In this episode of Turbo Impact, Suzanne Tavill, Partner and Global Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone Group, joins host Kenny Chen to reflect on where responsible investment in private markets stands today, and what its next chapter may require. Suzanne describes an industry moving past the belief that frameworks and reporting alone can define progress. The more important question now is whether responsible investment can be translated into disciplined judgment, credible execution, and better long-term businesses.

For Suzanne, this shift demands a more practical and leadership-driven approach. GPs need to start with where they can genuinely make a difference, build capabilities that match their strategy, and ensure sustainability is understood by investment teams as part of value creation, not as a separate workstream. The conversation also explores how LP–GP engagement must become more focused on outcomes and evidence, why technology and AI are now central to responsible investment, and why empowered individuals remain essential to driving change, even in a more technology-enabled world.

Key Topics Covered

• Why responsible investment is entering a more mature phase focused on value creation
• How GPs can identify where they can credibly make a difference across their portfolios
• What distinguishes sustainability as investment judgment from sustainability as process
• How LP–GP engagement can move toward more focused, outcome-oriented dialogue
• Why leadership, talent, and responsible technology will shape the next chapter of the field

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Liza Jansen, CFA, Head of Responsible Investment at Prudential, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how responsible investment needs to evolve in markets where the transition is not only a climate challenge, but also a development, capital allocation, and risk management challenge. Drawing on Prudential’s perspective as an asset owner across Asia and Africa, Liza explains why emerging markets require a more nuanced approach than simply applying developed-market frameworks, exclusion policies, or uniform decarbonization pathways.

For Liza, credible transition finance starts with understanding where capital can create real influence. In many emerging markets, the opportunity set is rarely a clean split between “green” and “brown.” The conversation explores Prudential’s focus on a just and inclusive transition, its “transitioning amidst growth” framework, and the governance required to ensure flexibility does not become a weaker standard. It is a practical leadership conversation on how asset owners can stay disciplined, support real-economy transition, and avoid leaving behind the markets that will determine whether global net zero remains achievable.

Key Topics Covered

• Responsible investment through the lens of emerging market development and transition realities
• The limits of exclusion-led approaches when capital is most needed for real-economy change
• What “transitioning amidst growth” means for companies balancing decarbonization with rising demand
• The role of governance, KPIs, monitoring, and stewardship in credible transition strategies
• Why emerging market finance is becoming central to long-term climate risk management

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Lee Qian, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Positive Change Strategy at Baillie Gifford, joins host Kenny Chen to explore how public market investing can help move capitalism toward more purposeful, long-term value creation. Drawing on his experience helping build the Positive Change Strategy into a global impact investing platform, Lee explains how Baillie Gifford identifies companies that can solve material social and environmental challenges while generating attractive financial returns over time.

At the heart of the conversation is a more pragmatic view of sustainability: not as a separate agenda, but as a source of innovation, competitive advantage, and durable growth. Lee discusses the idea behind his upcoming book, Purposeful Capitalism, including why businesses should focus on “profitable problem solving” and how the Sustainability Flywheel can help leaders connect purpose, strategy, business model strength, and financial performance. The discussion offers a timely perspective on how investors and companies can move beyond polarized debates and focus on where impact and economics genuinely reinforce each other.

Key Topics Covered

• How Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Strategy defines long-term impact investing
• Why product-led impact can create both societal value and financial value
• What long-term institutional investors look for in companies preparing for public markets
• What “profitable problem solving” means for business leaders and investors
• How the Sustainability Flywheel links purpose, strategy, and long-term competitive advantage

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Viviana Occhionorelli, Partner and Head of Sustainability at Astorg, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how private equity firms can translate sustainability into disciplined value creation across the investment lifecycle. Grounded in Astorg’s philosophy of “the art of listening,” Viviana explains how understanding management ambition, customer expectations, and operational realities helps embed sustainability directly into investment strategy.

The conversation explores how climate became a central pillar of Astorg’s approach, including its early commitment to Science Based Targets at the fund level and the structured playbooks used to drive decarbonization across portfolio companies. Viviana also highlights how practical tools—such as EcoVadis assessments and sustainability-linked loans—help translate sustainability priorities into measurable operational improvements and financial outcomes.

Key Topics Covered

• Integrating sustainability through Astorg’s “art of listening” investment philosophy
• Building a practical portfolio-wide decarbonization strategy
• Turning sustainability priorities into operational execution across portfolio companies
• Aligning sustainability performance with tangible financial outcomes
• Why biodiversity and nature-related risks are moving onto private equity investors’ agenda

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Tensie Whelan, Distinguished Professor of Practice at NYU Stern and founder of the Center for Sustainable Business, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how sustainability becomes a measurable driver of financial performance. Over the past decade, Tensie has advanced the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) framework to help companies and investors move beyond ESG reporting and quantify the financial value embedded in sustainability strategies.

