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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?

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

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.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Why certain Venture Capitalists are embracing Kamala Harris’s campaign vision⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠How three Africa-led blended finance models are mobilizing billions for development ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Why microfinance pioneer Muhmmad Yunus is stepping in to lead Bangladesh during a political crisis⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠RSVP⁠⁠⁠⁠ for next week's Call!

The team is on break, so we're sharing the second episode of James McIntyre and Matt Posner's new podcast Capitol Gains, the latest edition to the ImpactAlpha Podcast Network. In this episode James and Matt had the pleasure of hosting Carolyn Kousky of the Environmental Defense Fund. With an extensive background in climate risk management and policy approaches, Carolyn provided a compelling discussion on the evolving risks of climate change, the critical role of disaster insurance and the challenges within the current dynamic. ⁠Subscribe to Capitol Gains wherever you listen.⁠

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The political proxy battle for the soul of tech, innovation and social impact, what youth led protests mean for the impact agenda, and how recycling is having a moment.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Refugee-lens investing: https://impactalpha.com/new-tools-for-humanitarian-relief-in-crisis-zones-blended-finance-offtake-contracts-and-debt-swaps/ GGRF deadlines: https://impactalpha.com/epa-melds-private-and-public-capital-and-a-surplus-of-opinions-to-beef-up-green-banking/ Capitol Gains: https://impactalpha.com/capitol-gains-utahs-ben-mcadams-on-local-solutions-to-dysfunction-in-washington-podcast/

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: the good economic news that’s been largely overlooked — or at least overshadowed — in the current tumultuous news cycle: https://impactalpha.com/left-behind-communities-ride-bipartisan-policies-if-not-politics-to-prosper-at-last/ Plus, an impact investment from TPG to fund AI-powered cameras that detect parking violations in bus-only zones: https://impactalpha.com/tpg-rise-fund-leads-90-million-investment-in-ai-for-smart-cities/ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode features music by Isaac Silk.

Skya Ducheneaux of Akiptan, a Native community development financial institution on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in Eagle Butte, SD. joins David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact Podcast.

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The implications of this term’s Supreme Court rulings on the business environment for sustainable finance: https://impactalpha.com/supreme-court-rulings-threaten-to-turn-policy-tailwinds-into-headwinds-for-impact-investors/ How impact investors are preparing for the political risk of the upcoming US presidential elections: https://impactalpha.com/as-the-vibe-shifts-agents-of-impact-ask-what-do-we-do-now/ How a nonprofit housing developer is looking to drive community homeownership without displacement in Baltimore: https://impactalpha.com/real-revitalization-part-1-parity-buys-back-the-block-to-drive-community-revival-without-displacement-in-west-baltimore/ Sign up for ImpactAlpha LatAm: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Host Brian Walsh takes up top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering. Up this week: How New Ventures is aiming to scale by going deep instead of big:https://impactalpha.com/going-big-by-going-niche-how-new-ventures-rodrigo-villar-is-specializing-for-deeper-impact-qa/ Obran’s worker owned cooperative conglomerate: https://impactalpha.com/worker-owned-conglomerate-obran-cooperative-gets-a-boost-from-acumen-america-investment/ And, why Surdna’s CEO Don Chen is all in on investing in funds led by women and People of Color: https://impactalpha.com/surdna-foundations-don-chen-high-risk-high-reward-impact-investments-are-paying-off-qa/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Imogen Rose-Smith joins David Bank and Brian Walsh for a classic ImpactAlpha roundtable discussion about ESG, DEI, and public policy. Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Congressional hearings on ESG: https://impactalpha.com/political-risk-antitrust-hearing-escalates-republican-attacks-on-climate-action/ Shareholder votes at Tesla: https://impactalpha.com/elon-musks-pay-grab-is-a-skirmish-in-the-broader-battle-of-the-billionaires/ Women’s growing economic power in Latin America: https://impactalpha.com/in-latin-america-investors-see-economic-opportunities-through-a-gender-lens/ How Ava Duvernay flipped the script on how Hollywood funds films: https://impactalpha.com/ava-duvernay-impact-filmmaking Sign up for ImpactAlpha LatAm: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with senior editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: This month’s list of impact funds actively raising capital: ⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/impact-fund-managers-steer-private-credit-to-places-equity-fears-to-tread/⁠⁠ Liist submissions: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfm5qIOqogtbI3xRx4-0Xk2kh7VY_5x8wJKuLh6ZlXz2sSmw/viewform⁠ How Africa’s funding drought has claimed several once-high flying startups. How Sam Polk and Everytable are providing healthy fast food to California’s food deserts and uplifting communities. Sign up for ImpactAlpha LatAm: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/latam-newsletter-email/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ImpactAlpha: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode featured music by Isaac Silk, Yurii Semchyshyn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Oleksii Holubiev, and Vlad Krotov --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Hope Mago of HCAP Partners, the San Diego private equity firm known for its ‘Gainful Jobs’ strategy joins David Bank for another in our series of conversations with Agents of Impact across the landscape of impact investing. and sustainable finance, from asset owners to managers and of course, founders and entrepreneurs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message