Welcome to a new series of the Impact Interview, hosted by Matt Venning. I chat to impact entrepreneurs and business leaders about their mission and ambitions to help create a better future.

In this series, I want to build a bigger picture of the whole impact ecosystem, including both impact entrepreneurs and the investors who support and influence impact businesses throughout every stage of their life cycle.

Responsible Investing is a really key part of this. Funds are having an impact by encouraging their portfolio companies to meet higher standards of ESG and, increasingly, putting purpose over profit. But they’re also showing that profit and positive impact can go hand in hand.

Which is why this conversation with Johan at Bintang Capital Partners is so enlightening. Having moved back to Asia from London a few years ago, he set out to establish a fund with responsible investing and sustainability at its core. He talks in detail about their extended due diligence process and using the B Corp scoring system as a fundamental framework and benchmark for investment. Bintang is pioneering the approach not just in Malaysia, but across the South East Asia region. It’s great to see the traction and success they’ve achieved in a relatively short space of time, because of – not despite – their very principled approach.

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https://www.bcorporation.net/