Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Foundation leaders “unite in advance” of expected attacks in the supercharged political environment; how the carbon credit platform Rubicon Carbon is using diversification and ratings to strengthen the market for voluntary carbon credits (07:20); and the bumpy road to the sustainable future as charted by Generation Investment Management’s annual Sustainability Trends Report (15:05). Bonus: a preview of next week’s Agents of Impact interview with Carbon Tracker’s Mark Companele.

Story links:

• “⁠⁠Foundation leaders ‘unite in advance’ of expected attacks on spending and speaking⁠⁠,” by David Bank.

  “⁠Rubicon’s ‘all of the above’ plan to diversify and rate the market for carbon credits⁠,” by Erik Stein.

  “⁠Ten slides that chart the bumpy road to the sustainable future⁠,” by Amy Cortese.