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Impact Investor Summit Asia
Part of the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia
October, 2026
Singapore
Explore the next frontier of sustainable investing in ASEAN.
Why join the Impact Investor Summit Asia 2026?
Thank you to everyone who attended the first ever Impact Investor Summit Asia!
We were thrilled to connect Asia’s most influential allocators and global fund managers this October 23 to explore how private capital is driving the transition to a sustainable, inclusive future, and where the most compelling investable opportunities are emerging..
Over 150+ attendees from leading fund managers and institutional investors from across the APAC region joined us for a jam-packed day of networking at the up-and-coming networking space for Indo-Pacific impact investors.
Connect with Asia’s leading impact allocators
Build relationships with institutional investors, family offices, DFIs, and foundations allocating to impact strategies across Asia. Explore partnerships that deliver financial returns alongside measurable outcomes.
Benchmark your impact strategy
Learn how leading GPs and LPs are defining, measuring, and managing impact. Compare frameworks, discover best practices, and gain practical insights to strengthen your firm’s impact integrity and reporting.
Unlock new investment opportunities
Understand where capital is flowing across Asia’s emerging impact markets – from climate adaptation and nature-based solutions to financial inclusion and social infrastructure gaining investor momentum.
Sustainable Investor Summit Asia
Companies that joined us in 2024:
Trend-setting speakers in 2025 included:
Hear from industry leaders shaping the rise of impact investing across the Asia-Pacific region.
Build strategies that are measurable, scalable and deliver real world outcomes.
Themes shaping the conversation in 2025
The state of impact in Asia
An overview of headwinds and tailwinds
Allocator priorities
The role and value of impact in LP portfolios
Moving with the times
Being an impact investor in the ‘post-globalised’ world
AI investing
Risks and opportunities for the region
Impact investing in food systems
Sustainable agriculture and supply chains
Climate adaptation solutions
Funding resilience and mitigation
Deep dive into specific markets opportunities
Across Japan, India, APAC, Australia
Nature capital investing in Asia
Natural assets, biodiversity, and returns
Energy system evolution
Decarbonisation, transition finance, and renewables
Building a good impact strategy
Measurement, reporting, verification, and beyond
Meet institutional investors
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds. Past attendees from the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia include AIA Investment Management, APG Asset Management, GIC, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Norges Bank Investment Management, Ontario Teachers’, Prudential, and many more.
Event content with value
The summit will explore investment opportunities across the impact market’s different thematic buckets, and how to build strategies that are measurable, scalable and deliver real world outcomes. Sessions will address the most pressing challenges faced by impact investors in Asia, highlight emerging trends, and share best-practice guidelines for effective implementation.
Build a valuable network
Connect with industry participants in all aspects of impact investment and benefit from our expansive global community. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.
Let’s start a conversation - we’ll tailor a package to suit your brand goals.
Elevate your brand in front of global impact investment leaders
Partner with the leaders shaping sustainable private markets
Connect with prominent allocators, fund managers, consultants, and global associations to showcase how your firm is advancing impact investment across private capital.
By sponsoring the Impact Investor Summit Asia, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Raise your visibility in a crowded market and align your brand with PEI’s global portfolio of sustainability-focused events in private equity, private debt, and real assets.
- Demonstrate thought leadership by speaking alongside industry leaders, and position your firm as a trusted partner in driving long-term, sustainable value.
- Strengthen your reputation as a sustainability expert with decision-makers actively allocating to responsible strategies.
- Stay ahead of evolving regulation and market shifts, and be recognised as a go-to provider shaping the future of sustainable investment.
Get in touch today to explore how we can tailor a package that supports your commercial objectives and puts your brand at the centre of the conversation.
Part of the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia
The Sustainable Investor Summit Asia brings together thought leaders from both private and public markets across Asia and beyond, sparking dynamic discussions on the ongoing evolution of sustainability in Asian financial markets.
