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Appleton’s Whitney Fitts, CFA participated on the “Focus on Impact Investing Panel” at Portfolio Summits ESG East Summit held April 27th at Westin Copley Place. Whitney was joined by Ron Homer of RBC Global Asset Management, Will Tickle of Ballentine Partners, Diego Candida of Clarity.Ai, Brian Waldner of New England Impact Investing Initiative, and Christina Marin of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. During this panel the group discussed “how impact investing differs from ESG and SRI, how to leverage investments to create meaningful change, and how the meaning of impact investing can differ between institutions.”