This Week in Impact

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 conservation in the US⁠.

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 on their diversity commitments face ⁠legal risk from investors⁠?

🎧 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 startups are climate-proofing India’s economic future  India’s residential rooftops sprout solar panels with generous government subsidies

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.