SFi IMPACT SUMMIT
THEMATIC ROUNDTABLES
Deep Dive: Themes, Trends & Opportunities
Back by popular demand, we will break into 17 table discussions hosted by subject matter experts. Dive into topics such as Strategic Minerals, Faith Driven Investing, and Active Aging, or explore the potential in Stakeholder Alignment, Carbon Finance and Regenerative Agriculture. Explore spotlights on Asia Pacific and engage in discussions on how to Incorporate sustainability considerations in endowment style investing, impact due diligence and monitoring, and leveraging capital in the community. This is your chance to share challenges, trade experiences and meet collaborators for your journey.
1. The Power and Potential of Natural Capital
Kristina Hermanson
Head of APAC and Africa
Nuveen Natural Capital
According to the World Economic Forum, over half of global economic output - around $44 trillion annually - depends moderately or highly on natural capital. Natural capital yields can bring both financial reward and impact benefits for diversified client portfolios – but how can investors make the most of this opportunity? With insights from one of the world’s leading farmland managers, we’ll talk about practical frameworks, examine real-world cases and discuss how the incredible potential of natural capital can be maximised.
3. Navigating the Strategic Minerals Conundrum
Dr. Daniel Wild
Chief Sustainability Officer
J. Safra Sarasin
A decarbonised world won’t happen without batteries, windmills, solar panels, and high-tech applications – and that means depending on copper, cobalt, lithium and rare earth minerals to make them. With mineral extraction comes huge controversy – ranging from human rights violation to environmental destruction, so how can we move forward in the green transition? It’s a dilemma that demands discussion, join as we explore the underlying issues and potential solutions – both from a sustainability and investment perspective.
5. From Family Vision to Action: Navigating Generational Dynamics to Build Lasting Impact
Ann Tan
Managing Director
Center for Sustainable Finance
and Private Wealth
Asian families today are leading the way in aligning wealth with purpose - but translating a shared vision into real action across generations can be complex. This roundtable draws insights from CSP Singapore and The ImPact's upcoming Ten Ingredients to Impact Investing report that features eight Asian families as case studies. Through peer exchange, we’ll explore practical strategies to engage different family members, navigate dynamics, and foster alignment around sustainable impact goals. Join us to share experiences, learn from others, and uncover how Asian families are turning values into legacy-driven action.
7. Faith-Driven Investment: Powerful Foundations for Transformative Impact
Samuel Richards
Managing Director
BrightLight
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Wen Lim
Regional Director of
Partnerships,Asia Pacific
Faith Driven Investor
Faith-driven investing is a rising presence in the impact investing community. But how does it stay true to its core principles whilst engaging with the broader impact investing ecosystem? Here we’ll look at what motivates faith-based investing and what impact it can have on the greater good. We’ll look at what it has in common (and points of difference) with sustainable finance, and the opportunities it offers to our world – as a collaborative, redemptive and transformative approach to investing.
9. Unlocking Corporate Venture Capital as a Force for Lasting Good
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Joan Yao
General Partner
Kickstart Ventures
Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is emerging as a powerful catalyst in impact investing, working at the intersection of innovation, inclusion, and sustainability, to overcome the challenges and critical capital gaps faced by early-stage ecosystems in emerging markets. But that raises the question - how can CVCs combine strategic relevance, financial returns, and forge meaningful impact? Join us to learn - through real-world cases - how CVCs deliver value beyond funding through corporate partnerships and ecosystem development.
11. Navigating Impact in Asia's Maritime Industry
Thomas Riber Knudsen
Principal
Rumah Group
Asia’s maritime industry plays a critical role in global trade and is a vital factor in our economic future. But as oceans face the threats of climate change and pollution, can the maritime industry in Asia balance economic development with environmental protection? Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities in driving sustainable practices across the maritime sector, from reducing carbon emissions to adopting green technologies, and discuss how impact investing can make the crucial difference.
13. Driving Impact from the LP seat: moving beyond Capital to Accelerate Change
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Kate Tsoi
Investment Manager
The Mills Fabrica
In venture capital, Limited Partners (LPs) have traditionally been seen as capital providers. Yet today's impact-oriented LPs are influencing and adding critical value to the ecosystems in new and far-reaching ways. How are these LPs influencing deep tech VCs in ways that maximise impact and financial returns? Join us as we explore how LPs are adding value by integrating planetary boundary considerations, using new due-diligence models and selecting fund managers to create win-win partnerships with GPs and portfolio companies.
15. Stakeholder Alignment: the Hidden Catalyst for Impact Success
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Wonsik Jeong
Investment Manager
D3Jubilee Partners
Complex social challenges can’t be solved by capital alone. Stakeholder alignment is vital to addressing the root causes of the issues, and putting the right resources in place to drive lasting, meaningful change. Join us for an open discussion, where we’ll reflect on our experiences with stakeholder mapping and leadership, and together uncover strategies to create greater impact through collaboration and innovation.
