“I literally wrote the last speech that Nelson Mandela gave as president of South Africa and listened to him deliver it in front of 100,000
“The term bankability is a bit of a kiss of death. If a project is deemed to be unbankable by one institution, that’s it. It
Nearly 700 medicines approved for use in the United States depend on at least one chemical produced solely in China, according to United States Pharmacopeia
“Walking away is actually discipline. It’s not failure, it’s discipline. ” — Laurie Spengler In this episode, I speak with Laurie Spengler, Founder and CEO
“You wanna look at situations where the drivers of impact are completely aligned with the drivers of business and financial success. If not, our capital
“Investing in the circular economy, at least today, is a way of actually de-risking your investment — investing in the direction of where major industry
Ninety two percent of impact investing assets now sit with investors managing more than $500 million each, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s
“The risk perception is most misplaced. The resilience is least understood. The aspiration is definitely not understood. ” — Jyotsna Krishnan What does it take
There is a number that development finance organizations report confidently and that means almost nothing: price per beneficiary. It tells you how much was spent
“I’m not against oil or gas per se — I’m just against setting it on fire. ” — Mark Campanale In this compilation episode, I
