Money Meets Mission

AVPN

Brought to you by AVPN, the largest social investing community in Asia, Money Meets Mission is a podcast that features leaders from across the business, philanthropy, and impact investing worlds. They share stories of how they are putting their resources to work, tackling some of the largest and most complex social and environmental issues facing Asia today.

  1. Solving the Two-Pocket Problem: Aligning Faith Values with Investment Strategies

    28/10/2024

    Solving the Two-Pocket Problem: Aligning Faith Values with Investment Strategies

    A staggering 45% of faith-based organisations do not align their investments with their values. This episode explores the transformative power of faith-based investing, offering valuable lessons for all organisations seeking to make a positive impact with their investments. AVPN Academy's Siddharth Chatterjee invites Mathew Jensen, CFA, the Director of Faith Consistent Investing Programmes at FaithInvest to share insights on faith-based investing. FaithInvest is a global non-profit empowering faith-based asset owners to invest in line with their beliefs, providing a pragmatic approach to translating faith values into investment decisions that lead to transformative impact.  Learn how The English Sangha Trust took the journey to seeing their values reflected in their investments, why policy documentation is key to sustainability, and what obstacles you're likely to face when trying to integrate values into your organization's investment approach.  Key Resources: 1. What FaithInvest does 2. FaithInvest's Faithful Finance Course. 3. FaithInvest's Case Study of the English Sangha Trust. 4. Unpacking the complexities of Faith-aligned Investing in Asia (AVPN article reflecting on our recent learning circle with FaithInvest) To learn more about faith-based investing and philanthropic giving in Asia, check-out upcoming learning circles and research briefs from AVPN's Faith and Giving Initiative.

    23 min
  2. Demystifying Data: How To Leverage Data To Achieve Impact Goals | CSI Insights Ep. 10

    28/02/2024

    Demystifying Data: How To Leverage Data To Achieve Impact Goals | CSI Insights Ep. 10

    In an era of information abundance, organisations have immense data which could be used to inform or drive various impact initiatives. However, figuring out how to utilise data for impact is challenging. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, despite contentions on the role they play, have already allowed the processing of data in impressive speeds that continuously help professionals generate actionable insights. Impact Intelligence, an organisation that leverages AI to help business achieve ambitious goals, speaks about using data to amplify one's impact and exploring ways in which the technology can be useful. Its Co-founder Niko Moesgaard and Program Manager Guliz Koldas highlight the importance of starting with information you already have and share use cases from their work where they help organisations achieve their impact goals. Key Moments: 5:39 - Various ways in which data can be used for impact8:27 - Case studies12:48 - Taking the first step towards leveraging data for impact15:35 - The AVPN member monitor19:06 - Importance of sharing data and working together20:35 - Humans + AI24:05 - Recommended reading: All-in On AI by Thomas Davenport and Nitin MittalLearn more about the work of Impact Intelligence through their website and by going through their case studies. The Corporate Social Impact Insights series of the Money Meets Mission podcast is part of the AVPN Academy Corporate Social Impact Centre,  which was established in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, Miller Trust and Visa. The center also includes self-paced modules, a library of content, and Learning Circles, which are a monthly series of small group discussions for corporate practitioners. To learn more, visit the AVPN Academy Corporate Social Impact Centre.

    27 min
  3. Exploring How Philanthropy Could Use AI and How AI Could Use Philanthropy | CSI Insights Ep. 9

    28/11/2023

    Exploring How Philanthropy Could Use AI and How AI Could Use Philanthropy | CSI Insights Ep. 9

    The surge in the popularity and utility of artificial intelligence (AI) presents several opportunities for the philanthropic sector - both in leveraging the technology to improve ways of working, as well as playing a key role in supporting the safe development of AI. Chris Malone, Partner at Dalberg, speaks about how philanthropy can use AI by sharing eight areas where philanthropists might use AI to transform their work, and conversely, how AI can use philanthropy by encouraging funding to go into AI research. Key Moments: 2:00 - Setting the bookends: risks and opportunities in AI12:30 - 8 Areas where philanthropy might engage with AI20:00 - Working with grantee organizations - how could grantee organizations benefit from AI?24:40 - Philanthropies as centers of excellence26:50 - How AI could use philanthropy34:40 - Existential risk in AI and why we need all kinds of philanthropists funding research into all kinds of risks and possibilities in AI39:10 - How corporates could think about corporate social impact as a sandbox for innovation, such as in AI. 43:45 - Recommended reading from Chris: AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee an Chen QiufanThe Corporate Social Impact Insights series of the Money Meets Mission podcast is part of the AVPN Academy Corporate Social Impact Centre,  which was established in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, Miller Trust and Visa. The center also includes self-paced modules, a library of content, and Learning Circles, which are a monthly series of small group discussions for corporate practitioners. To learn more, visit the AVPN Academy Corporate Social Impact Centre.

    46 min

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Brought to you by AVPN, the largest social investing community in Asia, Money Meets Mission is a podcast that features leaders from across the business, philanthropy, and impact investing worlds. They share stories of how they are putting their resources to work, tackling some of the largest and most complex social and environmental issues facing Asia today.