Impact Investing Through a Well-being Economy Lens

Overview

Investors and business leaders across Asia are increasingly asking how capital can generate lasting social and environmental value alongside financial returns. In Hong Kong, many purpose-led SMEs sit between philanthropy and traditional institutional investment, limiting their access to growth capital. With its deep capital base and international connectivity, Hong Kong is well placed to develop mechanisms that connect capital with enterprises contributing to a more regenerative and well-being economy.

Session highlights:
• How purpose-led investors assess an enterprise ahead of its financial performance, with particular attention to the intent of its leadership and the quality of its relationships with employees, partners and communities
• How philanthropic, catalytic and institutional capital can be deployed in sequence, so that early-stage risk is absorbed before larger investors commit