The ESG Backlash and the Trial of Public Opinion (That Did Not Happen)The use of environmental, social and governance factors (or “ESG”) in investment decision-making has been in the news a lot lately, for all…Nov 12, 2022Nov 12, 2022
Plastic Recycling: Can Regulation Transform Waste into a Commodity?One of my biggest pet peeves is plastic waste. Every Wednesday I place my blue bin filled with recyclable plastics on the side of the curb…Sep 30, 2022Sep 30, 2022
Hope in Ukraine: A Faith-based Microfinance Institution on the Frontlines of WarIt is hard enough to watch the horrors of war unfolding in a country that you have visited. It is even harder knowing that people you know…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Loo What? The Story of an Entrepreneur Tackling the Global Sanitation ChallengeEveryone has a favorite toilet story, some negative, others humorous, perhaps not as bad as the scene from the movie Trainspotting, but an…Dec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021
Fancy That! An Industry Insider Calls Sustainable Investing a “Dangerous Placebo”Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, who led the…Sep 25, 2021Sep 25, 2021
How Did This Play Out? The Impact of the Pandemic on Small Businesses and Micro-EnterprisesAbout a year ago, I posted a story about the pandemic shockwave that was hitting the developing world entitled “MFIs Are Facing an Economic…May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Interview with Tom Chi: Can Business Be “At One” with Nature?Since the industrial revolution, capitalism has lifted millions of people out of poverty, but with a major caveat. Prosperity has come at…Dec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020
India: The World’s “Laboratory of Social Innovation and Impact Investing”Of all the countries I have made investments in, none has had more appeal than India. While my investment remit is global, over one-third…Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
MFIs Are Facing an Economic Tsunami. How Will This Play Out?The world has changed dramatically in the course of several weeks. The economic standstill caused by the pandemic has resulted in massive…Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
Interview with Elisabeth Rhyne: The Past, Present and Future of Financial InclusionElisabeth Rhyne recently stepped down as head of the Accion Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), a position she held since its inception…Oct 11, 2019Oct 11, 2019