Highlights from the 2025 Yale Impact Investing Conference
The world of investing is constantly evolving and adapting to new challenges and issues. In 2025, as our society faces issues such as climate change, social inequality, and the healthcare crisis, the need for impactful investments has never been greater.
Impact Investing serves to generate social benefits along with financial gains. Yet, there are many challenges that this area still faces such as:
- Should ESG be synonymous with Impact Investing?
- What are the challenges founders and investors face in today’s financial environment?
- How do we solve for a lack of representation in investing?
These questions were explored at the 2025 Yale Impact Investing Conference on Friday, April 25 at Edward P. Evans Hall. The annual conference was organized by the International Center for Finance, in partnership with the Yale Impact Investing Club. This year the agenda included practitioners and Yale alumni from the United Nations Capital Development Fund, River Health, Capital for Change, and Builders Asset Management.
The opening keynote panel featured a discussion on shifting intent to action and the realities of impact-first investing. Speakers joined from United Nations Capital Development Fund, Prime Coalition, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, and Capital for Change.
The conference wrapped up with a panel on emerging markets and how impact investing can drive sustainable development.