The conversation centers on how ROSI is being applied within private equity and companies to link material sustainability KPIs directly to operational efficiency, risk mitigation, growth, and exit value. Drawing on her Responsible Private Equity research, Tensie explains what distinguishes proactive integration from reactive compliance, and why outcome-based performance matters more than process-based disclosure. She also highlights circularity as an emerging financial resilience strategy amid commodity volatility and supply chain risk, reinforcing the case that sustainability, when treated as disciplined management, becomes a source of competitive advantage.

Key Topics Covered

• Why sustainability must be evaluated through financial performance rather than disclosure metrics

• ROSI as a structured framework to connect material sustainability practices to measurable value creation

• Responsible Private Equity research findings on integrating sustainability into operational strategy and exit outcomes

• Human capital and employee ownership as drivers of productivity, retention, and multiple expansion

• Circularity and resource efficiency as financial resilience strategies in a volatile global economy

Further Reading

Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) Framework

https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/return-sustainability-investment-rosi

Responsible Private Equity Research

https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/value-drivers-private-equity-building-accountability-framework-positive-stakeholder

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Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Dr. Nadira Lamrad, Head of Sustainability at Jardine Matheson, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how Jardine Matheson, a diversified Asian investment company with nearly 200 years of heritage, integrates sustainability into its approach to long-term value creation and enhancing total shareholder return.

The conversation focuses on Jardines' sustainability journey, Building Towards 2030. Nadira discusses how sustainability is central to Jardine Matheson's strategy of delivering TSR and how the company is integrating sustainability into risk management and investment decisions. She also shares how Jardine Matheson actively engages its portfolio companies to embed sustainability as a strategic imperative to enhance resilience and unlock value. Nadira also looks ahead to how sustainability is shaping the transition from legacy to future readiness in a changing business environment.

Key Topics Covered

• Why sustainability is central to long-term value creation and total shareholder return
• Aligning sustainability across a diverse portfolio without a one-size-fits-all approach
• Managing climate risk as a business continuity issue rather than a standalone ESG exercise
• A pragmatic approach to decarbonization grounded in cost discipline and operational readiness
• Sustainability’s role in shaping the next phase of leadership for established organizations

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Paul Hailey, Head of Impact & ESG at responsAbility Investments AG, joins host Kenny Chen to unpack how impact investing works in practice across some of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Drawing on responsAbility’s two decades as a specialist impact investor, Paul explains how the firm builds its strategies around essential needs in emerging economies and why these markets offer both meaningful impact potential and strong long-term returns.

He shares how responsAbility designs its impact strategy around intentionality and contribution, and why disciplined engagement during the holding period is a core driver of impact value creation. Paul also explains the role blended finance now plays in expanding access to capital across emerging markets that have historically lacked sufficient investment. Along the way, he reflects on measurement challenges, the risk of impact washing, and the levers he believes will define the next decade of scaled impact.

Learn more about responsAbility: www.responsability.com

Key Topics Covered

• Why addressing essential needs in emerging markets creates both meaningful impact and strong financial opportunity
• Embedding intentionality and contribution into responsAbility’s impact thesis and scoring
• Driving impact value creation through action plans, climate advisory, and active engagement
• How blended finance unlocks new markets and catalyzes private capital
• What separates authentic impact investors from impact-washing claims

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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In this episode of Turbo Impact, Reynold D’Silva, CEO of Hello Health Group, joins host Kenny Chen to explore how digital health is transforming preventative care and access across Southeast Asia. From leading Chope through a successful turnaround to now heading one of the region’s largest digital health platforms, Reynold shares his mission to enable 100 million people to take proactive steps toward better health.

He discusses why prevention must sit at the center of healthcare in emerging markets, how Hello Health is using data and AI responsibly to build trust and empower healthier choices, and what it takes to balance commercial discipline with meaningful social impact. Reynold also reflects on his entrepreneurial journey and the lessons shaping his vision for accessible, technology-enabled healthcare for all.

Key Topics Covered

• Closing access gaps and advancing preventative care through digital health
• Rebuilding patient trust with responsible use of data and AI
• Turning health literacy barriers into opportunities for empowerment
• Balancing commercial discipline with meaningful social impact at scale
• Catalyzing the next wave of accessible healthcare innovation through public–private collaboration

Who Should Listen:

Private capital managers, institutional allocators, and corporate leaders

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