Impact Alpha Podcasts
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Briefing: The promise and limits of institutional impact
May 27, 2022 00:54 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBHost Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to discuss institutional impact and public policy – or the limits thereof – when it comes to guns and abortion. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message
Overheard at Davos: BlocPower and friends take on the world.
May 26, 2022 16:41 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBOn this special edition, Roodgally Senatus catches up with ImpactAlpha's sources on the ground at the World Economic Forum: BlocPower’s Donnel Baird, the City of Ithaca’s Luis Aguirre-Torres, and Jeffrey Dunston of the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Company, to hear how the world's business elite are reacting to their plans to decarbonize the globe while creating jobs -- one city, one affordable housing unit at a time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...
Briefing: Building the next-generation of diverse climate fund managers with Bahiyah Robinson of VC Include
May 20, 2022 01:23 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBCEO and Founder of VC Include, Bahiyah Robinson joins host Monique Aiken to talk about their mission to to increase the number of diverse managers 10-fold by 2030. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: The Politicization of ESG and Some Alternatives to VC
May 13, 2022 00:36 - 7 minutes - 7.22 MBDavid Bank joins Monique Aiken to discuss the politics of ESG and the importance of flexible financing for startups and small businesses. Plus, the headlines. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Alternatives to VC, from Community Rounds to Neighborhood Economics
May 06, 2022 01:09 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBDavid Bank joins host Brian Walsh to preview next week’s Agents of Impact call (3:45). And Bank checks in with Kevin Jones from the Neighborhood Economics gathering in Indianapolis (7:00). Jones is this week’s Agent of Impact. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Jonathan Rose on building green, affordable communities of opportunity
May 03, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBOn this Agents of Impact podcast, David Bank is joined by Jonathan Rose, founder and president of the real estate development company of the same name, to talk about building green and affordable housing -- something Rose has been doing since the late '80s. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Offgrid solar, fintech, and other investment trends in Africa
April 29, 2022 01:39 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBMonique Aiken is joined by Jessica Pothering to explore the, yes, social impact of private investment trends on the African continent. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Fairview Capital’s emerging wisdom about emerging and diverse fund managers
April 26, 2022 01:20 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBDavid Bank talks about diversity in asset management and allocation with Larry Morse, CEO of Fairview Capital, Christine Looney from the Ford Foundation and Najada Kumbuli, Head of impact Investments at Visa Foundation. impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Carl Icahn, Elon Musk, and activist investing in the age of ESG
April 22, 2022 01:59 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBBrian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to decide which type of “activist investor” Carl Icahn is – and what that makes Elon Musk. We also hear from Jah Koh of Lightsmith Group and Benjamin Njenga of Apollo Agriculture, both of whom were guests on this week’s Agents of Impact Call. Plus, the headlines. https://www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Catalyzing climate capital for adaptation and equity
April 15, 2022 00:02 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBDavid Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s call on catalyzing capital for climate adaptation. And we hear from Jonathan Phillips of the Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University. Plus, the headlines. Next week's call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/313635681767 SUBSCRIBE TODAY FOR OUR BEST DEAL OF THE YEAR: HALF OFF. https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ and use code ANNUAL50. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: A Civilian Climate Corps in the Bronx, and 'Community Rounds' replaces Crowdfunding
April 08, 2022 01:10 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBRoodgally Senatus joins host Brian Walsh to discuss his story – and photos! – from the frontlines of BlocPower efforts to train a civilian climate corps in the Bronx. Dennis Price checks in with Wefunder’s Jonny Price and Fanbase’s Ramiro Canovas to learn why startups are turning their fans and customers into investors. Plus, the headlines. Roody's piece: https://impactalpha.com/inside-blocpowers-mission-to-upskill-workers-and-green-new-york-city-buildings-photo-story/ impactalpha.com/subs...
Briefing: Political Risk and Impact Investing in Ukraine and Beyond
April 01, 2022 00:17 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MBDavid Bank joins host Monique Aiken to recap this week’s call on how impact investors are approaching political risk and conflict in Eastern Europe and beyond, with call highlights from Jessica Bleyzer of SigmaBleyzer, Media Development Investment Fund’s Harlan Mandel, Daniel Kozlov of Global Venture Alliance and Open Road Alliance’s Caroline Bressan (3:20). And, TIIP has a new systems investing platform (9:45). Plus, the headlines (0:30). www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --> use code Briefing...
Briefing: The SEC's new climate disclosure rules, Alicia Seiger's contrarian take, and next week's Call
March 25, 2022 00:24 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBDavid Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the surprising breakthrough in the SEC’s new rules on corporate climate disclosure and preview next week’s Agents of Impact call on political and country risk. We also hear from Stanford’s Alicia Seiger, who has a contrarian take on the hot issue of Scope 3 accounting. Plus, the headlines.` Next week's call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/298268478047 Subscribe today: https://impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcas...
Agent of Impact: John Markoff on Stewart Brand
March 21, 2022 00:27 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBJohn Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/ https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Confluence's Dana Lanza on geopolitcal instability, climate change, and justice.
March 18, 2022 03:24 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBMonique Aiken is joined by Dana Lanza of Confluence Philanthropy to hear about their annual gathering, and to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, climate change, racial justice and more. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Women Driving Alpha, "Live" from Cape Town
March 11, 2022 02:16 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBHost Brian Walsh catches up with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering from Cape Town, South Africa to talk about women driving alpha in emerging markets. And we hear from Harlan Mandel of Media Development Investment Fund on investing in a free press in countries that need it most. Plus, the headlines. impactalpha.com/subscribe https://impactalpha.com/how-six-impact-investors-are-giving-their-portfolios-a-gender-smart-boost/ https://impactalpha.com/seizing-africas-overlooked-investment-opport...
Briefing: The Weaponization of Finance and the Green Way Forward
March 04, 2022 00:39 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBDavid Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share a conversation with Jon Lukomnik of Sinclair Capital about the swift fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (3:20), the weaponization of finance and the Green Way Forward. And we get a preview of next week’s call from Duke’s Cathy Clark (19:10). Plus, the headlines. For all the headlines and more: impactalpha.com RSVP to The Call Jon's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outside-in-with-jon-lukomnik/id1587041255 --- Send in a v...
Briefing: Russian aggression, the materiality debates, and Carl Icahn's latest gambit.
February 25, 2022 02:41 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBHost Brian Walsh convenes the roundtable regulars, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank, to talk about the impact on impact -- if any -- of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (3:50), the disclosure/materiality/externality debate (10:00)… and pregnant pigs (18:00). Plus, the headlines. For more all day: www.impactalpha.com/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Impact investing’s policy agenda, and the funky sounds and social impact of ElectroSpit
February 18, 2022 02:43 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBHost Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank tee up impact investing’s policy agenda (and next week’s Agents of Impact Call), with comments from Satyam Khanna, ex- of the SEC, Cambria Allen Ratzlaff of the Human Capital Management Coalition – and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (2:50). And Dennis Price introduces Bosco and Maya Kante and the innovative ‘impact note’ with which they financed their company, ElectroSpit (7:30). Plus, the headlines. Next week's call: https://www.eventbrite.c...
Briefing: Carbon crypto, carbon markets and carbon quantitative easing
February 11, 2022 02:39 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBDavid Bank joins host Brian Walsh with updates from the carbon beat and highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact Call. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First
February 04, 2022 00:28 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBHost Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank to preview next week’s call on the real world effects of a rising price of carbon (3:15). And, Dennis Price speaks with Kim Folsom of Founders First about flexible business financing to create jobs and wealth (5:15). Plus, the headlines (0:30). Next week's Agents of Impact Call registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/255708540127 More on Kim Folsom and Founder's First: https://impactalpha.com/founders-first-scores-9-million-to-deploy-revenue-...
Briefing: Mixed signals in ESG and impact, climate meets crypto, and impact management and measurement tech take off
January 28, 2022 02:45 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBHost Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith to make sense of the mixed signals in impact investing and the broader economy (5:50). Dennis Price shares a story on impact-management tech (2:55). Plus, the headlines. --> impactalpha.com/subscribe --> Imogen's latest column --> Dennis' story on Impact Measurement and Management --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Agents of Impact: Finding the alpha in apprenticeships with Daniel Pianko, Achieve Partners
January 25, 2022 00:43 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBDaniel Pianko, Managing Director at Achieve Partners, joins David to discuss how his portfolio companies bridge the skills shortage in the USA with European-style apprenticeships. Daniel is also the host of the Better Money Better World podcast from the Impact Capital Managers, and as such, throws a few questions back at David. impactalpha.com/subscribe/ https://www.impactcapitalmanagers.com/icm-better-money-better-world-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify....
Agents of Impact: Bridging the Skill Gap with Daniel Pianko
January 25, 2022 00:43 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBDaniel Pianko, Managing Director at Achieve Partners, joins David to discuss how his portfolio companies bridge the skills shortage in the USA with European-style apprenticeships. Daniel is also the host of the Better Money Better World podcast from the Impact Capital Managers, and as such, throws a few questions back at David. impactalpha.com/subscribe/ https://www.impactcapitalmanagers.com/icm-better-money-better-world-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-al...
Briefing: Larry Fink’s letter, BlocPower’s expansion, and Just Capital CEO Martin Whittaker
January 21, 2022 02:17 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBMonique Aiken and David Bank react to Larry Fink’s annual letter, BlocPower’s expansion and systemic approaches to income inequality. And, at (5:30), David catches up with Martin Whittaker about Just Capital’s “Just 100” rankings, stakeholder primacy and “Davos Man.” https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Institutional Shift: 'Net-zero' becomes 'uh-oh' and other sustainability trends to watch in 2022
January 19, 2022 02:21 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBDave Chen of Equilibrium Capital joins David Bank for our annual Institutional Shift look-ahead. For more coverage head on over to impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Agents of Impact: "Net Zero becomes Uh-Oh" -- Sustainability shifts to watch in 2022 with Dave Chen
January 18, 2022 01:03 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBDave Chen of Equilibrium Capital joins David Bank for our annual Institutional Shift look-ahead. For more coverage head on over to impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: The Roundtable looks ahead to 2022
January 14, 2022 02:33 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBHost Brian Walsh brings back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to take up private equity scandals, impending regulations, the tech reckoning, battling billionaires and, of course, “Don’t Look Up.” Plus, the headlines. Headlines: (0:30) Roundtable discussion: (2:45) For daily coverage of impact investing and beyond, head on over to impactalpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Diversity in Asset Management
December 17, 2021 01:41 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBRoundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk about Imogen's Institutional Shift column, and Resilience Capital’s Gillian Marcelle and 1863 Ventures’ Melissa Bradley challenge impact investors to walk the talk. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: The Reconstruction This Time
December 10, 2021 03:01 - 8 minutes - 7.71 MBHost Monique Aiken takes a look back on a year of conversations on The Reconstruction podcast with outtakes from Anne Price, Rodney Foxworth and Nwamaka Agbo. Aiken also looks forward to next week’s Agents of Impact Call on the series and what’s next. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Stakeholder Activism and ReNewCos
December 03, 2021 03:08 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBHost Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank take up the corporate trend du jour: spinning off high-flying green business units, or ReNewCos, from legacy dirty assets, and chew over prospects for a “multi-movement engine” for corporate accountability. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: 4 Takeaways from COP26 with Stephan Nicoleau
November 19, 2021 02:58 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken gets an investor’s takeaways from the Glasgow climate summit from FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: The Marks, the Gretas, and Inflation -- Oh, My!
