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A Taste of Laos
September 10, 2020|post
By Timothy D. May Gustatory reactions filled the chat room, fast, and evoked a fruit-laden banquet table at a luxury hotel. “…A lot of cranberry…orange blossom, very plummy…really great raspberry, jackfruit…strawberry cream yeah! …honey-orchard-oolong-melon-almond-sugar cookie…dark chocolate notes…nice sweet vanilla…lower tones of nuts, nuttiness…” Tim Heinze, a specialty coffee expert and trader for a multinational coffee […]
A Letter from the President
September 9, 2020|post
As I write this, Winrock staff just finished a series of briefings for new (and a few current) Board of Directors members. Despite the fact that Winrock staff and board members are working remotely all over the world, the dedication and impact of our work shone through. All of our programs – agriculture, energy, domestic […]
Combating COVID-19 Challenges with Telemedicine Tech
August 27, 2020|post
By the time malaria swept through northeast Arkansas in 1899, the sisters of the Holy Angels Convent knew disease well. A cholera outbreak the year before had chased them from the community of Pocahontas to Jonesboro, 40 miles to the south. They had come to America from a convent in the Swiss Alps to teach […]
‘SAFETI’ in Numbers
August 24, 2020|post
A Winrock Early Adopter Story In the village of Jogindranagar, Shyamnagar, in the Satkhira district of Bangladesh, young men often spend six months a year away from home and family, toiling in the brick fields. It’s difficult work, dusty and dangerous, but the men keep returning because they can earn up to 200,000 BDT (more […]
Thomas C. Green
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Thomas C. Green is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has represented members of Congress and other public and corporate officials in connection with many of the most well-known and significant federal criminal trials and investigations beginning with the Watergate case. For many years he managed Sidley Austin’s criminal defense practice group in Washington, D.C. […]
ACR Capital Markets
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U.S. municipalities are increasingly turning to the green bond market to raise capital for infrastructure with climate and other environmental benefits. As the market has grown, so too have investor demands for greater impact disclosure in the form of quantified metrics. ACR’s Green Finance Impact Program seeks to deliver on investor demands and further mobilize capital […]
The People of PIER: Roger Salhuana
August 10, 2020|post
What is your role in the PIER project? I act as a country liaison to build and consolidate a local network of key partners (actual and potential) from the public and private sectors with whom we develop the project’s activities. I also instruct/direct/manage actions related to raising awareness and building capacity among partners. The theme […]
Investing in Africa
August 7, 2020|post
In a new podcast from the International Finance Corporation, two long-time friends, one African-American and the other a U.S.-based Ugandan national, shared their experiences of institutional racism on two continents and reflected on how to handle racial bias in international development. Recorded earlier this month, Winrock board member Jude Kearney joined Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, IFC’s Director […]
Setting the Carbon Standard
July 23, 2020|post
Winrock International is known for sound science and environmental integrity, and has worked for decades to mobilize climate actions that benefit the world’s most vulnerable populations through operation of the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART). “Winrock believes that climate change will have a profound impact on the world’s most at-risk […]
Winrock Mourns the Passing of David W. Kaiser (1969-2020)
July 21, 2020|post
Trailblazing climate advocate and longtime Winrock Board member, David W. Kaiser, passed away on July 15, 2020 at a family home on Mount Desert Island, Maine. He was 50 years old. Mr. Kaiser is survived by his mother, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, also a former Winrock board member; a sister, Miranda Kaiser; his wife, Rosemary Corbett, […]