The summit offers a unique opportunity to connect with 500+ professionals, gain cutting-edge insights, and explore the latest innovations shaping the future of sustainable finance.
Join the conversation
Want to speak at the next event?
If you’re interested in featuring on the agenda at the Impact Investor Summit Asia 2026, please reach out directly to Boris Petrovic, Head of Sustainable Investment Events at PEI Group.
Ann-Marie Wun
Head of Sustainable & Impact Client Solutions, Asia Pacific (APAC), AWM, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management
The Impact Investor Summit Asia 2025 is a brand-new launch event.
This page will be regularly updated with the latest information as it becomes available. In the meantime, explore highlights and resources from last year’s Sustainable Investor Summit Asia to get a sense of what’s to come.
Pre-Event Resources
Sponsorship opportunities
Position your fund within an authoritative content-led event focused on impact and thematic investing and be recognised as a leader among institutional investors.
Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to:
- Network with senior private market investors as you address the most impeding social and environmental challenges through impact investing.
- Present how your impact fund solutions deliver measurable real world change alongside strong financial performance to enable fundraising across a global investor base.
- Position your fund’s brand in front of allocators to aid capital raising with the regional LP impact community.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities please contact maggie.varela-christie@pei.group | +44 203 994 7973 ext. 1158.
Join the conversation
Want to speak at the next event?
If you’re interested in featuring on the agenda at the Impact Investor Summit Asia 2026, please reach out directly to Boris Petrovic, Head of Sustainable Investment Events at PEI Group.
Explore the 2025 Agenda
Check out the agenda below to see the calibre of speakers, sessions, and themes that set the standard for impact investing in private markets. Prefer a PDF? Download it directly here.
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Agenda
Impact Investor Summit Asia 2025 - Thursday 23rd
08:30 - 09:10
Networking breakfast and registration
Plenary
09:10 - 09:15
Chair’s opening remarks
George Stopczynski
09:15 - 10:00
The state of impact in Asia: fund landscape, key markets and allocator appetite
Dr. Stephanie Bilo,
Jeffrey Fang,
Deepa Hingorani,
Ann-Marie Wun
- How are geopolitical and macro trends converging, and what does it mean for the impact market?
- How do Asian LPs view local and global impact fund opportunities?
- Does the concept of impact investing have traction in Asia markets; and which issues are considered most important?
- What are the key trends in impact in the region (e.g. Indian IPO market, Japanese LPs)?
- How are impact-orientated investors navigating the current ‘vibeshift’ (post-liberal, anti-globalist etc)?
Ann-Marie Wun
Head of Sustainable & Impact Client Solutions, Asia Pacific (APAC), AWM, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management
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10:00 - 10:45
Investing in the AI revolution through an impact lens
Rosalind Bazany,
Paul Fehlinger,
Johannes Lenhard,
Fernanda Lima,
Milena Nikolova
- How can investors direct funding to help manage societal and economic disruption brought on by AI?
- What is the opportunity set within AI safety and assurance, deepfake detection, cybersecurity etc?
- What are the risks of inaction on safety considerations in AI?
- What will be the value of human labour in the AI age; what will be the resulting social implications?
10:45 - 11:15
Presentation: Deep dive into Japan’s industrial Green Transformation (GX) strategy
Kazushi Shimizu
In this special presentation, we explore Japan’s industrial GX strategy. This session provides a fantastic opportunity to get insight into how one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies looks to plot its way to a sustainable future. The session will explore questions such as:
- What are the key pillars of Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) strategy?
- What is the GX Acceleration Agency, and its role in the strategy?
- What are the credit and investment evaluation criteria for financial support?
- What opportunities for international investors does the GX strategy present?
Networking
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee & Networking
Plenary
11:45 - 12:30
How to invest in climate adaptation via private markets
Alex Bebov,
Mahesh Joshi,
Robert Kraybill,
Tai Lin,
Sanjay Sehgal
- As climate change becomes more palpable, is it time for a heavy pivot to adaptation (away from mitigation)?
