The Pioneers of Energy Access at the Base of the Pyramid: Interview with Audrey Desiderato and Ryan Levinson – Part III “Final Observations”

In 2012, Audrey Desiderato and Ryan Levinson co-founded SunFunder, a pioneering fund management company that made loans to distributed and…

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What is Socially Responsible Investing? An Interview With Leading Protagonist Wayne Silby

I’ve been thinking a lot about definitions lately. Impact investing, socially responsible investing, ESG, and sustainable investing often get used…

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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…

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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 company’s…

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