AVPN-EVPA Webinar: Creating Shared Value: The Key Role of Corporate Social Investors
As the COVID-19 crisis has proven, there is a strong imperative for companies to build the resilience of their operations to weather unexpected challenges. Through pursuing business opportunities that also tackle major social and environmental issues, companies can create shared value for society and shareholders. In Europe, many companies also see the importance of going beyond traditional CSR practices and exploring how separate vehicles like corporate foundations or corporate impact funds can strategically create social impact with business relevance.
AVPN-IBAN-AVPA Webinar: Inclusive Business – Engaging the Power of Capital to Create Sustainable Livelihoods
Inclusive Business Webinar Engaging the Power of Capital to Create Sustainable Livelihoods Lessons from South-East Asia According to the International Labour Office, nearly eight out of ten employed persons in Sub-Saharan Africa were in vulnerable forms of employment in 2015; 413 million were living on less than US$1.90. For decades, these individuals at the Base […]
AVPN-UNDP Webinar: Financing Solutions for Social Protection in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The global pandemic has posed major development challenges affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. COVID-19 response measures have curtailed economic activities and placed a growing number of individual’s livelihoods at risk, with many slipping below the poverty line with narrow options for recovery.
AVPN-UNDP Webinar: Strengthening the Capability of Governments to Engage Philanthropic Capital During COVID-19
The philanthropic response to the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the sector at its best. From the launch of community-based rapid-response funds and crowdfunding platforms to the development of diagnostics, philanthropy is showing up both to help flatten the curve in the short term and to address inequities the crisis will exacerbate over the long term. What is striking is not only the scale of philanthropic capital being committed, but also how it is being given: at record speed, with fewer conditions and in greater collaboration with others.
AVPN’s Capability Development Model webinar series – Pre-Engagement
AVPN’s Capability Development Model (CDM) is an organizational development road map designed around a set of five venture philanthropy (VP) practice areas to help members make sense of best practices and frameworks in the sector. For the month of July, AVPN will introduce and dive into the first practice area of Pre-engagement. The challenges of […]
Best Practices in Funding Under-Supported Youth Interventions for Systems Change
The silver lining is that many funders are finally starting to recognise that mental health in Asia must become a top priority for youth development. Yet, there is still a lack of long-term capital flowing into emerging fields such as mental wellbeing and social-emotional learning. Often deemed separate from mainstream education and healthcare interventions, these […]
Blended Finance: Accelerating Innovations, Enabling Equity
While India has made tremendous progress strengthening its healthcare system, ensuring access to affordable and quality healthcare to a population of over one billion population remains a challenge. Close to 63% of total health spending in India is out of pocket, depleting savings and leading to catastrophic healthcare expenses that push people into debt and poverty.
Building a Sustainable Legacy Through Impact and ESG Investing
ESG investing is a holistic approach to investing that incorporates critical environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment analysis and decision-making processes. There is growing evidence that ESG-aligned funds perform at par with benchmark indices. Certain demographic groups such as millennials and women investors are asking for investments that are good for society and […]
Building Resilient Communities through Sustainable Agri-based Livelihoods
Building Resilient Communities through Sustainable Agri-based Livelihoods Sustainable livelihoods in the agriculture sector, in times of climate change, is a daunting challenge faced by emerging economies like India. The collapse of the agriculture ecosystem would mean collapse of the food system hence it is important for agriculture development in India to be supported through a […]
Catalysing Impact: Investing in Innovative Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Development
While the pandemic has resulted in disruptions and uncertainty in the market, asset owners, fund managers and impact investors, have remained active and many have undertaken fundraising and investment into a more climate aware portfolio. This event was hosted by AVPN’s Climate Action Platform in partnership with AWR Lloyd Asset Management.
Climate Dealshare Showcase
As the AVPN Climate Action Platform continued its journey towards integrating and understanding climate intersectionality, it invited participants to join the next exciting installment – AVPN’s Climate Deal Share Showcase. The session shared regionally relevant climate initiatives that had the potential to scale and generate lasting impact. Organisation representatives shared their ideas and sought opportunities […]
Gender Lens Investing in the Philippines: An Interactive Workshop
Join this interactive workshop and explore what Gender Lens Investing is and how we can apply this to practice. Through practical examples and case studies of its application in impact portfolios, learn how advancing gender inclusion can simultaneously enhance business performance and promote social outcomes.
