This Week in Impact

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Initial reactions from agents of impact to President Trump's re-election; an update on some of the funding already being distributed from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund ; and how a mutual aid network in Asheville , North Carolina is helping overlooked entrepreneurs rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: The ImpactAlpha team was at the ⁠SOCAP conference in SF⁠ , where the focus was on systemic change; how private investors are pouring more money into ⁠blended finance transactions⁠ ; and, why global ⁠family offices⁠ are slowly warming up to climate investments.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank , dialing in from Amsterdam. Up this week: The GIIN’s new report pegs the impact investing market at ⁠$1.5 trillion…ish⁠ ; the reasons for and significance of the news that the ⁠Catalytic Capital Consortium⁠ is doubling down rather than shutting down its efforts to expand the use of the financing tool; and, a preview of Imp...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: Highlights from ⁠this week’s Agents of Impact Call⁠ on putting an ownership lens on housing affordability; how and why to restore ⁠trust in voluntary carbon markets⁠ ⁠; and, Amazon and Google opt for the nuclear option in their drive to supply their power-hungry data centers with carbon-free energy.

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 con...

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 .

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.

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.⁠

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.

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...

🎧 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

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 st...

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.

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'...

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!

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 compellin...

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/⁠ Cap...

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 pa...

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 presid...

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...

Imogen Rose-Smith joins David Bank and Brian Walsh for a classic ImpactAlpha roundtable discussion about ESG, DEI, and public policy. Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode features music by Isaac Silk

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: ⁠htt...

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with senior editor Jessica Pothering . Up this week: This month’s list of impact funds actively raising capital: ⁠https://impactalpha.com/impact-fund-managers-steer-private-credit-to-places-equity-fears-to-tread/⁠ Liist submissions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfm5qIOqogtbI3xRx4-0Xk2kh7VY_5x8wJKuLh6ZlXz2sSmw/viewform How Africa’s fu...

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 ‘mis...