SFi September 2025 Newsletter
- annashuvalova2
- Sep 26
- 6 min read
Hello Impact Ecosystem!
It has been an action-packed and highly productive month for SFi. Our inaugural Singapore Roadshow 2025 was a tremendous success, bringing together impact-minded asset owners from Hong Kong and Singapore, and highlighting the need for trust, collaboration, and capital flexibility in pursuing our impact journeys.
We also released our SFi Impact Survey 2025, showing strong commitment from family offices to sustainable finance, with 90% allocating capital to impact investments. Asia Pacific led regional focus, with Nature-Based Solutions and Biodiversity emerging as top themes. SFi was also present at HK Green Week and AtOne Impact Week Singapore, where our CEO Katy Yung spoke on blended finance, the silver economy, and portfolio protection.
Read on for more details on the above. We also look forward to seeing you at our upcoming impact events, including SFi Impact Access, and the Ocean Innovators Platform which we are co-hosting with with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Together let us continue to drive climate resilience and innovative financing!
SFi Inaugural Roadshow: Singapore 2025
SFi successfully hosted our inaugural Roadshow in Singapore on 14–15 September, bringing together impact-minded asset owners from Hong Kong and Singapore to explore the full potential of capital along its continuum.
The event opened with a Deep Time Walk through Singapore’s Botanic Gardens, as we reflected on Earth’s 4.6 billion-year history, and the urgent need to address humanity’s unsustainable resource use. This set the tone the following day for rich dialogue with experts including Patti Chu (Mana Impact), Thomas Knudsen (Rumah Group), Laurence Lien (Asia Philanthropy Circle), and Rico Gonzalez (xChange). We continued with a deep dive alongside Temasek’s team, gaining insights into their strategic and catalytic capital deployment through initiatives like Philanthropy Asia Alliance, Co-Axis, GenZero, Temasek Foundation, Center for Impact Investing and Practices, abcIMPACT, and Temasek Capital. The two-day event concluded with networking drinks graciously hosted by Temasek, connecting us with Singapore’s vibrant local impact ecosystem.
A recurring theme throughout the Roadshow was the imperative for impact investors to overcome the “risk gap”—the challenge that high-risk, early-stage solutions face in securing experimental financing—and to embrace greater flexibility across the capital spectrum. Achieving meaningful impact requires more than funding; it demands trust-building, strategic alignment, collaboration, and a willingness to reconsider conventional capital deployment.
Equally critical is the creation of platforms and networks that bring together diverse stakeholders with a common purpose to foster connectivity, share best practices, and accelerate action. Stay tuned for updates on our next Roadshow - we’ll be back!
Key Findings from SFi Family Office Survey
This month we also released the results from our SFi Impact Survey 2025, highlighting continued strong commitment from Family Offices, Asset Owners and Impact Investors to sustainable finance. Over 90% of respondents indicated they had allocated a portion of their portfolios to sustainable investments, with nearly one in five dedicating more than half their portfolios to these initiatives – proving that impact is core, not niche.
Asia Pacific remains in the spotlight, with 42% of investments focused on the region – we also saw interest surge for Africa, narrowly outpacing both Europe and North America. The hottest themes for 2025 are also exciting, with Nature Based Solutions, Biodiversity, and Regenerative Practices rising to the fore. Investors are targeting urgent social, environmental, and climate-linked opportunities where they matter the most, and family offices are moving beyond traditional giving – venturing boldly into strategies that build real resilience and sustainability. Venture capital and private equity were the most popular asset classes, demonstrating confidence in adopting a hands-on, proactive approach to alternative investment strategies.
But it’s not just about the numbers. Family offices are balancing societal impact with financial returns, exemplifying forward-thinking investment strategies and catalysing positive change. And SFi will continue to accompany them on their journey, challenging the status quo and driving progress in climate, diversity, and systems innovation.
Make sure you are in the know on what’s driving the momentum, and download our report now!
