Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
This annual conference brings together leaders from Asia and beyond to collectively envision an impact future that is inclusive, equitable and sustainable.
Importantly, this event is also an opportunity to build trust between social investors, philanthropists and community impact leaders that will be the essential ingredients for Asia’s success.
The world’s third most-populous nation and growing by around three-million people every year, Indonesia has its challenges to navigate in the years ahead and it is planning for them now. A strategic vision to nurture a green economy – including the appeal of its tourism offering – is the cornerstone of future growth as MINISTER SANDIAGA UNO explains.
The United Arab Emirates is forging ahead with bold initiatives to tackle some of the world’s most critical issues.
HIS EXCELLENCY SULTAN AL SHAMSI discusses how the International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council aims to have a profound global impact.
As climate change continues to have wider and wider impacts on our planet, the speed of our response through innovation must accelerate. UNICEF’S Venture Fund is one such initiative helping to spark technology solutions aimed at solving issues emerging for children in developing countries as PATTY ALLEMAN explains.
As the figurehead of Asia’s lead ecosystem builder that moves capital towards impact, NAINA SUBBERWAL BATRA plays an important global role connecting investors to drive meaningful and permanent change for millions of people. Here she explains the importance of the Global Conference to AVPN’S mandate to ensuring resources are most effectively deployed.
It began in 2011 as a pledge between Bill Gates and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to fight diseases and put an end to polio. As CEO SIMON BLAND explains, that vision ultimately became The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) – a unique institution built on philanthropy.
Using the power of capital markets to solve social problems, Outcomes X – short for “Outcomes Exchange” – is the world’s first marketplace to buy and sell this unique opportunity by connecting donors and development organisations in a seamless way. Company Co-founder PHYLLIS COSTANZA explains how it works.
With a focus on sustainability, the Zayed Foundation operates as an endowment fund supporting impact investments in the Far East, US, Europe and the Middle East. As Director of Investments MR TARIQ BADRAN explains, the organisation’s diverse portfolio enables it to balance its risk appetite in a different way to sovereign funds.
To achieve the level of funding required to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, UBS’ TOM HALL argues that enabling wealthy donors to pool resources as “Collective Philanthropy” is the most impactful way to leverage capital. The principle also encourages collaborations across the private and public sectors sharing expertise for optimal outcomes.
As global thought leader KEN SHIBUSAWA explains, stakeholder capitalism prioritises the interests of all stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers and the community, rather than focusing solely on shareholder profit. This investment lens aims to create long-term value and sustainable growth by considering the broader impact of business decisions on society and the environment.
The World Health Organisation’s Foundation was created as an independent Swiss foundation affiliated with but independent of the WHO to marshal new resources from philanthropists, foundations, businesses, and individuals to support its mission: promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable as REEM ABDELHAMID explains.
A social entrepreneur who works at the intersections of health, livelihood and climate change, SHIV KUMAR’S journey has so far changed the lives of more than 10 million people. He is the Co-founder of the Catalyst Group, a social enterprise platform that seeks to promote health and wealth of vulnerable communities.
BADR JAFAR, who chaired the inaugural COP28 Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum in Dubai, is the CEO of Crescent Enterprises and Special Envoy for Business & Philanthropy. He explains the current state of global philanthropy and how technology is shifting the traditional ‘one to many’ capital flow to ‘many to one’ micro impacts.
Australia’s Menzies Foundation supports leadership platforms that facilitate the exploration, understanding and codification of approaches to leadership. CEO LIZ GILLIES discusses the Foundation’s role as system entrepreneurs functioning as “incubators to address challenges at scale”.
MADHAV JOSHI is Chief Executive Officer of India Health Fund – an initiative of Tata Trusts which aims to help accelerate the control and elimination of communicable diseases by de-risking the development of technology-led solutions which can help improve outcomes in diagnosis, treatment and prevention, and strengthen primary care.
Headquartered in Kathmandu, the Chaudhary Group comprises more than 200 companies across sectors including hotels and resorts, education, realty, FMCG, financial services, consumer electronics, cement and hydropower. Managing Partner RAHUL CHAUDHARY discusses the group’s philanthropic foundation established in 2015 following the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
As a leader in Boston Consulting Group’s Climate & Sustainability and Social Impact practices with a specialist focus on emerging markets, VARAD PANDE has frontline insights and a unique strategy perspective into how global financing needs to be structured to maximise impact.
As Co-Founder RAJIV LALL explains, Mondiale Impact brings together experienced leaders at the forefront of shaping sustainable and impact markets, with a shared mission to accelerate the governance response needed to meet the urgency and scale of sustainability issues and opportunities confronting leaders, their organisations and society.
After more than two decades working with international charities, STEVE LOH discusses what he brings to The Lien Centre for Social Innovation at the Singapore Management University. The Centre is on a mission to drive social consciousness and enable partnership-driven innovation, driven by its belief that when socially conscious people work together, a vibrant, just and inclusive society becomes possible.
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