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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories covered this:
“Trump’s executive orders will affect investments in climate, equity, AI and global development,” by Dennis Price, Isaac Silk and Amy Cortese
“Investors look for Opportunity Zones to get an extension and a fresh dose of tax-advantaged capital,” by Roodgally Senatus
“Adding a dash of guaranteed liquidity to impact funds to attract more institutional LPs,” by David Bank.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the devastating LA wildfires are putting a spotlight on wildfire prevention tech and what the disaster means for California's fragile insurance market; examples of outcomes-based financing driving systemic change in education; and Colossal Biosciences’ $200 million raise to revive the wooly mammoth among other lost species.
“In the age of fire, tech solutions can help but not heal,” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus.
“LA wildfires push California’s insurance market to the brink,” by Louie Woodall
“How outcomes-based financing can drive systemic change in education,” by Jenny Berg and Inês Charro of Education Finance Network
Wild and woolly: Colossal Biosciences raises $200 million to revive the mammoth and other lost species,” by Amy Cortese
Host Brian Walsh takes up the week’s top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering. They discuss Jessica's takeaways from her analysis of ImpactAlpha's 2024 set of actively raising impact funds, how catalytic capital is unlocking regenerative agriculture opportunities in Brazil, and why drones are taking off in India for agriculture and economic inclusion.
"Glimmers of hope for impact fund managers shine through the fundraising fog," by Jessica Pothering.
"How catalytic capital helped unlock ecosystem regeneration in Brazil," by Dario Parziale.
"Investors bet on drones to lift agricultural productivity and women’s livelihoods in India," by Shefali Anand.
This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: David dives into the divergent differing vibes at Mission Investors Exchange and the Milken Institute Global Conference. Plus a call for efforts to sustainably harvest the metals needed for the energy transition.
Tonya Allen Q+A: https://impactalpha.com/mcknights-tonya-allen-philanthropy-has-right-and-responsibility-to-counter-dei-attacks/
Laura Callanan: https://impactalpha.com/capital-the-creative-economy-and-a-quarter-century-of-lessons-learned-in-impact-investing/
Sustainable Mining: https://impactalpha.com/esg-will-be-key-to-supplying-green-metals-needed-for-the-energy-transition/
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This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by Yurii Semchyshyn.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week:
Family offices have the opportunity to invest in the climate transition:
https://impactalpha.com/the-climate-transition-and-investment-opportunities-for-family-offices/
Three leading foundations make for-profit investments in an OpenAI competitor:
https://impactalpha.com/with-stakes-in-anthropic-impact-investors-seek-a-seat-at-the-ai-table/
The brouhaha over whether voluntary carbon credits should count towards a company’s climate targets:
https://impactalpha.com/with-stakes-in-anthropic-impact-investors-seek-a-seat-at-the-ai-table/
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Brian Walsh and ImpactAlpha editor David Bank take up the good news on the good economy, Participant Media’s lasting legacy and the signs of change at the World Bank. Plus: an exclusive early listen to the electrifying single, “I’m Your Heat Pump.”
To learn more about heat pumps and home electrification, visit The Switch is On and Rewiring America websites. Sign up for The Switch is On monthly newsletter and receive an email featuring the “(I’m Your) Heat Pump” music video.
Rob's column:
https://impactalpha.com/good-economy-actually-is-good-news-as-impact-investors-adjust-to-new-realities/
Participant Media
https://impactalpha.com/shutdown-of-participant-media-challenges-other-investors-to-drive-impact-through-film/
World Bank:
https://impactalpha.com/spring-meetings-yield-green-shoots-of-development-finance-reform-at-the-world-bank/
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Brian and David explore the federal funds that are catalyzing capital to reconnect communities from the legacy of racial segregation, the huge impact investing opportunity in Puerto Rico, and the mechanisms that investors and business owners are using to exit to employees.
Links to this week's stories:
Reconnecting communities - https://impactalpha.com/with-bridges-buses-and-bike-lanes-reconnecting-communities-rebuilds-civic-muscles-along-with-neighborhoods/
Impact in PR - https://impactalpha.com/the-impact-investing-opportunity-in-puerto-ricos-economic-comeback/
Employee ownership exits - https://impactalpha.com/with-elbos-and-eots-more-business-owners-are-exiting-to-employee-ownership/
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This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by Yurii Semchyshyn.
Brian and David continue to unpack the EPA’s blockbuster $20 billion in government grants to mobilize commercial investment in climate solutions, learn lessons from dozens of blended finance transactions, and discuss how shareholders are voting to have companies mitigate economy-wide risks.
Links to this week's stories:
https://impactalpha.com/investors-ready-products-to-amplify-us-green-bank-funding/
https://impactalpha.com/blending-billions-lessons-from-more-than-three-dozen-big-blended-finance-transactions/
https://impactalpha.com/with-systems-first-proposals-shareholders-seek-to-mitigate-economy-wide-risks/
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This episode featured music by Isaac Silk and by Yurii Semchyshyn.
Brian Walsh and David Bank discuss the players likely to receive massive funding from the EPA to create a national green bank, how people are investing in Brazil’s impact economy, and how a $75 million ‘basket bond’ is catalyzing climate lending to small businesses in emerging markets.
Read more:
Green bank: https://impactalpha.com/epas-new-partners-plot-a-27-billion-path-to-a-us-green-bank/
Basket bonds: https://impactalpha.com/how-a-75-million-basket-bond-is-catalyzing-climate-lending-to-small-businesses-in-emerging-markets/
Brazilian impact ecosystem: https://impactalpha.com/the-path-to-growth-in-brazil-runs-through-the-impact-economy-videos
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David Bank joins Brian Walsh to discuss some of the top stories from ImpactAlpha this week.
