Regional Report

Purpose Impact Action (PIA) 2025 survey of 93 Hong Kong nonprofits and social enterprises reveals only 31% measure impact. Key challenges include funding constraints, skills gaps, and misaligned frameworks, with only 12% leveraging data for public storytelling. This article distills findings from PIA’s landmark study, offering practical recommendations to transform measurement from a compliance burden into a strategic tool for trust, funding, and long-term impact.

Ethical Capital Japan has a long history of ethical capitalism that dates back centuries. The Meiji Restoration marked a time of political, economic, and social change that modernized Japan. Japanese elites and merchants gained new prominence and defined sampo-yoshi, a business philosophy emphasizing three pillars: good for the seller, good for the buyer, and good […]

Sustainable finance principles can be applied in the healthcare industry through impact investments, underscoring how financial investments are strategically used to foster novel and innovative solutions alongside economic growth.

With the Australian Government recently bringing blended finance into their international development strategy, looking at how impact investment could bring real change in the region is timely.

History of Impact in Japan and SIIF An impact investor survey in Japan reported that the impact investment balance of Japanese organizations reached 1.3 trillion yen in 2021, and the Japanese impact investment market is anticipated to grow along with the development of impact measurement and management (IMM). The first milestone of the impact investment […]

Social investing, merging financial returns with social impact, is growing rapidly. Fintech startups provide credible impact measurement tools, fostering transparency. However, greenwashing poses a challenge, necessitating comprehensive impact data.