In this blog, the LGT Venture Philanthropy teams and LGT Impact Fellows post on trends and challenges in the impact investing sector, social entrepreneurship as well as their experiences as LGT Impact Fellows. Enjoy the read!
By Gayatri Suri – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 “Follow your passion” – a phrase that is more elusive than it sounds. This phrase has challenged me time and again in…more
By Sarah Hardin-White - LGT Impact Fellow 2018 Since beginning my LGT fellowship with Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) this fall, one of the things I have struggled to…more
by Heidi Foppa – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 I have just returned home after having spent the most incredible time in the unique Maasai Mara for my work assignment and…more
by Michael Emmerson - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 Frederic Tudor was an American merchant in the 1800’s to whom we all owe a debt. The Ice King of Boston, Mr…more
by Svyatoslav Pashchenko - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 When I think of boarding school, the first image that comes is an elite preparatory school. It’s certainly not something I thought…more
by Pete Troiano - LGT Impact Fellow 2016/17 I remember the exact moment it started. My bank card got rejected from every ATM I tried to use. The screen displayed…more
by Kausha Shah - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 Bundi- my last frontier. On my assignment interviewing Educate Girls’ stakeholders, I had already travelled to Udaipur, Pali and Jhabua. I had…more
Myself (center) with a few staff. I was lucky to have worked with and to see their skill and career growth over 11 months. by Andrew Herweg - LGT Impact…more
by Laurie Barenblat - LGT Impact Fellow 2016 Founded in 2011, dr.consulta is a network of low-cost, pay-per-service medical centers in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, offering affordable and…more
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