Secretary-General Appoints Hiro Mizuno of Japan Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Hiro Mizuno of Japan as Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments. He is a financial executive and former Executive Management Director and CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan.
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting societies and economies at their core, the Special Envoy will support the Secretary-General's advocacy and engagement in global public-private dialogue to encourage action in new and unprecedented ways to shift public and private investments towards the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. As highlighted through the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 Initiative, it is vital to increase the pool of sustainable finance, with particular attention to removing bottlenecks to blended finance and other innovative financing instruments.