2. Incorporating Sustainability Considerations in Endowment Style Investing
Richard Mak
Head of Product and Business Management
Pictet Wealth Management
Endowment investing is designed to generate returns in perpetuity, so it would seem to be in natural alignment with sustainability. Nevertheless, market dynamics still reward unsustainable practices - and that leads to a unique tension. How can sustainability be integrated into strategic asset allocation? How can we get the best financial performance, without causing damage? Let’s discuss the possible solutions from an endowment management perspective.
4. India at the Centre of Climate Change Solutions
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Guneet Banga
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Parinama Group
India, the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and the fastest-growing major economy, is a key growth market for global scalable solutions in combating climate change. With government-backed incentives and innovative startups supported by a nascent yet powerful investment ecosystem, the country aims for Net Zero by 2070. Its expanding consumer market and strategic domestic processes foster rapid adoption of sustainable technologies, positioning India as an attractive market for global investors eager to back transformative solutions. This discussion will unpack the opportunities and hurdles around India’s climate tech ecosystem.
6. Tapping into the Opportunity in Sustainable Building Retrofits
Ariel Shtarkman
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Undivided Ventures
Sustainable building retrofits are one of today’s most dynamic investment opportunities, but also one of the most overlooked. The benefits are many: energy efficiency, reduced carbon footprint, and boosted property value. Using recycled, low VOC and natural materials, retrofit projects are moving us closer to a circular economy and healthier communities. So how can impact investors get involved? Join us as we assess the current trends that investors need to understand before diving into this exciting opportunity.
8. Your Impact Investment Starter Kit: Navigating the Continuum of Capital
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Patsian Low
Chief of Markets and Deputy CEO
AVPN
Designing an impact strategy for your capital means more than picking the right fund, reviewing charity reports or hotshot impact startup—it’s about knowing your impact thesis, your values and preferences, when to donate, when to invest, and how to put all this into a coherent strategy. This roundtable explores how to build a thoughtful allocation strategy across capital types ranging from philanthropic grants to investments, drawing from private sector examples among corporates, families, and foundations. Creating your impact strategy is a holistic journey that takes time, and we’ll share a teaser of how others are putting this into practice to guide your first steps.
10. Leveraging Capital to Revitalise Communities
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Florence Cheng
Chief Impact Strategy Officer
Social Venture Hong Kong 'SVhk'
How can participatory, place-based funding sustain impact momentum beyond grant periods? Join us to hear about SVhk’s experience building community capital in neighbourhoods such as Sham Shui Po. We’ll explore how catalytic capital, community-powered models, and cross-sector alliances can unlock overlooked assets such as property, talent and partnerships to create lasting upward mobility and thriving local communities.
12. Unlocking the Potential for Carbon Finance Across Asia
Vikalp Sabhlok
Director, Impact Investments,
Asia-Pacific Region Program
NatureVest, TNC
Carbon finance. So much potential, yet so much complexity. It can accelerate nature-based solutions across Asia, yet how should different projects be financed so they deliver on both quality and credibility? Join us as we explore practical approaches to develop carbon and nature-based solutions investments, and how to help your projects create maximum environmental and social impact.
14. Navigating Asia’s “Silver Tsunami”
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Clinton Wong
Founder
China Longevity Economic
Forum
Asia’s "silver tsunami" of an aging population is fast approaching, and the elderly care industry faces both immediate challenges and transformative opportunities. This discussion will delve into personal experiences, and explore how cultural narratives and societal gaps shape aging experiences. We’ll examine elderly care models of home care and institutional care, and the role of manpower, AI, and technology in reshaping the aging industry.
16. Strengthening Impact Measurement and Management for smarter impact decisions
Christina Leijonhufvud
CEO / Co-Founder
Tideline / BlueMark
Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) is becoming an increasingly vital tool for investors to accelerate positive outcomes. But how can capital owners adopt a more systematic and practical approach to tracking their allocations, leading to better informed decisions? With real-world examples and experiences from family offices like TPC, we’ll dive into how robust IMM systems can help guide, refine and enhance portfolio strategies for the better.
17. Bridging “The Missing Middle”: Funding Social Ventures beyond the seed stage
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Josephine Price
Chair
Social Impact Partners
Early-stage social ventures across Asia are supported well by a robust funding ecosystem. But a gap in this financing suddenly appears when these organizations are ready to scale up and make a bigger impact. So how can investors support these ventures as they grow, strengthen their revenue models and build long-term operational success? Join us in delving into the challenges and opportunities that come with funding these companies on their exciting and promising journey.