We invest sustainably across all asset classes, including public and private investments. As an independent investor, we deploy our capital across the full continuum of the capital spectrum, which allows us to play a unique role to provide much-needed capital to support high-impact yet under funded areas where commercial investors do not or cannot go.
We believe that philanthropic capital is the most risk bearing capital with the flexibility to be deployed faster and achieve deeper impact. As we increasingly recognised the urgency of the issues the world is facing today, it was a natural evolution for RS Group to embark on an accelerated deployment phase, using philanthropic capital to drive positive change for society and the environment.
Through our work over the years, we believe that Sustainable Investing and Philanthropy are not enough to address the financing gaps for climate issues in Asia. Many high impact new business models require more flexible, patient and risk-tolerant capital to help eventually attract more substantially available commercial capital out there. This is why we have set up the Kulawan Initiative, a new demonstration programme which deploys catalytic capital towards local communities-centred ventures, funds and projects across Asia that are climate and nature positive.
In the face of the meta-crisis, it is impossible for us to achieve impact alone. That is why we are firmly committed to collaboration and supporting efforts to build the community of fellow impact investors, philanthropists and other actors to aggregate all our strengths towards a vibrant impact ecosystem. We also try to fill gaps in the ecosystem through building new platforms and actors to drive the needed changes in the field. Such examples include the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi) and Terratai.
We cannot drive systemic change to address the meta-crisis if we do not have the right talent. Therefore, we aim to support talent and bolster the capacity of organisations that are scaling for impact, so that together, we can work towards our collective vision for the change we wish to see.
