ImpactAlpha Podcasts

On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken checks in with Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Rey Ramsey and The Case Made’s Tiffany Manuel , and chats with ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese about climate action news. Plus, the headlines.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation says it has nearly fulfilled the commitment made three years ago to align 100% of its $450 million endowment with its mission goals – and confirmed that aligning foundation assets  with positive impact turns out to be a way to make a decent return as well.

Host Brian Walsh takes stock of two of the premier showcases for student  talent in impact investing and sustainable finance. He chats with  Bridges Fund Management’s Brian Trelstad about this year’s competition.  And Megan Kashner of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern  recaps the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, which  also staged its...

Equilibrium Capital's Dave Chen joins David Bank to discuss the latest trends in instutional sustainable investing

Host Monique Aiken speaks with B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy about why impact-driven businesses and investors are stepping up their policy advocacy. We also hear from Dr. Tiffany Manuel of The Case Made, next week’s guest on The Reconstruction podcast. Plus the headlines.

Host Brian Walsh dissects former BlackRock exec Tariq Fancy’s recent takedown of ESG investing with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank . Plus the headlines .

Jessica Pothering joins host Monique Aiken to discuss how African entrepreneurs are stepping up with tech solutions to the continent’s challenges in agriculture, climate change and financial inclusion. We also catch up with Unreasonable Group’s Pratibha Vuppuluri and hear a snippet of next week’s Reconstruction podcast with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson . Plus, the headlines .

Brian Walsh talks with Amy Cortese about regulation crowdfunding’s big week, and we hear from Republic’s Ken Nguyen and Wefunder’s Jonny Price . Plus the headlines.

Monique is joined by Erika Seth-Davies, a social entrepreneur in residence at Common Future, and founder of The Racial Equity Asset Lab, and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank to talk about the American Rescue Plan and, perhaps, a bottom-up Reconstruction...

On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh discusses the big private equity funds looking to make a splash in impact with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank. Plus, the headlines.

On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken chats with ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus about Bitwise Industries’ big raise and BlocPower’s Donnel Baird , this week’s Agent of Impact.

Don Chen, president of the billion-dollar Surdna Foundation, joins David Bank to discuss Surdna's 100 million dollar commitment to impact investing, as well as some innovative approaches they've taken to the COVID crisis.

Amy Cortese joins Brian to bring us up to speed on soil carbon markets. We  hear from Gregory Landua of the Regen Network, Mark Lambert of  Re-Harvest, and this week's Agent of Impact: Charles D. King, the  Founder and CEO of the global media brand Macro.

The headlines, plus Suzanne Biegel updates Monique on some highlights from this week's GenderSmart Investing Summit, and we hear from Bill Bynum, CEO of Hope Enterprise.

The headlines, plus Brian is joined by Professor Tensie Whelan of NYU Stern School of Business to discuss her latest research into corporate board members ESG credentials.

1863 Ventures founder Melissa Bradley joins Monique Aiken to discuss how learning from history can create opportunities for equitable wealth-building.

The headlines, plus Monique and David bring share a sneak preview of "The Reconstruction" our new podcast series and beat which drops on Monday.

The word of the week is: creativity -- Brian catches up with Upstart CoLab founder Laura Callanan, and we revisit the poetry of this week's Agent of Impact, Amanda Gorman. 

Monique is joined by Jessica Barron and Marion Johnson of Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned social impact consulting firm, to discuss their recent report Demoocracy’s Powerbrokers: Political Power of Women of Color.

David chats with Jigar Shah, president of Generate , a San Francisco investment firm at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure financing. Jigar was co-founder of SunEdison , a pioneer of the “no money down” solar financing model that unlocked the solar market. He co-hosts The Energy Gang Podcast. 

David joins Brian to chart the year  ahead in impact investing with some help from Generate's Jigar Shah.

David joins Brian to round up the ImpactAlpha week of roundups, plus we hear a few of Dave Chen's predictions for 2021. 

Dave and David look back on some of the predictions from February's episode, and look forward to the trends we'll be seeing a lot more of in 2021.

David Bank speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Blue Forest, a nonprofit fund financing forest resilience through an innovative pay for performance model.

The word of the week is "science", and the agents of impact are scientists... and David joins Monique to discuss deep tech investing.