's private sector must have the courage, enthusiasm and focus necessary to take advantage of the opportunity to transform society and reactivate the economy, generate new jobs, have a positive impact on the environment and ensure its sustainability over time. In this space we will talk with the leaders of tomorrow's companies about the new attributes of leadership and their role in building a sustainable future for all, and we will ask them how leadership is transformed in companies.
Companies with purpose
We will learn about inspiring success stories of companies that were born with a triple impact purpose linked to their business mission. We will ask them: What are the lessons learned from both on the road to sustainability, what path have they followed and how have they evolved along the way, and what challenges do they still face?
Companies: The Transformation Pathway to Resilience
In these conversations we will hear cases of companies that have been transforming their long-standing businesses in response to a changing context, where the response to the climate, environmental and social crisis has been informing the design of their business strategy and driving their path to achieve sustainability over time. We show how an early reading of the context has led them to make business transformation decisions that provide them with a source of competitiveness for the future.
Block 3
Financing the transformation of Latin America:
Opportunities and needs for business investment in Climate and Nature
The sustainability of our region and our businesses are linked to climate, ecosystem services and social stability. If we dream of a sustainable and resilient future, we must identify where we need to invest as a priority and how to finance those investment priorities. In this third block, we will understand how climate and nature are directly related to our business and economy. We will identify the different investment and financing opportunities that exist in Latin America to build a sustainable future, as well as the barriers and proposed solutions that we find through various actors in the climate, business, investment and financing worlds.
Investing in climate and nature: An imperative for Latin America
We explore the urgency of putting nature and humans at the center of the required transformation of our economies to bring sustainability to our lives, businesses and society. This space will share key information on how Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in the region can contribute significantly to: reducing GHG emissions; addressing issues related to biodiversity loss, pressure on ecosystems as well as urgent economic and social needs; bringing stability to business. In addition, we will understand how these environmental imperatives influence new regulatory trends, policies and criteria for investment and financing in the region, and how companies in the sector are responding to this context with new products, services and internal processes.
Nature-based Solutions: Investment and Financing Opportunities in Latin America
Where do we find the investment opportunities that allow us to be low-carbon and resilient in an unstable climate context? How are they financed? In this block we will be exploring different investment and financing opportunities in Latin America, in from diverse sectors, starting with: Regenerative Agriculture and Livestock; Soil and Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainable Forest Management (carbon sequestration, timber and non-timber industry, reforestation, afforestation) and Conservation, Ecotourism and Ecosystem Services.
We will meet companies and organizations that are carrying out these activities and impact business models, discover the potential market for these opportunities in Latin America, and identify companies and investors that offer financing services and investment vehicles for these types of opportunities.
Scaling the transformation
Financial instruments, investment vehicles and profitable business models exist, how can we scale their use to solve the global problem of climate instability and the pressure on ecosystem services, while at the same time solving inequity? How can we generate a growing market of supply and demand for these services and products in line with our global challenge? This space will seek to answer these questions and find solutions.
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