I’ve been thinking a lot about definitions lately. Impact investing, socially responsible investing, ESG, and sustainable investing often get used…
Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while…
Artificial Intelligence, or “AI,” is gradually weaving its way into many aspects of our lives. The other day, for example,…
Despite the many successes microfinance has achieved in delivering financial services to the world’s poor at scale, it has often…
The use of environmental, social and governance factors (or “ESG”) in investment decision-making has been in the news a lot…
One of my biggest pet peeves is plastic waste. Every Wednesday I place my blue bin filled with recyclable plastics…
Everyone has a favorite toilet story, some negative, others humorous, perhaps not as bad as the scene from the movie…
Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, who led the company’s…
About a year ago, I posted a story about the pandemic shockwave that was hitting the developing world entitled “MFIs…
Since the industrial revolution, capitalism has lifted millions of people out of poverty, but with a major caveat. Prosperity has…
