ImpactAlpha Podcasts

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.

Jeff Brenner, co-founder of Impact Community Capital, joins David Bank to discuss learnings from the firm's deployment of over $1.6 billion in affordable housing. The organization aims to raise an additional $1 billion to $1.5 billion in the next three to four years, targeting a broader range of institutional investors.

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

David Bank is joined by Dave Kirkpatrick, Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a climate and impact investor in Durham NC, and SJF’s Director of Impact, Kelsey Jarrett, to talk about finding the alpha in impact. Read Dave and Kelsey's op-ed on ImpactAlpha, as well as our profile of Dave.

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

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women’s World Banking, joins David Bank for an Agents of Impact interview. They discuss the organization's 45 years of work advancing financial inclusion for low-income women around the globe and new initiatives around fintech, financial wellness and climate resilience. Read more by heading over to impactapha.com/podcasts