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Finding Alpha: For Jim Sorenson and impact investing, the best is yet to come

Nov 18 2024 42 mins

For the first in his series of Finding Alpha podcast conversations, ImpactAlpha contributing editor Robert Brown catches up with Sorenson Impact Institute founder Jim Sorenson to talk about the building of an impact investing ecosystem.

The search is on for global climate leadership + hospitals investing in social determinants of health

Nov 14 2024 17 mins

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

Sana Kapadia on bringing a gender lens to "The Finance COP" in Baku

Nov 13 2024 23 mins

Kapadia is heading to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan next week to bring a gender lens to what's being called the 'Finance COP.' Negotiators are hammering out new financial targets for investment and assistance in the climate transition in developing countries and the global south more broadly.

Impact investors take stock after the US election

Nov 07 2024 23 mins

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

The vibe at this year's SOCAP + family offices lean towards climate

Oct 31 2024 14 mins

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.

1.5 trillion dollars of impact capital, from commercial to catalytic

Oct 24 2024 20 mins

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,

Strategies for housing affordability and ownership

Oct 17 2024 20 mins

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 ene

Another petrostate COP + new innovative financial models in emerging markets and the US

Oct 10 2024 23 mins

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 a

Reimagining home insurance in the face of climate disasters + funding emerging managers

Oct 03 2024 21 mins

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: Building institutional-grade strategies to create – and preserve – affordable housing

Oct 01 2024 20 mins

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.