This Week in Impact

By Impact Alpha

Your weekly roundup of the news and features from this week in ImpactAlpha... more

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This Week in Impact episodes:

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.⁠
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19min
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.
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22min
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?
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21min
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
⁠Latam Newsletter Signup
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20min
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
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24min
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.
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20min
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

⁠⁠⁠RSVP⁠⁠⁠ for next week's Call!
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21min
August 08, 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

⁠⁠RSVP⁠⁠ for next week's Call!
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21min
August 01, 2024 Capitol Gains Ep2: Climate, insurance and risk management with Carolyn Kousky
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.
Subscribe to Capitol Gains wherever you listen.
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37min
July 25, 2024 A political proxy battle⁠ for the soul of tech, youth-lens investing in Africa, and recycling is having a moment
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.
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22min

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