In late May, my Xylem Capital partner Matthew McGarvey and I attended the Global Finance for Nature Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Organized by UNDP, the government of Scotland and the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), this small conference grew from a realizat...

(An organic honey company in Zhejiang province.)

In October, Matthew McGarvey and I took a trip around China to meet with social entrepreneurs in food and agriculture. The meetings were part of a study we are conducting on the feasibility of using impact investing as a...

On November 6, China Global Television Network called to ask me about new "no-coal zones" that have been declared in several of the country's most polluted cities and provinces. (The interview started a few seconds late, because when they initiated the Skype connection...

From September 19th - 21st, I accompanied three senior officials from China's National Forest and Grasslands Administration (NFGA, formerly State Forest Administration) to Yellowstone, the world's first national park. The National Geographic Society (NGS) has a budding...