Orange Forum 2025 Advances Global Sustainable Finance Initiatives

Closing the SDG Funding Gap Through Orange Capital

The Orange Forum 2025 brought together over 300 institutional investors, policymakers, and civil society leaders to establish pathways for scaling Orange Capital solutions globally. This initiative aims to address the significant SDG funding gap through innovative financial instruments that combine gender equality and climate action.

Key Highlights of Orange Forum 2025

• Launch of PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM)'s Orange Bonds and Orange Sukuks worth approximately $980 million
• Empowerment of 15.7 million female entrepreneurs through these financial instruments
• Demonstration of Indonesia's leadership in gender-equal and climate-smart finance
• Establishment of Orange Capital as a cross-sector asset class at the intersection of gender equality and climate action

Innovative Financial Instruments for Sustainable Development

Orange Capital, which includes Orange Bonds, Orange Sukuks, loans, and guarantees, operates on the principles of measuring, reporting, and verifying gender impact at the outcome level. This approach represents a gold standard in addressing the risk of greenwashing in sustainable finance. To date, over 10 Orange Bonds have catalyzed $1.4 billion across multiple countries including Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, US, and Vietnam.

Impact and Future Directions

Prof. Durreen Shahnaz, Founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), emphasized that Orange Movement proves market-based solutions can help close the SDG financing gap. Leonardo Teguh Sambodo, Deputy Minister for Food, Natural Resources, and Environment at the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, highlighted that Orange Bonds go beyond traditional green bonds by uniquely addressing both social and environmental impact while enhancing transparency. I Gede Nyoman Yetna, Director of Listing at Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), noted that the forum demonstrated Indonesia's commitment to leading climate-smart and gender-aware investments.

Transforming Sustainable Finance Through Ecosystem Approach

Unlike traditional conferences, Orange Forum 2025 served as an action platform that brought together institutional investors, policymakers, regulators, multilateral agencies, corporations, civil society, and data specialists to co-create solutions. This ecosystem approach simultaneously addressed regulatory frameworks, market infrastructure, legal institutions, data systems, and capital mobilization. The forum positioned Orange Movement, with Indonesia as one of its leaders, at the forefront of global sustainable finance transformation. By uniting governments, investors, and civil society through innovative finance and whole-ecosystem collaboration, the forum demonstrated that when women and marginalized communities are empowered as equal partners, entire economies become stronger and more resilient to future shocks.