Global Responses to a Global Pandemic Webinar Series
As the global community for investors for impact, AVPA, AVPN, EVPA & IVPC are working together to share lessons from across the world. These short virtual spotlights shared examples from differing regions to similar challenges: Explored the diverse roles grant makers can have in responding to the pandemic Shared examples of responses Heard from voices […]
Impact Investment Ecosystem in India
AVPN member, Intellecap shared their insights on the Impact investing ecosystem in India, highlighted emerging trends.
Impact Standards: Building a Global Consensus for a Sustainable Future
In recent years there have been numerous initiatives that have been developing approaches and standards around impact measurement and management.
Improving Outcomes for Women and Girls in the Philippines
In partnership with Improving Outcomes for Women and Girls in the Philippines – Virtual Deal Share Live – Progress towards gender equality across Asia Pacific has been too slow, and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments and businesses respond to the emergency, investing in women makes smart economics by cutting across all […]
Information Session: Moving Philanthropic Capital to Advance Gender Equality in Asia
Girls and women are among the most vulnerable and underserved groups in Asia. While they are the most impacted communities by climate-related disasters, pandemic, wars, and any other turbulences, the deep-rooted gender bias and discrimination often hinders them to gain support and opportunity to build their livelihoods. The recent pandemic has exacerbated this gender inequality, […]
Insights and Considerations for Investing in Climate Responsible Water Solutions – An Industry and Investor Perspective
Less than 1% of water sources on earth is available for human consumption. Water scarcity is amongst the most serious and threatening issues facing the world today, jeopardizing our food and water security systems, destabilizing agricultural economies and communities, and reversing decades of developmental progress overall. As the effects of climate change become stronger, these challenges will be further exacerbated.
Investing in a Better Future in Asia: Through the Lens of ESG Funds
ESG investing, and more specifically ‘E’ is likely to take center stage in Asia as climate impact is forecasted to hit the region the hardest. The COVID pandemic has heightened this awareness of ESG risks and subsequent flow of capital towards more responsible investments further. ESG Funds have since become a viable pathway for some […]
Investing in a Better Future in Asia: Through the Lens of ESG Funds
ESG investing, and more specifically ‘E’ is likely to take center stage in Asia as climate impact is forecasted to hit the region the hardest. The COVID pandemic has heightened this awareness of ESG risks and subsequent flow of capital towards more responsible investments further. ESG Funds have since become a viable pathway for some […]
Investing in a Green Recovery: Public-Private Responses for a Climate-Resilient Future
The COVID-19 crisis is an enormous challenge to economies and societies across the world, but it must not derail global efforts to limit warming to well-below 2°C. Forthcoming stimulus packages governments design to shore up their countries’ economies must orient investment towards sectors and technologies that can accelerate the transition towards a low carbon future and improve resilience to future shocks from climate change.
Investing In Renewable Solutions for Water
Investing In Renewable Solutions for Water Globally, over 800 million people lack basic services to safe and affordable drinking water. Coupled with the impacts of climate change, the situation will get worse not only for those in the last mile but also for the most privileged countries. Effectively addressing water challenges and climate change will […]
Investor Insights: Understanding catalytic capital in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America
Catalytic capital, or investments that address capital gaps left by government and mainstream capital, has the potential to generate social and environmental outcomes that otherwise could not be achieved. The OECD has estimated that USD 4.2 trillion funding gap needs to be filled before the world can achieve the SDGs in 2030. Yet public funding […]
Journey To Impact: Implementing a 100% Responsible Investing Objective
Aligning a foundation’s endowment with the values, principles and focus areas that guide its grant making brings more opportunity for impact, but barriers remain to understanding, accepting and embarking on this ‘Journey to Impact’. This webinar traced the journey of the Australian Communities Foundation, as it transitioned to 100% responsible investment of its endowment.
