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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Nov 22, 2024 • 14min
Agents of Impact articulate new narratives for a post-election reality
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Highlights from this week’s post-election Agents of Impact Call; the news that Donald Trump Jr. is joining a quasi-impact investing fund targeting an underserved market – conservative consumers; and, how catalytic capital warehousing could help emerging managers finance the sustainable development goals.
Nov 14, 2024 • 18min
The search is on for global climate leadership + hospitals investing in social determinants of health
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
Previewing next week's Agents of Impact Call (RSVP NOW!)
The search is on for global climate leadership at COP29-- and women are front and center.
How hospitals are partnering with community lenders to invest in the social determinants of health
Plus, a look at some of our top deals of the week.
Nov 7, 2024 • 24min
Impact investors take stock after the US election
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Initial reactions from agents of impact to President Trump's re-election; an update on some of the funding already being distributed from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; and how a mutual aid network in Asheville, North Carolina is helping overlooked entrepreneurs rebuild after Hurricane Helene.
Oct 31, 2024 • 14min
The vibe at this year's SOCAP + family offices lean towards climate
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ImpactAlpha team was at the SOCAP conference in SF, where the focus was on systemic change; how private investors are pouring more money into blended finance transactions; and, why global family offices are slowly warming up to climate investments.
Oct 24, 2024 • 21min
1.5 trillion dollars of impact capital, from commercial to catalytic
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank, dialing in from Amsterdam. Up this week: The GIIN’s new report pegs the impact investing market at $1.5 trillion…ish; the reasons for and significance of the news that the Catalytic Capital Consortium is doubling down rather than shutting down its efforts to expand the use of the financing tool; and, a preview of ImpactAlpha’s new documentary on the North Carolina model, premiering at SOCAP next week. Check out the trailer.
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Oct 17, 2024 • 20min
Strategies for housing affordability and ownership
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.
Oct 10, 2024 • 23min
Another petrostate COP + new innovative financial models in emerging markets and the US
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.
Oct 3, 2024 • 21min
Reimagining home insurance in the face of climate disasters + funding emerging managers
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.
Sep 26, 2024 • 17min
Takeaways from Climate Week NYC
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.
Sep 20, 2024 • 19min
Commercial capital is crowding into blended funds + the ownership economy arrives
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.
