Impact Leaders
Speaking Out
Challenging and occasionally provocative, the conversations and articles you'll find here are the views and visions of opinion leaders and industry veterans, innovators and dreamers.
Singapore supercharges food production for the future
INTERVIEW with Yee Ting Wong, A*Star
Mobile wallets could transform global access to healthcare – so what’s the holdup?
INTERVIEW with Sejal Mistry
Renewable energy production is now affordable. So why are electricity prices still so high?
OPINION by Camille Levy
It’s time for Big Finance to fully commit to impact investing. Here’s how.
Opinion by Sertac Yeltekin
Inside the UN’s mission to reshape development finance
INTERVIEW by Teymoor Nabili
When is solar tech more than an energy play? When it’s also helping tackle homelessness.
INTERVIEW with Prasoon Kumar
The challenge of transition – what will it take to meet green energy commitments?
INTERVIEW with Tim Rockell
Big tech failed us during Covid. It’s time for a re-think.
OPINION by Eric Stryson
How Extended Reality (XR) could save the world
OPINION by Kay Poh Gek Vasey
We solved the food supply problem. Now agritech entrepreneurs need to solve our nutrition problem.
INTERVIEW with Beverley Postma
Why impact investing is on the rise right now
OPINION by Paul Meyers
It’s time companies take Generation Green more seriously.
OPINION by Sann Carrière and Jean-Francois Thery
Asia is off-track to meet the SDGs. Here’s how investors and corporates can fix that.
INTERVIEW with Naina Batra
Asia’s future depends on the engagement of citizens. Here’s a model for “Development 2.0”.
INTERVIEW with Bradley Busetto
In the hands of youth, mobile tech can spark a philanthropy revolution in Asia
OPINION by Audrey Touboulic
Women can amplify the economic impact of tech. Here’s how.
INTERVIEW with Virginia Tan
Tech can drive equality in education. You can help.
OPINION by Nicole Sayres
Digital health is ready to go mainstream. Could COVID-19 be the final catalyst?
OPINION by Bruno Occhipinti
Digital innovators have joined the fight against COVID-19
OPINION by Martina Merten and Susann Roth
Technology Transfer is Central to Global Control of COVID-19. Here’s Why.
OPINION by Damon Coppola, Amita Sudhir, Benjamin Ryan
The key to achieving the SDGs? Social innovation.
OPINION by Christy Davis & Michele Lemmens
AI can drive sustainable development in Asia-Pacific. Here’s how.
OPINION by Meri Rosich
How to develop the future of Asia — without challenging the environment
INTERVIEW with Parag Khana
3 ways to tell if corporations are genuine about fighting climate change
OPINION by Geoff Dembicki
Leveling the playing field: Can digital technologies address inequity in cities
OPINION by Bambang Susantono
How can innovation and technology advance development in Asia Pacific?
INTERVIEW with Geoff Mulgan
Can impact investments drive financial, as well as social, ROI?
INTERVIEW with Dureen Shahnaz
Why is Southeast Asia still the global laggard in renewables?
OPINION by Assaad Razzouk