Launch: Centre for Finance for Sustainability Bangkok, Collaborating towards Sustainable Green Recovery
Southeast Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change, as a large proportion of the population and economic activity is concentrated along coastlines. There is a need for organizations to fight the impacts of climate change and transit into more sustainable means of operations. The Centre of Finance for Sustainable Bangkok (CFSB) aims to raise awareness, […]
Leveraging Singapore’s Resources and Ecosystem to Grow Your Philanthropy in Asia
Singapore is at a unique juncture to solidify its role as a hub for impact-driven capital and philanthropy in the region. Yet while philanthropists can certainly build on Singapore’s ecosystem and national capabilities to drive their philanthropy in the Asia Pacific, the first steps toward it could be overwhelming. With this in mind, supported by […]
Open Call for Application Session APAC Sustainability Seed Fund: Leveraging Technology to Combat Climate Change
The Asia Pacific region, especially low lying and small island countries, is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as extreme precipitation events, heat waves, rising sea levels, and loss of biodiversity. The APAC Sustainability Seed Fund is a new landmark initiative catalyzed by AVPN with the support of Google.org and the Asian […]
Partnerships and Alignment: A Global Journey in Catalytic Capital
Globally, we face significant development challenges such as climate change, gender inequality, inequitable access to healthcare, and access to quality jobs. It has been well publicized that in this poly-crisis moment, the financing gap to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has widened to USD 4 trillion a year. Innovative financial tools and collaboration […]
Pooled Funds as a Tool for Achieving Collaborative Philanthropy Goals
With less than 10 years to reach global commitments to the SDG goals and with a recovery from a global pandemic to tackle, philanthropy is needed more than ever yet no one organization can change the existing status quo or achieve the scale of impact that is truly needed. This is where collaborative philanthropy can make a difference. Collaboration is an emerging trend in Asian philanthropy and with a growing and diversifying philanthropic environment, cross-sector, multi-stakeholder collaboration at scale is becoming a growing movement in Asia.
Putting Corporate Purpose into Action
Purpose is the driving force that shapes the future of businesses. In this webinar, our speakers covered the key trends that businesses are looking for in developing their purpose framework. Our co-curation partner Economics of Mutuality also introduced its Purpose Scanner and Ecosystem Map and how businesses have applied purpose in their organizations. The webinar […]
Raising Equitable & Sustainable Finance
Increasingly, Southeast Asian countries are looking to raise sustainable finance to ensure the transition to low-carbon economies and create transparency and accountability in financial flows. With climate change being acknowledged as a social and economic risk, and with governments simultaneously regulating ‘sustainable’ finance to ensure transparency – the finance sector and businesses need to respond […]
Role of Private Sector in Strengthening Data Driven Governance and M&E of Public Sector Programmes
The power of data-driven governance has been proven in many Asian markets, including India. However, monitoring results of public programs is largely nascent in India. The barriers that prevent effective monitoring include disaggregated efforts at sub-national levels, the scale of public interventions, and the lack of knowledge/technical capabilities. This is where social impact investments can […]
Shaping a Sustainable Post COVID-19 World: The Corporate Perspective
COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. The crisis has impacted almost every nation. Caught off guard, nations, organizations and sectors are reeling from its impacts and several small and large organisations are likely to face an existential crisis.
Stimulating Entrepreneurship & Business Growth: Info-Session x Meet the Mentors
Calling all women-led enterprises in the Asia Pacific region! The Stimulating Entrepreneurship and Business Growth Programme, a collaboration between AVPN and Moody’s, is here to empower and support you in driving economic growth and social change. Applications open from 21 February to 31 March 2023. Come hear how your impact organisation can best prepare and […]
The CFO Coalition for the SDGs: Call to Action
As the role of CFOs becomes more catalytic in advancing sustainable finance, they are generating greater interest amongst a diverse group of actors such as DFIs, foundations, impact funds, corporate and commercial investors around the deployment of SDG-linked bonds. They are focused on the integration of ESG factors to deliver positive impact and financial performance. […]
Transitioning Towards Sustainable Asian Agriculture
With the conclusion of the COP26 summit, major shifts towards achieving net zero have been discussed. There is a significant amount of smallholder farmers who reside within the region, and the transition for these farmers towards non-traditional sustainable farming practices is going to prove challenging for most. This will also impact the dynamics of the […]