Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Jessica Pothering. Up this week:

Refugee-lens investing: https://impactalpha.com/new-tools-for-humanitarian-relief-in-crisis-zones-blended-finance-offtake-contracts-and-debt-swaps/

GGRF deadlines: https://impactalpha.com/epa-melds-private-and-public-capital-and-a-surplus-of-opinions-to-beef-up-green-banking/

Capitol Gains: https://impactalpha.com/capitol-gains-utahs-ben-mcadams-on-local-solutions-to-dysfunction-in-washington-podcast/

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: the good economic news that’s been largely overlooked — or at least overshadowed — in the current tumultuous news cycle: https://impactalpha.com/left-behind-communities-ride-bipartisan-policies-if-not-politics-to-prosper-at-last/

Plus, an impact investment from TPG to fund AI-powered cameras that detect parking violations in bus-only zones: https://impactalpha.com/tpg-rise-fund-leads-90-million-investment-in-ai-for-smart-cities/

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This episode features music by Isaac Silk.

Skya Ducheneaux of Akiptan, a Native community development financial institution on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in Eagle Butte, SD. joins David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact Podcast.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:

The implications of this term’s Supreme Court rulings on the business environment for sustainable finance: https://impactalpha.com/supreme-court-rulings-threaten-to-turn-policy-tailwinds-into-headwinds-for-impact-investors/

How impact investors are preparing for the political risk of the upcoming US presidential elections: https://impactalpha.com/as-the-vibe-shifts-agents-of-impact-ask-what-do-we-do-now/

How a nonprofit housing developer is looking to drive community homeownership without displacement in Baltimore: https://impactalpha.com/real-revitalization-part-1-parity-buys-back-the-block-to-drive-community-revival-without-displacement-in-west-baltimore/

Host Brian Walsh takes up top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering. Up this week:

How New Ventures is aiming to scale by going deep instead of big:https://impactalpha.com/going-big-by-going-niche-how-new-ventures-rodrigo-villar-is-specializing-for-deeper-impact-qa/

Obran’s worker owned cooperative conglomerate: https://impactalpha.com/worker-owned-conglomerate-obran-cooperative-gets-a-boost-from-acumen-america-investment/

And, why Surdna’s CEO Don Chen is all in on investing in funds led by women and People of Color: https://impactalpha.com/surdna-foundations-don-chen-high-risk-high-reward-impact-investments-are-paying-off-qa/⁠

Imogen Rose-Smith joins David Bank and Brian Walsh for a classic ImpactAlpha roundtable discussion about ESG, DEI, and public policy.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.

Congressional hearings on ESG: https://impactalpha.com/political-risk-antitrust-hearing-escalates-republican-attacks-on-climate-action/

Shareholder votes at Tesla: https://impactalpha.com/elon-musks-pay-grab-is-a-skirmish-in-the-broader-battle-of-the-billionaires/

Women’s growing economic power in Latin America: https://impactalpha.com/in-latin-america-investors-see-economic-opportunities-through-a-gender-lens/

How Ava Duvernay flipped the script on how Hollywood funds films: https://impactalpha.com/ava-duvernay-impact-filmmaking

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with senior editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week:

Hope Mago of HCAP Partners, the San Diego private equity firm known for its ‘Gainful Jobs’ strategy joins David Bank for another in our series of conversations with Agents of Impact across the landscape of impact investing. and sustainable finance, from asset owners to managers and of course, founders and entrepreneurs.

This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:

Climate on the ballot: https://impactalpha.com/mexico-chooses-a-new-president-amid-extreme-heat-and-little-urgency-on-climate-action/

Impact accounting standards: https://impactalpha.com/a-decade-in-the-making-impact-accounting-standards-advance-amid-investor-demand/

Bridging a ‘missing middle’ for commercial climate solutions: https://impactalpha.com/flexible-financing-to-bridge-a-missing-middle-for-commercial-climate-solutions/