

This Week in Impact
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Your weekly roundup of the news and features from this week in ImpactAlpha
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Oct 14, 2022 • 23min
Insights from 20 years of deploying "patient capital" with Acumen's Daniel Waldron
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Daniel Waldron, head of insights at Acumen, to discuss lessons learned from the non-profit investor’s two decades of deploying “patient capital” in companies serving some of the world’s poorest customers. Plus, the headlines.

Oct 7, 2022 • 19min
The Greening of the 401(k) with Zach Stein
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts can start to shift trillions of dollars away from fossil fuels and toward climate solutions (3:00).
This month's Liist: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-october-2022/

Sep 30, 2022 • 14min
Investing to support refugees and women
Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to talk about the new and growing opportunity in ‘refugee lens investing,’ (2:45). And, Brian shares some highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact Call (11:00)
Watch the Call replay on Youtube: https://youtu.be/I0kz0W0dCBI or at impactalpha.com

Sep 23, 2022 • 8min
Fall is here, and that means it's Climate Week in New York
Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank, who has been on the ground with ImpactAlpha’s New York “bureau” (Amy Cortese, Roodgally Senatus and Dan Keller), taking the pulse of investors and other stakeholders at Climate Week. Plus, the headlines.

Sep 16, 2022 • 13min
The state of impact in India with Shefali Anand
ImpactAlpha correspondent Shefali Anand joins host Brian Walsh from the Impact Investors Council in New Delhi to take stock of the surge in climate and impact investing in India. Plus, the headlines.
Agents of Impact Call replay: https://youtu.be/XlSfGZ7c9xE

Sep 9, 2022 • 12min
Mapping Climate Capital and September's LIIST
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s Agents of Impact Call. Luni Libes of Realize Impact stops by to discuss impact funds featured on this month’s edition of The LIIST. Plus, the headlines.
Next week's Call RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/411553496587
This month's LIIST: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-september-2022/

Sep 2, 2022 • 9min
How, and why, to decarbonize concrete
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Roody Senatus to hear about some of the concrete steps being taken to address a particularly hard challenge: reducing carbon emissions from concrete. Plus, the headlines.
More on Pakistan aid opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kalsoomlakhani_the-floods-impacting-pakistan-right-now-are-activity-6969838421166989312-7s_X/

Aug 26, 2022 • 15min
Havell Rodrigues on the democratic approach to fundraising that's putting wind in the sails of new impact fund managers
New Majority Capital is one of a new crop of emerging impact investment firms that are turning to crowdfunding platforms such as Republic and Wefunder to overcome historic barriers to fundraising. New Majority's Havell Rodrigues speaks with Dennis Price about how the approach has worked for them, and the strategy they're using to seed a new generation of diverse entrepreneurs (3:00). Plus the headlines.

Aug 19, 2022 • 23min
The Roundtable takes on the anti-ESG ETF Strive, and more...
Host Brian Walsh welcomes back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to dissect the anti-ESG backlash and the Inflation Reduction Act. Plus, the headlines.

Aug 12, 2022 • 11min
What the climate provisions of the IRA mean for investors.
Host Monique Aiken is joined by Amy Cortese, who has been talking to investors -- including Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau -- about how the inflation reduction act is resetting the table on climate. Plus, the headlines.`