SFi at HK Green Week and AtOne Impact Week Singapore
The SFi team was also honoured with multiple speaking invitations this month. Our CEO, Katy Yung, first spoke at the HKGFA Annual Forum, highlighting blended finance, outcome-based investing, and cross-border partnerships as core pillars reshaping Hong Kong’s sustainable finance landscape. At the AVPN Global Conference, Katy joined experts as they explored Hong Kong’s role as a hub for impact capital, emphasising regional connectivity, institutional frameworks, and innovative financing structures. Our Director of Impact Funds and Ventures, Francesco Stadler, joined a conversation on Financing Climate Resilience at a roundtable hosted by the International Monetary Fund and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
At AtOne Impact Week in Singapore, Katy moderated a panel exploring the potential of the silver economy, reimagining how ageing should not be viewed as a problem to solve, but instead as an opportunity to embrace. Finally, at Phenix Capital’s Impact Summit Asia Pacific, Katy led a discussion on portfolio protection, exploring strategies for balancing purpose and profit in a volatile world.
Upcoming SFi Events
SFi events are open to members only, unless otherwise specified. If you are not yet a member and wish to gain access to these events, along with other benefits, reach out to us to find out more about joining the SFi community.
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 | 8:30AM – 10:30AM
On 30 September, join us at SFi Impact Access in Hong Kong, for an exclusive breakfast roundtable connecting private investors with impact funds and ventures to explore sustainability opportunities.
Hear from leading GPs shaping sustainable finance, including Lindee Wong (Tikehau Capital), Joel Gasche (Mikro Kapital), and Faye Walsh Drouillard (WakeUp Capital). Gain insights into climate resilience, sustainable value creation, and private market trends whilst networking with peers.
Seats are limited—If you are an asset owner or family office interested in attending the event, contact events@sustainablefinance.hk to secure your spot.
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 8:30AM – 2:00PM
Calling all Impact Wavemakers! In partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, we will be co-hosting the 9th Edition of the Ocean Innovators Platform in Hong Kong.
This invite-only half-day forum unites investors, innovators, and ocean advocates to explore solutions driving the blue economy, from sustainable shipping to offshore energy. Discover how Asia Pacific can close the financing gap and unlock the USD5.5 trillion ocean economy potential.
If you are an asset owner or family office interested in becoming part of the movement shaping a resilient, sustainable ocean economy – reach out to us at events@sustainablefinance.hk to learn more.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced theirGreen Investments Partnership (GIP) has achieved its first close with USD510 million of committed capital, to be deployed into green and sustainable infrastructure opportunities in Southeast and South Asia.
Australia’s Minderoo Foundation announced its investment of EUR5 million into The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s ReOcean fund, a global investment initiative focused on advancing scalable solutions to restore ocean health and build a sustainable blue economy.
responsAbility Asia Climate Tech Strategyraised over USD414 million, including a USD50 million investment from IFC, to scale low-emission technologies in Asia. The fund targets $500 million by the end of 2025 to achieve significant CO2 reductions across the region.
Terra Oleo, a Singapore-based microbial fat alternatives developer, raised $3m in Seed funding from ADB Ventures, Better Bite Ventures, Elev8.vc, and The Radical Fund.
SFi is honoured to be featured in the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council’s new report: “Hong Kong: Showcasing how Impact Capital Makes a Difference”, released during AVPN’s recent Global Conference. The report highlights Hong Kong’s rapid emergence as a regional hub for impact investing, attracting and deploying capital that delivers measurable social and environmental outcomes across Asia Pacific.
Our friends at RS Group and JLIN LLC have been featured in Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth’s latest report, “Insights from the Journeys of Eight Asian Families”. The report outlines the impact journeys of eight diverse, multi-generational families in Asia who are intentionally deploying capital and leveraging business for good, each creating impact in their own distinctive way.
Click the links below to register or find out more about upcoming events
** denotes events where SFi are speakers
Sept 30: SFi Impact Access (Hong Kong) **
Oct 11: Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (Indonesia)
Oct 22: Ocean Innovators Platform (Hong Kong) **
Oct 22-23: GreenTech Summit 2025 (Hong Kong) **
Oct 23: ASIFMA Asset Management Conference 2025 (Singapore)
Oct 23: 2025 Taiwan Impact Investing Forum (Taiwan)
For members, please add events@sustainablefinance.hk to your contacts and kindly indicate your attendance in the calendar invitation for SFi related events.
We invite Family Office Principals, Private Investors of an endowment or foundation, or NextGen Investors to reach out to us to find out more about the benefits of joining the Sustainable Finance Initiative community. Don't miss out on members' only opportunities, and contact us today!
Stay updated on these gatherings, as well as impact news, research and events we have highlighted for the SFi community in our full newsletter! Let's keep bringing purpose to capital!
