Corporate accountability is key to the success of ‘stakeholder capitalism’

Increasing accountability to employees, customers, suppliers and communities shouldn’t mean decreased accountability to shareholders. Especially when some shareholders are the ones who have been arguing on behalf of the interests of those other stakeholders.

The Brief: Checking stakeholder capitalism, inclusive micro-lending, social platform for immigrants, call for impact investing policies

Featured: "Corporate accountability is key to the success of ‘stakeholder capitalism."

Tala clinches $110 million for inclusive micro-lending and alt-credit scoring

The round was led by RPS Ventures, with backing from GGV Capital and prior investors IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures and PayPal Ventures.

The Brief: Building credit in informal markets, rooftop solar aesthetics, recycling in Kenya, small business financing in India, 10 sustainable investing trends

Featured: "The future of credit infrastructure is decentralized, and it’s launching in Sierra Leone"

Sunly backs Estonia’s Solarstone to modernize rooftop solar

Estonia-based Solarstone has developed a new kind of solar panel that can be built directly into a property.

Lower cost capital, better data and other emerging trends in sustainable investing

A corporate shift away from “shareholder primacy” towards an alignment with a broader set of “stakeholders” is number one on Anuj Shah’s emerging trends in sustainable investing. Check.

Building credit with blockchain at the base of the economic pyramid

Crowdlending platform Kiva and the government of Sierra Leone on Wednesday launched Sierra Leone’s National Digital Identity Platform, which allows individuals to link their national identity numbers to digital transactions, including healthcare, social and financial services.