This Week in Impact

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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The team is on break, so we're sharing the second episode of James McIntyre and Matt Posner's new podcast Capitol Gains, the latest edition to the ImpactAlpha Podcast Network.

In this episode James and Matt had the pleasure of hosting Carolyn Kousky of the Environmental Defense Fund. With an extensive background in climate risk management and policy approaches, Carolyn provided a compelling discussion on the evolving risks of climate change, the critical role of disaster insurance and the challenges within the current dynamic.

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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ⁠political proxy battle⁠ for the soul of tech, innovation and social impact, what ⁠youth led protests⁠ mean for the impact agenda, and how recycling is ⁠having a moment⁠.

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/⁠

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund 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.

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 up 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: