In this session, seasoned experts and SMEs who are actively pursuing their green business opportunities in the agro-food processing sector share the implications of physical and transitional climate change risks. 
A packaging expert will outline the risks of inactions for SMEs and refine action points across hotspots in the industry. Moreover, SMEs will share how integrating greener practices has impacted their bottom line.

Jacopo Monzini

Senior Natural Resources Management Officer,

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mesut Avci

Chief Engineer,

EBRD Green Economy Financing Facility

Kees Koeleman

International Advisory Team Co-Ordinator,

EBRD

Abdel Rahman Alzubaidi

Chief Executive Officer,

Ivvest LLC

Iride Ceccacci

Associate Director, Agribusiness Advisory,

EBRD

Moderator

Richard Jones

Director, SME Finance and Development, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean,

EBRD