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:

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/⁠

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

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This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: David dives into the divergent differing vibes at Mission Investors Exchange and the Milken Institute Global Conference. Plus a call for efforts to sustainably harvest the metals needed for the energy transition.

Tonya Allen Q+A: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/mcknights-tonya-allen-philanthropy-has-right-and-responsibility-to-counter-dei-attacks/⁠

Laura Callanan: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/capital-the-creative-economy-and-a-quarter-century-of-lessons-learned-in-impact-investing/⁠

Sustainable Mining: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/esg-will-be-key-to-supplying-green-metals-needed-for-the-energy-transition/⁠

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This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by ⁠⁠Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠.

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

The state of blended finance: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/blended-finance-rebounds-in-2023-with-focus-on-climate-and-bigger-deals/⁠

How Big Tech can restore both forests – and credibility - in voluntary carbon markets: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/how-big-tech-can-restore-forests-and-credibility-in-voluntary-carbon-markets/⁠

Why The California Wellness Foundation is putting a diversity, equity and inclusion lens on 100% of its $1 billion endowment: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/investment-manager-diversity-matters-when-investing-for-health-equity/⁠

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