This Week in Impact

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This Week in Impact episodes

October 10, 2024 Another petrostate COP + new innovative financial models in emerging markets and the US
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What’s at stake as climate negotiators ⁠prepare for COP29⁠, which for the second year running, will be held in a petro-state; how inclusive fintech ventures are ⁠cutting in middle men and women⁠ to build trust; and, a look at two new innovative financial models: for ⁠water in emerging markets⁠ and ⁠land conservation in the US⁠.
24 min
October 03, 2024 Reimagining home insurance in the face of climate disasters + funding emerging managers
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. ⁠Up this week: new insurance models⁠ that aim to climate proof homes and towns, enhanced efforts to support ⁠diverse emerging fund managers⁠, and how private equity is quietly ⁠funding fossil fuel investments⁠.
22 min
September 26, 2024Takeaways from Climate Week NYC
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.
⁠The buzz⁠ around early stage climate startups and the continued need for scale — both bigger checks and bigger investable opportunities.
⁠Climate inflation⁠ affecting grocery store prices

How ⁠carbon markets⁠ are financing sustainable development.
18 min
September 20, 2024Commercial capital is crowding into blended funds + the ownership economy arrives
This Week in Impact: host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.
⁠Blending billions Call roundup⁠.

⁠Finding the alpha at climate week.⁠
19 min
September 12, 2024 A near climate-free debate + sustainable fashion week
Host Brian Walsh takes up the top stories in impact with editorial director Amy Cortese. Up this week: Climate change and the Inflation Reduction Act’s minimal mentions in the presidential debate, a report from the sustainable side of fashion week in New York, and a look at the rising number of student-led impact funds.
22 min
September 06, 2024Policy planks for the ownership economy + African capital for African infrastructure
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
A new report proposes ⁠seven bipartisan policy tweaks⁠ that could drive more private capital into financing worker ownership transitions.

How USAID is banking commercial returns by working with ⁠local institutional capital providers in Africa to finance African infrastructure⁠.

Will companies that backpedal on their diversity commitments face ⁠legal risk from investors⁠?
21 min
August 29, 2024Let the water (investment) flow, climate finance updates, and family office ImpInv in LatAm
🎧 This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories on this episode:
⁠Call replay⁠ and ⁠recap⁠
⁠Climate investors rally behind Kamala Harris to protect policies – and portfolios⁠
⁠The push and pull of impact investing for wealthy families in Latin America⁠
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20 min
August 22, 2024Impact at the DNC, pro-ESG states outperform, and a solar boost in India
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Amy Cortese. On today's episode:
Beyond Chicago, Harris seeks to ride a revival in wages, entrepreneurship and ownership
Talk of the Town: Live updates from outside the Democratic National Convention
Pension funds in pro-ESG ‘blue’ states outperform those in anti-ESG ‘red’ ones — to the tune of $159 billion
New wave of off-grid energy startups are climate-proofing India’s economic future
India’s residential rooftops sprout solar panels with generous government subsidies
24 min
August 15, 2024Facing the new legal landscape for impact, how to measure & manage impact, and HBO takes on ESG
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank:
⁠Mapping an impact investing path through the new legal landscape⁠

⁠Are fund managers ready to set targets to hold themselves accountable for impact?⁠

⁠HBO brings a sleek, sexy and skeptical view of impact investing to a television audience.
20 min
August 09, 2024 VC's for Kamala, blended finance in Africa, and Yunus returns
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
⁠⁠⁠Why certain Venture Capitalists are embracing Kamala Harris’s campaign vision⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠How three Africa-led blended finance models are mobilizing billions for development ⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠Why microfinance pioneer Muhmmad Yunus is stepping in to lead Bangladesh during a political crisis⁠⁠⁠

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21 min