Despite the enormous growth in living standards across the globe over the last 50 years, social and economic inequalities continue to widen. The world's richest 1 percent own 43.4 percent of the world's wealth. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated these trends, with uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion reaching the middle classes in many societies. In this global environment, many in the finance community recognize the need for new instruments that can make a positive impact on communities while also yielding high returns. Investors increasingly acknowledge that, as they target their investments, they play a crucial role in addressing social inequities, the roots of climate change, and other externalities that negatively affect asset prices. This panel of leading financial practitioners discuss the importance of impact investing and how and why investors are allocating capital to promote a more inclusive economy.