Types: Impact Forums & Labs

18 Sep 2025, 09:00:00 - 18:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Nicoll 2 (Level 3 Suntec Convention Centre)

Capital flows determine which futures get built. Through this collaboration with IMPACT WEEK, the Phenix Capital Group is challenging Asia-Pacific’s institutional investors to move beyond the question of returns to ask: What world are we investing into existence?

Under the theme “Beyond Returns: Investing for People, Planet & Financial Returns,” this summit embodies IMPACT WEEK 2025’s call to reshape finance from extractive to regenerative. Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices will explore how the Well-being Economy framework can guide allocation decisions that serve life, not just portfolios.

This is where IMPACT WEEK’s vision meets institutional power—demonstrating that finance can regenerate ecosystems, empower communities, and deliver long-term societal value. Because the most radical act in finance today isn’t optimising returns. It’s optimising for regeneration.

18 Sep 2025, 08:30:00 - 21:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Mandai Rainforest Resort

(Please note: this is an off-site event, held at Mandai Rainforest Resort)

In the face of escalating crises, we must return to the question of why impact exists in the first place. FBN Asia through this inaugural Impact Forum event brings IMPACT WEEK 2025’s Well-being pillar to life, challenging global family business leaders to root every decision in the flourishing of life.

Through candid conversations and real-life examples, families will explore how to evolve from wealth preservation to regenerative stewardship—moving beyond individual accumulation to collective care. Interactive partnerships and co-investment opportunities demonstrate how multi-generational thinking can transform business models that serve significance, not just success.

At IMPACT WEEK 2025, well-being is not an outcome, but the organising principle of systems. This forum showcases how family enterprises, with their natural capacity for long-term thinking and values-driven decision making, can become the foundation upon which all other pillars of the Well-being Economy stand.

17 Sep 2025, 09:30:00 - 19:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Conrad Singapore Marina Bay

(Please note: this is an off-site event, held at Conrad Singapore Marina Bay)

Food is a lever for systemic change, touching health, climate, and community. With collaboration Grow Asia Investment Forum with IMPACT WEEK we are bringing the urgency of food systems transformation directly into IMPACT WEEK 2025, asking: How do we move from industrial agriculture to regenerative abundance?

Celebrating Grow Asia’s 10th Anniversary with founding partners ASEAN and the World Economic Forum, this forum showcases investment-ready solutions that embody IMPACT WEEK’s vision of systems that nourish rather than extract. Delegates will engage with blended finance models for regenerative agriculture, digital innovations that empower smallholder farmers, and gender-inclusive value chains that rebuild rural prosperity.

This isn’t just about funding better farming—it’s about co-creating investment pathways that transform food from commodity to catalyst for shared well-being. At IMPACT WEEK 2025, we don’t just talk about regenerative systems. We architect them, together.

17 Sep 2025, 11:00:00 - 12:15:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact lab 4 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

The most transformative sustainable finance models are emerging from Public-Private-Philanthropy-Partnerships (4Ps) that align around shared impact for a well-being economy. Corporate philanthropy plays a pivotal role in this ecosystem, bridging commercial interests with catalytic impact through strategic co-investment alongside public and philanthropic partners.

Beyond traditional CSR, corporate philanthropy has evolved to be a catalytic force—using grant capital to de-risk commercial investments while leveraging broader corporate assets. This session will explore how corporates can serve as both catalytic funders and strategic partners, collaborating with different stakeholders to fund innovation, crowd in private investment, accelerate sustainable transitions, and generate long-term value.

Models will be highlighted that integrate philanthropy with corporate strategy within 4Ps frameworks to drive scalable impact. AVPN will also introduce ASPIRE (Asia Partnership for Investment in Resilient Economies), a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at unlocking scalable, people-centred finance for climate action and the SDGs in Asia.

18 Sep 2025, 11:30:00 - 12:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Every meal we eat reflects a journey from farm to table—one shaped by local systems and global supply chains that directly impact people and the planet. Yet many staple ingredients still come from agricultural systems that degrade ecosystems, undervalue farmers, and leave rural communities at risk.

Regenerative agriculture presents a powerful alternative, using practices such as intercropping, agroforestry, and diversified farming to restore nature, boost farmer incomes, and build climate resilience. Despite their benefits, these approaches often remain small in scale, blocked by challenges such as fragmented supply chains, market and finance failures, social inequality, and gaps in technical knowledge.

This session examines these barriers through the lens of a typical meal—featuring rice, vegetables, spices, oil, or coffee—and explores how collaborative, multi-stakeholder action can overcome them. It brings together businesses, farmer cooperatives, NGOs, policymakers, and ecosystem builders to spotlight real-world solutions like the Regenerative Food Facility and inclusive retail models.

Together, these efforts show how we can move from aspiration to action—transforming the food system one seed, one plate, one partnership at a time.

19 Sep 2025, (GMT+8:00)
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More information coming soon—stay tuned!

17 Sep 2025, 15:45:00 - 16:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 3 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Step aboard OceanX’s state-of-the-art research vessel, the OceanXplorer, for a rare glimpse into the hidden world of the deep ocean. Guided by Mario Tadinac, Media & Mixed Reality Technology Specialist, this immersive storytelling session will transport you to the heart of a live expedition in Indonesian waters.

Through powerful visuals and real-time footage from submersibles, ROVs, and advanced mapping tools, you will explore uncharted seamounts, survey vibrant coral reefs, and witness marine biodiversity. Learn how science, storytelling, and public engagement converge aboard the OceanXplorer to spark partnerships, inform policy, and strengthen community-led marine conservation. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the ocean’s role in our shared future and clear ideas for how institutions and leaders can help protect and restore its health.

17 Sep 2025, 12:15:00 - 13:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 4 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Disclosure frameworks like TNFD and TCFD promise transparency, but data alone does not heal ecosystems. This session challenges leaders to move beyond compliance: how can disclosures become living commitments to planetary regeneration? We will explore how to integrate human values, community voices, and holistic metrics into climate and nature-related disclosures— transforming data from a box-ticking exercise to a foundation for action and trust. If disclosures are just data without soul, they become our new blindfold—can we turn them instead into maps for regeneration?

17 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 12:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

In an era of overlapping crises—climate instability, AI-driven upheaval, and persistent inequality—the pressure to create impact is no longer optional. Every sector is now being asked: What good are you actually doing? Businesses are building sustainability into their models. Investors are embedding ESG (however imperfectly) into their portfolios. But what about philanthropy?

In this bold debate, we ask whether philanthropy has lost its nerve—or whether it’s the only form of capital free enough to lead systemic change. As calls grow louder for strategic giving, risk-taking, and justice-oriented funding, the role of philanthropy is at a crossroads. Should it behave more like business, with defined metrics and scalable models? Or is that very mindset what philanthropy must resist?

16 Sep 2025, 13:00:00 - 15:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

How do you align personal purpose with intentional action? This programme, co-designed by Barclays and CSP Singapore, supports impact-curious wealth holders through a mix of workshops, peer dialogue, and real-world stories.

In the first phase, participants will explore their core motivations, personal values, and ambitions for impact. Through reflective exercises and peer engagement, they will gain deeper clarity about what drives them and what kind of legacy they hope to shape. The programme also brings participants face-to-face with activated changemakers, helping them understand what it means to be a changemaker themselves. These immersive sessions are designed to spark inspiration and build confidence to begin taking meaningful steps.