Foundations are facing dilemmas when it comes to their investment policies and practice, raising questions about the role their assets can play in pursuit of the public good.
Former director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, David Blood created Generation Investment Management in 2004 with the aim to embed sustainability into mainstream capital markets.
Ahead of the publication of the new Swiss Foundation Code in French, a set of principles for grant-making foundations that will be discussed on November 12 in Geneva, the conference is an opportunity to debate "mission-related investments" of foundations in the wider context of sustainability.

The conference is followed by a round table, with:
David Blood – Co-founder and Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management
Thierry Lombard – President, Fondation Lombard Odier
Lukas von Orelli – Director, Velux Stiftung and president-elect, SwissFoundations
Michel Girardin (moderation) – Professor of Macro-Finance, Geneva Finance Research Institute, UNIGE