Environment

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

A vegan in the Maasai Mara

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

18th December 2018,

LGT Impact Fellow

I am a passionate impact investor, however, in another life, I would be a wildlife tourism guide in the Maasai Mara private conservancies, because it matters!

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

16th November 2018,

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

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

From the Desert sand to the Amazonian rivers

Most can say that living in an Industrial Mexican-US border city with over 350 factories within 1.5 million people is a paradise for an Industrial Engineer like me. However what…more

6th May 2014,

LGT Impact Fellow

Rural BOP Challenges in India and a Potential Solution

It is 2013. And India is frequently in the news, often for the wrong reasons, but sometimes for the right ones. In the overwhelming noise of what constitutes developing world…more

24th April 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Colombia outside the Bogotá Bubble…

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing…more

10th April 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Helping Heal the Earth

Six weeks into my new role as an iCat (Impact Catalyst) fellow with GreenOil in New Delhi, India and I think it is a good time to pen down some thoughts.…more

8th March 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Stories from an iCats fellow in Nicaragua: how to build more resilient communities in flood prone areas

Dear future applicant to the 2013 iCats fellowship program, If you are reading this blog you might be asking yourself whether it is worth to make a “pause” in you…more

20th July 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

… Just a Little Girl, Lost in the Moment

On March 1st, I went to Sullana in the city of Piura, northwestern Peru, near the border with Ecuador, to capture photos for the upcoming Grupo Ciudad Saludable promotional and…more

21st March 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow