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What do you get when you cross an experienced American environmental professional with a young environmental NGO in China?

By Linda Greer, LGT Impact Fellow for the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Beijing, China Can such a person meaningfully accelerate reductions in industrial pollution from some of the…more

4th November 2019,

LGT Impact Fellow

Integrated access to finance for small-holder farmers: starting an innovative agri-finance company in the Philippines

by Jonna Bickel - LGT Impact Fellow 2016 As an agribusiness company specializing on high-quality crops like cacao beans, Kennemer Foods International enables small-holder farmers in the Philippines to grow…more

17th January 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

The Power of Impact and Innovation: Fascinations and Challenges for Social Enterprises in China

by Amy Zheng - LGT Investment Associate Fellow 2015 “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times; it is the age of wisdom, it is the…more

10th October 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

Do’s and Don’ts of Data Capture: Some lessons from an ICats fellow who wanted to (somehow) change the world through data collection

Back in late 2014, I decided to become a LGT VP ICats Fellow and part of an agribusiness company, which seeks to help increase the income and consequently, the quality…more

14th December 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

Social Impact: Loving vs Doing the Idea (Impressions from my first-hand experience with Agriculture)

Around early October 2014, I made one of the biggest decisions in my career. I was to move to a new city, into an industry I don’t know much about,…more

14th December 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from Indonesia

Martin Zuercher (Switzerland) works as Chief Financial Consultant at Javara in Indonesia a company that provides smallholder farmers and local agricultural processors in Indonesia with a holistic solution that allows…more

24th July 2015,

LGT Team

ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from the Philippines

Gemeniano Crisante (The Philippines) works as Grower Management Specialist at KFI in the Philippines, a company that specializes in the sustainable growing, sourcing, and trading of high-quality agricultural crops. This…more

21st July 2015,

LGT Team

Inequality – Philippines

I landed in Manila in February. I am an accelerator fellow in the Philippines and my work here is to accelerate and support our existing portfolio companies to grow as…more

11th May 2014,

LGT Impact Fellow

Inspiration from the field: Visiting malnutrition clinics in Haiti

Working in a Finance capacity in the development sector makes it easy to get detached from the ‘front line’ and lose track of the organization’s ‘raison d’etre’ from time to…more

19th November 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

School Feeding Programs, an Investment in the future of Haiti

I recently had the privilege of visiting some schools in low-income neighborhoods of Cap Haitien, to observe some of the school feeding programs that Meds and Foods for Kids (MFK)…more

30th September 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

SPIEF, Russia Nr. 1

Two weeks ago I attended SPIEF (http://www.forumspb.com/#) in St. Petersburg (SPG), Russia. It is one of the biggest conferences in Russia, very much modeled after the Davos meeting of the…more

3rd July 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

What it means to be a ‘Social business’ – Made In Haiti, By Haitians, For Haitians

Social business and social entrepreneurship are ‘buzz words’ that have been dominating the social sector in recent years. Although I had dabbled part-time in social business, I didn't feel like…more

23rd April 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow