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Impact Alpha Podcasts

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Finding hidden impact and overlooked risks in municipal bonds

December 15, 2023 03:01 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MB

Featuring Activest's Homero Radway, HIP Investor’s Paul Herman, Kestrel’s Monica Reid, Matt Posner of Court Street Group and Lincoln Institute’s RJ McGrail. Check out the call recap: https://impactalpha.com/the-arbitrage-opportunity-in-high-impact-municipal-bonds-video/ Or watch the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPh3XC9X1g Imogen's latest Institutional Shift column: https://impactalpha.com/dont-take-jeffrey-ubbens-shutdown-of-inclusive-capital-for-more-than-hes-worth/ --- Se...

A tale of two COPs with Marilyn Waite and Dawn Lippert

December 08, 2023 02:11 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Amy Cortese speaks with both Marilyn Waite of the Climate Finance Fund and Dawn Lippert of Elemental Excelerator about their experiences this week in the green and blue zones of COP28. Plus, Monique Aiken has the headlines.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

All eyes on Dubai as COP 28 begins with Stephan Nicoleau

December 01, 2023 02:05 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese speaks with Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau at the start of COP 28 to hear what he’s expecting - and hoping for - at the global climate summit in Dubai. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Steering pension funds toward impact with Tara Mei Smith and Marcela Pinilla

November 17, 2023 02:02 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Friends of ImpactAlpha Eric Horvath and Lucas Turner-Owens share an excerpt from their new podcast Impact(ed). They speak with Tara Mei Smith (Office of NYC Comptroller) and Marcela Pinilla (Zevin Asset Management) about creating change from the inside at pension funds, and their journey as women of color investment professionals. Plus, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Lessons from the Wilmington coup of 1898 with Cedric Harrison

November 10, 2023 01:31 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

November 10th is the 125th anniversary of the only successful coup d’etat in U.S. history, which took place in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898. White supremacists targeted Wilmington for it's multiracial democracy and prosperity. ]ImpactAlpha’s David Bank went to Wilmington and we’ll hear his conversation with Cedric Harrison, an entrepreneur building a business around recovering the history of that dark day.  David Zucchino's pulitzer prize winning account of the coup: https://booksho...

Maria Hollan of Timke Ventures shares her journey to impact investing

November 02, 2023 23:51 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price catches up with María Hollan, a second-generation steward of her family’s assets at Timke Ventures in Mexico City. Hollan was in Medellín at the GLI Forum Latam looking for opportunities to invest across asset classes with a gender lens. Plus, Monique Aiken has the headlines. Join Camilla Nestor of MCE Social Capital, Shally Shankar of AiiM Partners, Noramay Cadena of Supply Change Capital, and Samantha Anderson and Rose Maizner from Heading for Change, Wednesday,...

What the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller impact fund managers

October 26, 2023 23:48 - 10 minutes - 9.56 MB

David Bank catches up with Courageous Capital Advisors’ Laurie Spengler to talk about what the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller impact fund managers closer to the problems and community-based solutions. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Repurposing churches with Graham Singh, and a big ImpactAlpha announcement

October 20, 2023 01:18 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

David chats with Graham Singh of the Trinity Centres Foundation, and chats with Monique about ImpactAlpha's recent fundraise. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHd3U3IOar-4cPkJqx9eZYw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

There's a new impact lens in town

October 13, 2023 01:36 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MB

Unicef USA's Cristina Shapiro joins David Bank to introduce child-lens investing, a framework for considering investment harms and benefits to children, who have ‘til now been left out of investment decision-making. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

How Veris is rethinking due diligence to advance gender and racial justice

October 06, 2023 00:55 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Roraj Pradhananga and Jane Swan of Veris Wealth Partners join host Monique Aiken to discuss how the wealth manager is investing in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Plus, the headlines. Read the report: https://www.veriswp.com/deib-investing-report/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Finding the 'worker-ownership edge.'

September 29, 2023 01:32 - 9 minutes - 9.13 MB

Host Brian Walsh shares highlights from this week’s agents of impact call, “The employee-ownership edge,” which explored the range of opportunities for investing in the conversion of companies to worker ownership. Plus, the headlines. RSVP for next week's LinkedIn Live with Sherrell Dorsey: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7112932484064968705/comments/ The call replay: https://youtu.be/Kii-53LJR8U?si=xyuQNO5-vdb0r0XD&t=4 Check out all of these stories and more on https://impactalpha.com/ ...

What is 'wealth supremacy,' how does it drive crises, and what can be done about it?

September 22, 2023 02:10 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic change. Her new book, “Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises,” is out this month.  Plus, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. Read part one of Marjorie’s essay, “⁠How wealth supremacy is driving today's crises⁠,” on ImpactAlpha. Check out the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/weal...

Looking ahead to Climate Week NYC

September 15, 2023 01:58 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MB

Host Brian Walsh chats with Amy Cortese to set the stage for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC. Plus, the headlines.  Amy sketched the landscape in “Protesters and investors to pressure global leaders at Climate Week NYC.” Here are the details of Sunday’s march, Climate Group’s event guide and Climate Tech VC’s cheat sheet to hundreds of side events. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Revamped SOCAP looks to remain a home for new and radical ideas

September 08, 2023 00:57 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

David Bank catches up with Robert Munson, who as head of the Sorenson Impact Center, is putting together next month’s SOCAP gathering in San Francisco. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. Get your tickets today: Oct. 23-25: SOCAP23 (San Francisco) (save $250 with code “s23_impactalpha”) Find all of the stories mentioned in this week's episode on impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Revamped SOCAP seeks radical ideas and scaled solutions

September 08, 2023 00:57 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

David Bank catches up with Robert Munson, President of SOCAP and Managing director at the Sorenson Impact Center, who is putting together next month’s gathering in San Francisco. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. Get your tickets today: Oct. 23-25: SOCAP23 (San Francisco) (save $250 with code “s23_impactalpha”) Find all of the stories mentioned in this week's episode on impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Democratizing gender lens investing in Latin America

September 01, 2023 02:06 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

🎧 Impact Briefing. Pro Mujer’s Carmen Correa joins host Monique Aiken to share how the pioneering Latin American microfinance institution’s bonds are democratizing gender lens investing in Argentina. Plus, the headlines.  “With gender bonds, Pro Mujer puts Argentina’s capital markets to work for female entrepreneurs” Check out ImpactAlpha's new Career Hub! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Catalyzing capital to Indigenous communities

August 25, 2023 00:57 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MB

Host Brian Walsh shares some of the insights from this week's Agents of Impact Call, which focused on how resourceful entrepreneurs are tapping community lenders, private investors, philanthropic funds and public dollars to launch Native-led businesses, create jobs and provide vital services. For the full replay and roundup of the call head over to https://impactalpha.com/calls/. The rest of these stories are also featured on the site. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spot...

Responding to legal attacks on racial justice strategies

August 18, 2023 01:31 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Paris Prince of the Intentional Endowments Network joins host Monique Aiken to talk about how impact investors are responding to legal attacks on affirmative action and racial wealth-building strategies.  Sign the Fearless Fund petition: https://share.communityx.com/posts/3297045f-af18-4411-9fa2-82afddc6685a/ For more on all of these stories, head on over to www.impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Cash flows to ensure the water flows in Latin America

July 28, 2023 02:03 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

David Bank speaks with Hugo Contreras, who helped lead The Nature Conservancy’s efforts in Latin America to value, conserve and enhance our most irreplaceable resource, in the next conversation in our series from the Salzburg Global Seminar, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Monique Aiken has the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Insuring farmers against crop failures and climate change

July 21, 2023 00:55 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

David Bank chats with Acre Africa’s Niza Banda in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting capital to communities” gathering at the Salzburg Global Seminar, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines. For the full story: https://impactalpha.com/acre-africa-insuring-farmers-against-crop-failures-and-climate-change/ Subscribe today: https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impa...

Putting Africa’s pension funds to work for Africa’s social infrastructure

July 14, 2023 00:59 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MB

David Bank chats with Musa Mabesa, head of South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, in the latest conversation from the “Connecting capital to communities” gathering at the Salzburg Global Seminar, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Monique Aiken has the headlines. Read the full story: https://impactalpha.com/putting-africas-pension-funds-to-work-for-africas-social-infrastructure/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alph...

Affordable housing for Mozambique’s informal economy

July 06, 2023 20:57 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

David Bank chats with Empowa’s Glen Jordan in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting Capital to Communities” gathering at the Salzburg Global Seminar, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines.  “When there's no formality, there's no identification. Income is informal. The mortgage product just doesn't work,” says Glen Jordan of Empowa, a Netherlands-based social enterprise. “So we have to turn it around and create products that meet the ...

Connecting Indian farmers to global markets

June 30, 2023 01:10 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

David Bank chats with FarMart’s Samridhi Singh in the next conversation in our series from the recent Salzburg Global Seminar on “Connecting Capital to Communities,” sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Monique Aiken has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

A century old model for affordable social housing with Michaela Kauer

June 23, 2023 00:40 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MB

David Bank catches up with Michaela Kauer of the city of Vienna to talk about that city’s model of social, affordable housing. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Moving capital at scale to elevate communities of color with Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

June 16, 2023 02:55 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

Despite all efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion, little has meaningfully changed about how, where and to whom capital flows. Known Holdings is out to break the logjam once and for all. “Our goal is to shift capital through all of the ways of wealth creation” says Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, who cofounded Known in 2021 with Natalie Molina Niño, Jim Casselberry and Ushir Shah.  “We manage assets, we deploy assets, and we shift capital to focus on eliminating the racial wealth gap.” Known is...

Institutional investors turn to climate

June 08, 2023 23:46 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith joins host Brian Walsh to discuss why, despite the recent ESG backlash, institutional impact investors are doubling down on climate investing. Plus the headlines. RSVP for The Call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/643783843807 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

The ownership beat, ESG on the chopping block, and new tools for system-level investing

June 02, 2023 01:42 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MB

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the ownership economy, ESG backlash and system-level investing. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Capricorn Investments makes the outsourcing case to foundations and families seeking impact alpha

May 29, 2023 19:22 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

“If you speak to folks here at Capricorn, they'll tell you, ‘Great, we've built all this intellectual property around sustainability and integrating this into the investment process,’” Capricorn’s Kunle Apampa tells David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact podcast. “But we cannot get to where we need to get to if others are not buying into this model.’” Kunle is working to share Capricorn’s capabilities with other “asset owners that get it and are willing to put their capital to work as wel...

Capricorn Investment Group makes the outsourcing case to foundations and families seeking impact alpha

May 29, 2023 19:22 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

“If you speak to folks here at Capricorn, they'll tell you, ‘Great, we've built all this intellectual property around sustainability and integrating this into the investment process,’” Capricorn’s Kunle Apampa tells David Bank on the latest Agents of Impact podcast. “But we cannot get to where we need to get to if others are not buying into this model.’” Kunle is working to share Capricorn’s capabilities with other “asset owners that get it and are willing to put their capital to work as wel...

Why employee ownership is the next big thing in impact, and America with Jack Moriarty

May 26, 2023 02:31 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

Jack Moriarty of Ownership America chats with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about employee ownership and new legislation to help investors back companies that are turning workers into owners. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Why employee ownership is the next big thing in impact, and America, with Jack Moriarty

May 26, 2023 02:31 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

Jack Moriarty of Ownership America chats with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about employee ownership and new legislation to help investors back companies that are turning workers into owners. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Funding African tech entrepreneurs with Eunice Ajim

May 19, 2023 01:58 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Eunice Ajim, founding partner Ajim Capital speaks with David Bank about her personal journey to launch the fund and her mission to support tech entrepreneurs in her native Cameroon and across Africa. Host Monique Aiken has the headlines. For more on Ajim Capital: https://www.ajimcapital.com/blog/ajim-capital-launches-10m-fund-for-african-companies-in-the-tech-space For more VC include podcasts: https://impactalpha.com/podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com...

The long and winding road to responsible private equity with Tensie Whelan

May 11, 2023 23:51 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MB

Host Brian Walsh is joined by NYU’s Tensie Whelan to hear why more and more private equity firms are starting to embrace impact as a path to outperformance. Tensie's article in ImpactAlpha: https://impactalpha.com/more-private-equity-firms-embrace-impact-as-a-path-to-outperformance/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Finding alpha in racial justice and the challenges women face raising a first fund with Himalaya Rao

May 05, 2023 01:28 - 13 minutes - 13 MB

The BFM (Black Founders Matter) Fund’s Himalaya Rao speaks with David Bank about the alpha case for racial justice investing and the challenges faced by a woman manager when raising her first fund. Our earlier VC Include interviews: https://impactalpha.com/toussaint-bailey-uplifting-capital-bringing-the-quietly-bothered-into-impact-investing-podcast/ https://impactalpha.com/bahiyah-yasmeen-robinson-on-includes-three-drivers-of-inclusion-alpha-podcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https...

Neighborhood Economics with Kevin Jones

April 28, 2023 02:53 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

As the Neighborhood Economics conference wraps up in Jackson, Miss., Kevin Jones speaks with David Bank about startup capital for sole proprietors, Black churches as engines of economic development and how unusual strangers can become unlikely allies. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Jacob Haar: Helping emerging market lenders 'leapfrog' the U.S.

April 24, 2023 00:33 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

The Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Community Investment Management joins David Bank for this Agents of Impact podcast. For a decade, Community Investment Management, an institutional impact investment fund has provided capital to technology-enabled, or "fintech" lenders to small businesses. Now, Haar and CIM are bringing their financial access solutions back to emerging markets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

U.S. Financial regulations and over 40 years of Earth Days with Dianne Dillon-Ridgley

April 21, 2023 01:27 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

For Earth Day, Dianne Dillon-Ridgley joins host Monique Aiken to reflect on her four decades working in finance and on environmental and human rights issues. Dillon-Ridgley is the chair of the board of the Intentional Endowments Network, and has served on 23 US delegations to the UN, including the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Plus, Monique has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/im...

Going beyond 'net-zero' in the public markets with Ariane Mahler

April 14, 2023 00:33 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

"Net zero is not going to get us anywhere,” Ariane Mahler of Veridien Global Investors tells David Bank on this week's podcast. “You need negative emissions, not just net zero.” Veridien’s forthcoming exchange-traded fund (ticker: CLIA) will include names in construction, waste management, agriculture and forestry as well as transportation and energy that “have as their main focus the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.” Plus, Brian Walsh has the headlines.  Links: Veridien Global Inv...

Training the next generation of impact investors with Adwoa Asare

April 07, 2023 02:07 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

The Turner Miint’s Adwoa Asare joins co-hosts Monique Aiken and Brian Walsh to talk about training the next generation of impact investors – and the winners of this year’s competition. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

In spite of itself, Texas takes on mantle of climate leader

March 31, 2023 01:41 - 9 minutes - 8.48 MB

From Austin, ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to discuss Texas’s surprising role as the U.S.’s leader in clean energy – and how the oil-pumping state might still wrest defeat from the jaws of victory. Plus, the headlines. Check up on this week's Agents of Impact Call at impactalpha.com/calls --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

How bank failures and interest rate hikes have changed the dynamics of impact investing.

March 24, 2023 02:27 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB

Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Atlas Impact Partners’ Robert Brown and ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith join David Bank to parse how bank failures and interest rate hikes have changed the dynamics of impact investing – perhaps forever. “The current iteration of impact investors and advocates – those seeking to redirect large pools of capital – has thrived in the context of low rates, steady economic growth, stable geopolitical environment and favorable regulatory e...

Ben McAdams: Marrying public real estate and private capital

March 17, 2023 03:38 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

As mayor of Salt Lake County a decade ago, Ben McAdams was frustrated that there wasn’t $500,000 in a $1.3 billion annual budget for a promising early childhood education program (instead he helped craft one of the country’s first social impact bonds). But an effort he led to map the value of the city’s underutilized real estate yielded an impressive number: at least $15 billion, and up to $45 billion if properties are developed thoughtfully. “I found out there is actually money under our ma...

Scaling purpose built impact with Priya Parrish

March 10, 2023 03:00 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MB

Impact Engine’s Priya Parrish joins David Bank to explain why purpose built investment firms end up with better impact outcomes than purpose driven firms. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

Sana Kapadia on the alpha opportunity for investors who are gender smart

March 03, 2023 01:38 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

2x Global’s Sana Kapadia joins host Monique Aiken to ring in Women’s History Month and talk about the state of gender-lens investing. Plus, the headlines. Relevant links from Sana: Website  Inclusive climate and gender finance report and launch event (March 14th) The Forum Currently hiring a climate lead --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

[Briefing] University of California’s rescue of Blackstone’s REIT

February 24, 2023 03:11 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

The roundtable – that’s Brian Walsh, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank – is back together to discuss private equity and, specifically, that $4.5 billion investment made by the investment office of the University of California’s Board of Regents into the Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust. Plus, the headlines. Don't forget to email us ([email protected]) with your feedback, and check out the replay of The Call: impactalpha.com/calls --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...

[Briefing] How Project Equity is turning employees into owners by surfing the 'silver tsunami'

February 17, 2023 02:39 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Project Equity’s Alison Lingane talks with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about the growing popularity of employee ownership as a strategy for generating wealth and democratizing the economy.  And, host Monique Aiken has the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

[Briefing] Finding the opportunities for impact investors in Biden's SOTU

February 10, 2023 02:19 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Fran Seegull of the Impact Investing Alliance joins David Bank to talk about jobs, climate and communities in this week’s State of the Union address and to preview Agents of Impact Call No. 49. Plus, the headlines. RSVP for The Call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-year-of-the-s-public-policy-for-social-equity-in-2023-tickets-538081796137 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

[Briefing] Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) muni bonds

February 03, 2023 03:14 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to to share some takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on the steps that some investors are taking to advance racial justice through the municipal bond market. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

[Briefing] Why development finance institutions are being pressed to ‘publish what you fund’

January 27, 2023 02:37 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Development finance institutions are essential to the mobilization of capital to slow climate change and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. So why do these quasi-public institutions share so little data about their activities? Jessica Pothering breaks it down for host Brian Walsh. Plus, the headlines. Next week's Call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/520070213007 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message

[Briefing] Backing new decision-makers for the new majority with Demetric Duckett of Living Cities

January 20, 2023 00:57 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

For the banker turned impact investor, building wealth for women and people of color is as much about numbers as it is about equity. “The reason we are the U.S. and we are at the top of the heap, globally, is because we've invested in our prior majorities, which has been primarily white men,” Demetric Duckett of Living Cities told ImpactAlpha’s David Bank in this Agents of Impact podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message