- SFi reconvenes its third annual regional gathering scaling impact over the course of the week with 250+ family offices, asset owners, impact investors and sustainability pioneers to accelerate purpose-driven capital
- The 2025 theme “The Power of Momentum: When Capital Meets Purpose” aims to harness the positive environmental and social outcomes achieved through collective actions and efforts of family offices and private investors, to catalyse impact across Investment, Business and Innovation in Asia Pacific and beyond
- The SFi Impact Summit 2025 is supported by Pictet, Nuveen, J. Safra Sarasin, Wellington Management and InvestHK, and is amplified by a network of over 20 strategic partners
HONG KONG, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi) will reconvene Asia Pacific’s family offices, wealth owners and impact ecosystem leaders during their annual SFi Impact Week 2025, taking place from 19 to 23 May.
This pivotal gathering will unite 250+ key players in the impact space, actively exploring ways to accelerate positive social and environmental change, over an action-packed week of interactive in-person events. Comprised of Family Principals, Asset Owners, NextGen, private investors and ecosystem leaders from around the world, the SFi Impact Week curates a platform to share, learn and collaborate on impact in Asia Pacific and beyond.
With over USD1.57 trillion of impact investing assets[1] under management globally, and growing 57% in Asia Pacific in the last five years, the region has become a dynamic hub for impact investors, where strategic deployment of private capital is driving the force for change.
Amidst economic uncertainty and escalating environmental challenges, Asia Pacific’s family offices and impact investors are proving that financial returns and measurable impact can be powerfully aligned. This strategic shift from niche allocations to mainstream imperatives is unlocking innovative financing models that address the region’s most urgent challenges, bridging crucial funding gaps whilst creating new market opportunities aligned to sustainable development priorities.
The SFi community is mobilising private capital as a transformative force for change, uniting stakeholders through this landmark gathering to harness their collective conviction and accelerate momentum towards a sustainable future.
Katy Yung, CEO of Sustainable Finance Initiative, said: “The momentum for impact investing has never been more timely. Asia Pacific continues to be the region most impacted by climate-related hazards, and rapid urbanisation demands sustainable and inclusive measures to address population needs. SFi Impact Week represents our commitment to mobilise our members’ and networks’ shared conviction in private capital’s power for positive change, to collectively build a better future.”
The annual flagship event, the SFi Impact Summit 2025, will take place on 21 May in Hong Kong and is supported by partners including Nuveen, Pictet, J. Safra Sarasin, Wellington Management and InvestHK. This pivotal gathering will unite key players in the impact space to actively explore ways to accelerate positive social and environmental change. Building on the success of SFi’s previous Impact Summits, this year’s gathering aims to unleash and celebrate the collective power of a community possessing both the means and imagination to reshape tomorrow.
More than 40 impact investing pioneers from around the world will share their personal journeys and institutional experiences under the theme “The Power of Momentum: When Capital Meets Purpose“.
Key speakers include:
- Carol Liew, Managing Director, ECCA Family Foundation, Singapore
- Chavalit Frederick Tsao, Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee), Singapore
- Christina Leijonhufvud, CEO, BlueMark & Co-Founder, Tideline, USA
- Dan Fitzgerald, Founder and Managing Partner, ReGen Ventures, Australia
- Dr. Daniel Wild, Chief Sustainability Officer, J. Safra Sarasin, Switzerland
- Ilaria Chan, Chairperson, Tech For Good Institute, USA
- Kristina Hermanson, Head of APAC and Africa, Nuveen Natural Capital, Australia
- Richard Mak, CFA, Head of Product & Business Management – Asia, Pictet Wealth Management, Hong Kong
- Thomas Knudsen, Principal, Rumah Group, Singapore
- Yvette Man-yi Kong, Founder & CEO, Arelyx, Hong Kong
This year’s SFi Impact Week and flagship SFi Impact Summit, provide a forum for candid exchanges amongst leading global family offices, asset owners, private investors and impact pioneers. This gathering will empower participants to learn and share game changing insights that accelerate the momentum of positive transformation, whilst creating long-term, scalable impact across investment, business and philanthropic portfolios.
The SFi Impact Summit is also supported by a network of ecosystem partners including: BlueOnion, Cathay, Centre for Sustainable Finance & Private Wealth, Gloucester Luk Kwok, Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy, Hopewell Hotel, New Impact Society, Octave, Parinama, The Hari Hong Kong, The ImPact, The Mills Fabrica, Tsao Pao Chee, and The Upper House.
[1] https://thegiin.org/publication/research/sizing-the-impact-investing-market-2024/
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Please refer to the 2025 Summit programme (continual updates) and featured speakers here.
About Sustainable Finance Initiative
Sustainable Finance Initiative ‘SFi’ is a global platform created by and for Asia Pacific-focused private investors and changemakers, who believe in mobilising private capital for positive impact. They advise, guide and collaborate with impact driven family offices, asset owners, private investors, and financial services professionals to best position their capital for profit and purpose.
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