The Orange Forum 2025 was initiated by Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), in partnership with the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The forum marked a decisive shift from fragmented, grant-based approaches to economic development to market-led, ecosystem-wide solutions. As the SDG financing gap balloons into the trillions, leaders from across the Global South gathered at the Forum to advance climate-smart, gender-equal finance that unlocks private capital at scale.
The forum’s highlights included a bell-ringing ceremony, a formal celebration of PT Permodalan Nasional Madani’s (PNM) Orange Bond and Orange Sukuk issuances, valued at around US$980 million. This establishes Indonesia as a global leader in issuing the world’s largest Orange Bond and first Orange Sukuk, designed to empower 15.7 million women entrepreneurs.
Unlike traditional conferences, Orange Forum 2025 served as an action platform, convening institutional investors, policymakers, regulators, multilateral institutions, enterprises, civil society, and data specialists to co-create solutions. This ecosystem approach addresses regulatory frameworks, market infrastructure, legal institutions, data systems, and capital mobilization simultaneously.
Orange Forum 2025 positions the Orange Movement™, with Indonesia among the leaders and catalyst, at the forefront of transforming global sustainable finance. By uniting governments, investors, and communities through innovative finance and ecosystem-wide collaboration, the forum proves that when women and marginalized communities are empowered as equal partners, entire economies grow stronger and more resilient to future shocks.
