This Week in Impact

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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.
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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/
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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
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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.
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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
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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/
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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.`

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