Impact investors have crucial roles to play in responding to the COVID-19 crisis and helping communities build resiliency across the globe. Importantly, COVID-19 has presented opportunities to adjust and maximise impact activity to respond to the needs of the COVID-19 crisis, and to lay the groundwork for a resilient equitable future economy. During this panel discussion, we will aim to:

• explore with experts in the impact investing industry how they have been responsive to emerging impact investor needs
• discuss the influence COVID-19 has practically had on the impact investment industry
• understand how impact investors have been maintaining and expanding support for existing investee companies
• understand the prospective investment case for institutional investors to adopt an impact investing philosophy
• explore ideas for creating a more sustainable social and economic system in the future, while still generation commercial returns to investors.
• assess the unique case of impact investing in South Africa