The Sustainable Markets Initiative has hosted a high level gathering and attended a report back session with His Majesty The King, sharing their plans for action and the commitments they had made.

Attended by heads of states and government, presidents of major multilateral development banks and leading development finance institutions, chief executives from banks, asset owners, and insurers and energy and infrastructure companies the gathering has been seen as a signal to markets worldwide that gradual progress is now shifting gear to a more rapid expansion of private finance within ecological projects.

The outcomes agreed yesterday will be translated into major new commitments and initiatives at the SMI’s Annual Flagship Global CEO Summit from 11-12 March 2026, were the financing of clean energy, advanced technologies, resilient infrastructure, and restoring nature will be further supported.

Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, said: “The transition to a sustainable future is not a cost, it is in fact the world’s greatest economic opportunity. Today, we are moving decisively from billions to trillions, from pilots to systemic scale, and from talk to delivery. The private sector has already committed and is delivering trillions for transition by 2030. Emerging and developing economies will not be left behind, they will lead the most exciting growth story of our time, powered by private capital, AI empowered solutions, innovation, and jobs.”

The Sustainable Markets Initiative was founded by His Majesty King Charles III and is a CEO-led coalition dedicated to accelerating the transition to a sustainable future.

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