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Voices of Impact InvestingMicrofinance: Then, Now and Next, with Rochus MommartzRochus Mommartz, the outgoing CEO of responsAbility who has been leading the company from 2016 to 2025, shares insights from over three decades in impact investing — reflecting on milestones, challenges, and the transformative power of financial inclusion.Guest:Rochus Mommartz, Chief Executive Officer 2016-2025, responsAbility Investments AGHosted by:Luise Ammerschuber, Founder Yess ImpactFollow responsAbility Investments on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responsability-investmentsSend us a text
2025-08-2727 min
SRI360 | Sustainable & Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, ESG, Socially Responsible InvestingScaling EM From the Ground Up: Why Underserved Markets Hold the Biggest Upside (#096)In this second compilation focused on emerging markets, we revisit conversations featuring three investors who are channeling substantial capital into regions where others hesitate to go – and they’re doing it with discipline, innovation, and deep local insight.Each of these guests brings a different strategy and perspective, but all are working toward the same goal: building sustainable, scalable businesses that meet the needs of underserved communities.And they’re doing it in ways that challenge the old assumptions: that impact comes at the expense of return, that emerging markets are too volatile to be invest...
2025-07-221h 57SRI360 | Sustainable & Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, ESG, Socially Responsible InvestingImpact Update: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What’s Next with Eric Rice (#088)My guest today is Eric Rice – back for his second appearance on the podcast.When we first spoke, he was running one of the only public equity funds in the impact space available to retail investors. Now, that fund has been shut down, the capital returned, and Eric has moved to private equity – specifically, to SEAF, an investor in emerging market SMEs.This time, we talked about what happened, why it happened, and what it says about the current state of impact.Eric’s core thesis hasn’t changed. The theory of change he devel...
2025-05-2857 minSRI360 | Sustainable & Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, ESG, Socially Responsible InvestingIn Case You Missed It: October’s Impact Leaders on Revolutionizing Microfinance & Energy Efficiency (#062)Last month I had insightful conversations with two leaders in impact investing and sustainability. The first was with Rochus Mommartz, who is the CEO of responsAbility, and the other was with Jonathan Maxwell, who is the founding partner and CEO of Sustainable Development Capital. This episode is a special one which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month. It features a couple of key clips from each conversation in one place so you can jump around and get a feel for both the episode and the guest. Here’s the full list of t...
2024-11-132h 06SRI360 | Sustainable & Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, ESG, Socially Responsible InvestingInside a $5 Billion Mission: How Private Debt & Equity Are Transforming Emerging Markets | Rochus Mommartz, responsAbility (#058)Welcome back to the second part of the interview with Rochus Mommartz, the visionary CEO of responsAbility and a true impact warrior.With his specialized impact asset management house, Rochus is on a mission to create accessible opportunities for all, focusing on sectors that touch on the core needs of underserved populations – sustainable agriculture, climate finance, and financial inclusion.Today, responsAbility manages $5 billion in assets, directing its investments into the private markets of emerging economies where traditional financial services are either nonexistent or insufficient. Its portfolio covers more than 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, an...
2024-10-081h 27SRI360 | Sustainable & Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, ESG, Socially Responsible InvestingReinventing Microfinance in Emerging Markets: From Subsidies to Sustainable Investment | Rochus Mommartz, responsAbility (#057)Rochus Mommartz has spent decades creating opportunities for people in emerging markets. Today, he's with us to share his insights and his experiences from that incredible journey.Rochus is the CEO of responsAbility, a pioneer in impact investing that has evolved from a leader in microfinance to a prominent force in impact investing across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. It is known for its investment approach, using sustainability-based assessments that have been proven and refined over many years.ResponsAbility has played a crucial role in building financial inclusion frameworks, helping microfinance institutions evolve into sustainable, profitab...
2024-10-021h 01
Voices of Impact InvestingThe future of impact investing - Interview with Rochus Mommartz - Part 3Rochus Mommartz, CEO of responsAbility Investments, shares his take on where the impact investing industry is headed, what innovations he hopes to see in order to mobilize more private capital, and what he hopes the industry will look like in 2050.Send us a text
2022-08-1631 min
Voices of Impact InvestingImpact investing today - interview with Rochus Mommartz - Part 2In this conversation, Rochus Mommartz, CEO of responsAbility Investments, shares the lessons he has learned, how sustainable investing has expanded and how investors are currently involved in bringing impact investing to scale. Send us a text
2022-08-1642 min
Voices of Impact InvestingThe origins of impact investing - Interview with Rochus Mommartz - Part 1Looking back to the 1990s, Rochus Mommartz, CEO of responsAbility Investments, shares his personal experience in the early days of impact investing and how microfinance laid the foundations for what was to come. Send us a text
2022-08-1630 min