BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has highlighted the risks and costs of current models of business and investment. Meanwhile urgent action to address climate change, poverty, the denial of healthcare and education, and other unfulfilled human rights remains acutely underfunded. Can positive impact investment help meet the social and environmental challenges that humanity faces while still generating sound financial returns? Are innovative approaches to capital allocation the shape of investment to come or more likely to remain a niche sector? The [ECCR]’s 2010 open debate will explore these questions with a panel of expert speakers from the investment and financial services sectors…[Chair: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (former Bishop of Oxford); Panel speakers: James Bevan (CCLA Investment Management), Ryan Brightwell (Co-operative Financial Services), Clare Brook (WHEB Asset Management), Adam Ognall (UKSIF the sustainable investment and finance association)].