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Your weekly roundup of the news and features from this week in ImpactAlpha
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Dec 10, 2021 • 8min
December 10: The Reconstruction This Time
Host Monique Aiken takes a look back on a year of conversations on The Reconstruction podcast with outtakes from Anne Price, Rodney Foxworth and Nwamaka Agbo. Aiken also looks forward to next week’s Agents of Impact Call on the series and what’s next. Plus, the headlines.

Dec 3, 2021 • 24min
December 3rd: Stakeholder Activism and ReNewCos
Host Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank take up the corporate trend du jour: spinning off high-flying green business units, or ReNewCos, from legacy dirty assets, and chew over prospects for a “multi-movement engine” for corporate accountability.

Nov 19, 2021 • 28min
November 19th: 4 Takeaways from COP26 with Stephan Nicoleau
On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken gets an investor’s takeaways from the Glasgow climate summit from FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau. Plus, the headlines.

Nov 12, 2021 • 21min
November 12th: The Marks, the Gretas, and Inflation -- Oh, My!
Host Brian Walsh is back from Glasgow and joined for an institutional impact roundtable by Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank. They sort out the Marks and the Gretas at COP26 and chew on inflation’s impact on… impact. Plus, the headlines

Nov 5, 2021 • 9min
November 5th: Young Climate Leaders at COP26
Amy Cortese joins host Monique Aiken to share some of the powerful voices that have spoken so far at COP26. Plus the headlines.

Oct 29, 2021 • 19min
October 29th: What's at Stake at COP26
Host Brian Walsh is headed to Glasgow for COP26, and looks to roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith for the lowdown on what to expect. Plus the headlines.

Oct 22, 2021 • 9min
October 22nd: SOCAP Week
David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to bring us some highlights of the many interviews and panels that the two hosted this week.

Oct 15, 2021 • 23min
October 15th: Institutional Climate Investing in the UK
Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk UK climate politics and investing.

Oct 8, 2021 • 17min
October 8th: Covering Black tech ecosystems, with The Plug's Sherrell Dorsey
Sherrell Dorsey, founder of The Plug, joins host Monique Aiken. The Plug launched a new site this week, and will be co-hosting next week's Agents of Impact Call.

Oct 1, 2021 • 12min
October 1st: Infrastructure and Impact
John Cochrane from the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance joins host Brian Walsh to sort out at least some of the policy developments in Washington this week -- and what they mean for impact investors. Plus, the headlines.


