Hello Impact Ecosystem,
Despite the growing awareness and interest in socially responsible and sustainable investments, the core considerations for investors remain rooted in profitability and competitiveness. Read on for Celine Tan of Eco-Business's 3 key reasons why we need to fundamentally challenge the notion of how investments are evaluated.
And in unsurprising news, wealthy individuals, family offices and foundations continue to be the driving force in impact investing. Despite impact funds now regularly raising $1 billion-plus and giant asset owners like ABP targeting huge impact portfolios, in general, institutional investors continue to face a steep learning curve.
The Mills Fabrica Techstyle for Social Good Competition 2024 is open for applications if you or someone you know has a sustainability-led innovation that can transform the techstyle (textile and apparel) and/or agrifood industries.
Read on for more impact news, research and events.
3 Things in Impact with UBS
a sponsor of the 2024 Asian Family Impact Summit
UBS has proven themselves to be a firm believer in the future of impact investing for the second year running, as a sponsor of the SFi Asian Family Impact Summit which took place in May. It was on-site that participants were treated to a first look at the extensive research around APAC landscape trends revealed in the 2024 UBS Global Family Office Report.
This year our focus at SFi has been around knowledge, community and access in order to inform Family Offices in Asia HOW to make capital more impactful. With many different opportunities to deploy capital, we hope that events such as the Summit, ongoing monthly member events, and research inform private investors of the many different possibilities to get started or continue on your sustainable finance journey.
Read on for more insights from UBS for private investors including UBS's recent piece on Why Asia is especially vulnerable to biodiversity loss.
ASIA IMPACT DEALS
Belgian Impact Investor (The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries known as BIO) extends $15mn loan to Bangladeshi bank MTB. According to a statement, the transaction marks the development finance institution's first foreign currency transaction in the South Asian country.
In order to launch into the cultivated seafood space, South Korea’s Pulmuone forges an R&D partnership with robotics company ABB.
Small Giants Academy with Danny Almagor
We recently invited family office principals to a closed-door session with Daniel Almagor, Chair of Small Giants Academy, and the 100% Impact Investment Family Office of the same name for a half-day HOW workshop at the SFi office.
Become a Member
If you're a family office principal, private investor of an endowment or foundation, or a next gen investor in Asia, become a member for access to exclusive impact-related access and events throughout the year.
Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi) is an Asian homegrown community of private investors who believe in Capital that Matters. Our mission is to mobilise private capital for positive impact. As a go-to knowledge and action platform, we empower family offices, private investors and financial services professionals with knowledge and expertise to invest for purpose and profit.
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