Impact Investing Meets AI: Opportunities, Risks and Ethical Decisions with Impax

AI is driving a boom in the tech sector at a scale we’ve never seen before—but what’s the real-world impact, and how do we invest in it through an ethical lens?Today we’re speaking with Luciano Lilloy and Miriam Benarey from Impax Asset Management, a specialist global investment firm founded in 1998, focused on the transition to a more sustainable economy. Headquartered in London, and with approximately 100 investment professionals within listed equities, fixed income, and private markets, Impax targets companies positioned to profit from solving environmental and societal challenges. Luciano is a co-Portfolio Manager of Impax’s Leaders, US Environmental Leaders and Climate strategies. He has been part of the Impax Asset Management team since 2017 and specialises in Digital Infrastructure and New Energy, as well as the Information Technology and Industrials sectors.Miriam is a member of the Impax Sustainability Centre and is leading Impax’s sustainability advisory work, developing partnerships with their clients to address key sustainability themes, providing expertise on sustainability in the investment process and the sustainable finance regulatory landscape, advising on product related matters, as well as co-chairing Impax’s Beyond Financial Returns (BFR) Group.We hope you enjoy this discussion with Luciano and Miriam from Impax Asset Management.  We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we recorded on, the Wardandi Noongar people. We pay our respects to them and their culture; and to elders past, present and emerging. You can find out more about Impax here. For more information about James Baird, JustInvest Financial Planning and Ethical Investment Advisers see: justinvest and ethicalinvestment.