November 12, 2021 13:23 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBHost Brian Walsh is back from Glasgow and joined for an institutional impact roundtable by Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank. They sort out the Marks and the Gretas at COP26 and chew on inflation’s impact on… impact. Plus, the headlines --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Young Climate Leaders at COP26
November 05, 2021 13:16 - 8 minutes - 8.3 MBAmy Cortese joins host Monique Aiken to share some of the powerful voices that have spoken so far at COP26. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Solving for both unemployment & labor shortages with high-quality jobs with Rachel Korberg
November 04, 2021 00:43 - 26 minutes - 25 MBThe Families and Workers Fund’s two priorities are the modernization of antiquated public-benefits systems, particularly unemployment insurance, and the promotion of high-quality jobs that provide economic security and mobility through decent wages, benefits, training and working conditions. “This is a crisis," Korberg says. "But this is also a once in a generation opportunity for change." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message
Agents of Impact: Solving for both unemployment & labor shortages with high-quality jobs with Rachel Korberg
November 04, 2021 00:43 - 26 minutes - 25 MBThe Families and Workers Fund’s two priorities are the modernization of antiquated public-benefits systems, particularly unemployment insurance, and the promotion of high-quality jobs that provide economic security and mobility through decent wages, benefits, training and working conditions. “This is a crisis," Korberg says. "But this is also a once in a generation opportunity for change." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: What's at Stake at COP26
October 29, 2021 02:28 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBHost Brian Walsh is headed to Glasgow for COP26, and looks to roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith for the lowdown on what to expect. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: SOCAP Week
October 22, 2021 02:14 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MBDavid Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to bring us some highlights of the many interviews and panels that the two hosted this week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Agent of Impact: MacArthur Foundation's Debra Schwartz
October 19, 2021 23:38 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBThe Managing Director of Impact Investments for the Macarthur Foundation speaks with David Bank about catalytic capital, getting enterprises the kind of financing they need and how technology is driving down costs for impact solutions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message
Agents of Impact: MacArthur Foundation's Debra Schwartz
October 19, 2021 23:38 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBThe Managing Director of Impact Investments for the Macarthur Foundation speaks with David Bank about catalytic capital, getting enterprises the kind of financing they need and how technology is driving down costs for impact solutions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Institutional Climate Investing in the UK
October 15, 2021 03:50 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBAhead of COP26 in Glasgow, roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk UK climate politics and investing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Covering Black tech ecosystems, with The Plug's Sherrell Dorsey
October 07, 2021 20:48 - 17 minutes - 16 MBSherrell Dorsey, founder of The Plug, joins host Monique Aiken. The Plug launched a new site this week, and will be co-hosting next week's Agents of Impact Call. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Infrastructure and Impact
October 01, 2021 01:03 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBJohn Cochrane from the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance joins host Brian Walsh to sort out at least some of the policy developments in Washington this week -- and what they mean for impact investors. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Climate Week
September 24, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBFull Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau joins host Monique Aiken to talk about Climate Week, climate action and infrastructure justice. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Carbon Lock-in, Stranded Assets, and Harvard's Divestment
September 17, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBRoundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith return this week to join host Brian Walsh for a conversation about Imogen’s latest Institutional Impact column on carbon lock-in, stranded assets and yes, Harvard’s endowment. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Universal Ownership and Active Stewardship
September 10, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBHost Monique Aiken is joined by ImpactAlpha’s David Bank to talk about universal ownership and active stewardship. And to preview next week’s Agent of Impact call, we hear a bit of David’s recent conversation with Hiro Mizuno. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: ‘Beta stewardship’ and hurricane resilience
September 03, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBHost Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price and Amy Cortese to talk through some of their reporting from the week. And we hear from Sunwealth’s Jessica Brooks, this week’s Agent of Impact. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: Building Back Better in Haiti
August 26, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBGuest host David Bank talks with Roodgally Senatus about the earthquake relief efforts and growing up in Haiti. And we revisit, “How I Stopped the Taliban From Shutting Down My School,” the TED talk by Sakena Yacoobi, this week’s Agent of Impact. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Briefing: ESG Whistleblowers with Imogen and David
August 20, 2021 16:33 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBBrian Walsh enlists roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to dissect ESG and Imogen’s latest column. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/impact-alpha/message
Agent of Impact: Edwin Datson on how to play the rising price of carbon
August 16, 2021 23:34 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBOn the latest Agents of Impact podcast, venture capital and private equity investor Edwin Datson breaks down recent developments that are making carbon a hot commodity on global markets. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message