Stories mentioned on the podcast:
Texas boots Blackrock:
https://impactalpha.com/texas-boots-blackrock-saddling-texans-with-the-costs-of-its-campaign-against-esg/
Clean cooking: https://impactalpha.com/leveraging-the-carbon-markets-for-clean-cooking-climate-justice-and-social-impact/
Vanguard gets punked: https://impactalpha.com/elaborate-spoof-takes-aim-at-vanguards-retreat-from-climate-commitments/
Agents of Impact Call 60: https://impactalpha.com/calls/
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Why LP might stand for Leadership Potential, in addition to limited partner, as asset allocators contend with an increasingly complex world; how new approaches to the ownership economy are helping to both increase and share the pie; and, amid a pullback in official aid, how African asset owners and fund managers are creating their own pathways to growth.Story links:“In volatile times, some impact investors try to show LP means ‘leadership potential,’” by Amy Cortese and David Bank“Impact LPs and GPs search for solutions in a tough year to raise and deploy capital,” by Amy Cortese and Erik Stein“Beyond affordability to ownership, wealth-building and economic security,” by David Bank"African asset owners and fund managers chart local ‘pathways to growth’," by Lucy Ngige and Jessica Pothering
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the Sierra Club Foundation is leaning into system-level investing with its $200 million endowment; the 1803 Fund’s ambitious plans to restore historically Black neighborhoods in Portland; and, how financial advisors can meet clients’ demand for impact investing opportunities, and other takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call.Story links:“Sierra Club Foundation is dumping managers, innovating indexes and embracing ‘system-level’ investing,” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus.“In Portland, the 1803 Fund is rebuilding Black neighborhoods, zip code by zip code,” by Roodgally Senatus.Agents of Impact Call 75 recap and replay.
Stackwell founder Trevor Rozier-Byrd joins David Bank to talk about how public financial markets can become a real wealth-building tool for people who’ve historically been left out. Stackwell’s model: culturally resonant education, behaviorally informed nudges like recurring deposits, and seed investment programs that help “multicultural emerging wealth builders” get into the market and stay there.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: The ambitious strategy behind New Mexico’s $67 billion sovereign wealth fund; How the residential solar industry plans to stay competitive by eliminating dealer fees; And, how cities are building durable capital stacks for climate action, as federal support evaporates.Story links:“How New Mexico’s $67 billion fund is using oil and gas revenues to build a clean energy economy,” by David Bank.“With tax credits expiring, cutting ‘dealer fees’ could keep solar affordable,” by David Bank. “PosiGen bankruptcy highlights solar industry woes — and puts Brookfield in the hot seat,” by Amy Cortese.“Building durable financing for the energy transition and climate action in local communities,” by HIP Investors’ Nick Gower.
David Bank chats with Bruce Brown of New Mexico’s State Investment Council, a $67 billion sovereign wealth fund of sorts that helps pay for child care, schools, college and other services for the state’s residents. Brown is using funds generated from oil and gas production on state lands to invest in climate funds and attract clean energy projects to New Mexico.
The Cordes Foundation's Steph Stephenson joins Amy Cortese to talk about her family foundation’s evolution over its twenty years, from early support for social entrepreneurs to a focused push for gender equity throughout the global fashion industry.Check out all of ImpactAlpha's sustainable fashion coverage.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Beyond investments and guarantees, how Encourage Capital assembled the necessary pieces to unlock capital flows for the global clean energy transition; The missing markets for local builders and buyers of health, wealth, and vibrant communities (09:30); And, how European pension funds learn to stop worrying and love the companies making bombs (12:35).Story links:“A case study in unlocking lending to small businesses to accelerate solar in India,” by C3's Harvy Koh“Making missing markets for local builders (and buyers) of health, wealth and vibrant communities,” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus“European pension funds said ‘no’ to defense investments. Then came Ukraine… and Trump,” by Danielle Rossingh
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Instead of 50 year mortgages, actual solutions to make homeownership affordable; The case of the missing $54 billion in climate finance; And, highlights from this week’s call, on plugging the financing gap for growth businesses in Africa.Story links:“From affordable home ownership to ‘fair-share appreciation’ and generational wealth,” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus.“The case of the missing $54 billion in development banks' climate financing," by Jessica Pothering. All of our call roundups: https://impactalpha.com/calls/
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: In the lead up to the COP30 climate summit, the state of climate blended finance is a mixed bag; the private credit jitters that are putting even impact investors on edge (10:55); and, a preview of next week's Agents of Impact call on mobilizing growth funds for growth firms in Africa and Asia (16:10).RSVP for next week's Call!Story links:“Institutional investors warm to blended climate finance even as foreign aid and catalytic capital declines,” by Erik Stein“With Tropical Forests Forever fund, Brazil tries a new approach to slowing deforestation,” by Erik Stein“Debt bubble? Private credit jitters put even impact investors on edge,” by Amy Cortese“With philanthropic capital, Growth Firms Alliance is mobilizing local pension funds around small-business financing,” by Lucy Ngige
As a former hedge fund investor, Eva Yazhari is comfortable making the contrarian bet. While other VC investors are swinging for grand slams with AI startups, Yazhari’s Beyond Capital Ventures is knocking down singles and doubles around the west Indian Ocean, one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. “The gap is where the alpha lives,” Yazhari told ImpactAlpha on the latest Agents of Impact podcast.
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