- Is climate adaptation largely an infrastructure investment play?
- What are some of the best examples of climate adaptation solutions around the world?
- What are climate resilience investors going after in terms of asset selection?
Robert Kraybill
Managing Director, Portfolio Management and CIO, Impact Investment Exchange
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12:30 - 13:15
Nature investing in APAC: a deep dive into investable assets
Johnny Brom,
Stelyne Pouv,
Tamara Singh,
Aditya Vikram
- What are the investment opportunities that have deep impact in protecting biodiversity?
- What are the fundamentals driving viability of natural capital as investments?
- How are managers active in the market deploying their capital?
- Is the term ‘natural capital’ being abused?
Networking
13:15 - 14:15
Lunch
After lunch the conference splits into four streams, the streamed sessions are designed for you to hear about the latest investment opportunities from best-in-theme managers and get detailed insights on innovations on the horizon.
Plenary
14:15 - 15:00
Energy system transformation and just transition: investing in Impact and PE opportunities in Asia
Azelli Aris,
Charles Avery,
Chaitra Nayak,
Christiane Würdemann,
Leslie Zambelli
- What are the most prominent private market opportunities in Asia’s energy transition?
- How are geopolitics and escalating energy security considerations influencing the investment opportunity set?
- Which aspect of the energy transition is underfunded in the region?
- How do the different markets range in terms of their appeal to capital?
15:00 - 15:45
The next phase of circular economy investing in Asia
Jeroen Kelder,
Ellen Martin,
Yash Mishra,
George Stopczynski
- How is circularity, as a trend, evolving globally?
- What is the market for circularity asset like in Asia?
- What technologies, models and innovations are driving progress in materials recycling and reuse?
- What are the regulatory trends in sustainable consumption and waste in ASEAN?
- Is corporate interest and investment in circularity likely to grow?
Networking
15:45 - 16:15
Networking Break
Plenary
16:15 - 17:00
How to create a good enough impact strategy
Joohee Rand,
Maud Savary-Mornet ,
Carina Tai,
Cristina Traini
- What are the pillars to a lean, but credible, impact strategy?
- How can managers look to ensure that impact is a source of value, rather than bureaucracy?
- What are the differing considerations when handling an impact portfolio company?
- How are the concepts of intentionality and additionality, double materiality being applied practically?
Cristina Traini
Senior Sustainable Impact Manager, The Private Infrastructure Development Group
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17:00 - 18:00
Networking drinks
Institutional Investors at the Impact Investor Summit Asia 2025
The Impact Investor Summit Asia is the go-to event for allocators who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds and sustainable investment strategies. This is a platform for investors to gain insights from their peers, benchmark investment strategies, and share best practices.
In 2025 we were joined by over 200 of the leading allocators, LPs, and asset owners in the APAC region to debate the latest trends and key themes as part of the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia.
Every year, a limited number of complimentary passes are available for responsible investment LPs and institutional investors. Check out the benefits of joining the conference, who among your peers attends and find out how to apply for a complimentary pass for you or your team below.
What to expect at the Summit:
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- Meet with the best and biggest impact funds in Asia– network and arrange one-to-one meetings with leading impact managers
- Networking with peers and other institutional investors – build your network of peers, understand their strategies, challenges, and allocation approach to impact
- Get insight on the latest innovations and trends in impact investing – take advantage of a world-class speaking faculty to stay aligned with developments in the market
- Find investment opportunities across the impact market’s thematic sub-asset classes from climate, healthcare, social, education, and many more
Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for impact LPs, allocators and institutional investors to attend the Impact Investor Summit Asia, which will also grant access to all events taking place as part of the Sustainable Investor Summit Asia.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
If you’re interested in being among the first to secure a complimentary pass to the Impact Investor Summit Asia 2026, please reach out to Elliot Chae, our Head of Investor Engagement – APAC at elliott.chae@pei.group.