The Impact Investing Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
49 - Building the field of regenerative media
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Modern media is both wonderful and scary. It represents both the best of what people have to offer and the worst. It can include beautiful works of ar...
48 - Addressing climate change & housing affordability through real estate development
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Real estate as an asset class has had an absolutely remarkably run since the 1980’s when we entered a several-decade period of economic prosperity, ...
47 - Transforming our unsustainable and inhumane food systems
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is widely recognized as an existential threat to humanity. Chief among the contributors to climate change is our food systems. The adve...
46 - Why assets managers should be managing the risk of Gender-Based Violence
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gender lens investing is a field that is far more robust and complex than most people realize. Often gender considerations are reduced to a check-box ...
45 - Investing for systemic change in a world of Web3
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an era already notable for remarkable technological innovation, we are approaching a precipice that could potentially make the last 30 years of pro...
44 - The Rhodes scholar who is democratizing access to impact investments in Africa
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you consider that the traditional investment industry can be traced as far back as ancient Mesopotamia in 1700 BCE, the field of impact inv...
43 - Putting humanity back into Economics
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For all the good that impact investors claim to be doing, it behooves us to consider what harm we might be causing in the process and whether, ultimat...
42 - Leveraging technology and a human-centred focus to better manage crises response
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While some might argue that the world is a much better place than it was thousands, hundreds of years, or even decades ago, it's hard not to feel like...
41 - Transforming idle church properties into thriving communities of sustainable impact
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Churches across the globe are in crisis. The arrival of COVID-19 served to dramatically accelerate a decades-long systemic decline in church attendanc...
40 - The charity that gave birth to a $300M global impact asset manager
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Investing in emerging markets isn't easy. Investing in emerging markets when you want to make a positive social and environmental impact presents even...
39 - Exploring new possibilities by blending philanthropy and impact investing
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While the field of social finance and impact investing has blossomed in recent years, most people still tend to think about donating or impact investi...
38 - Accelerating investment into diverse emerging fund managers
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today there is a growing recognition that we need to get far more capital into the hands of people who have been systematically excluded from entrepre...
37 - Accelerating the flow of impact capital
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As much as investing for both purpose and profit is in vogue these days, there's still a wide gap between the number of people talking about impact in...
36 - Opportunities for impact in the mining industry
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mining is an inherently challenging industry from an impact perspective since it's all about the removal and consumption of the earth's limited natura...
35 - Understanding the impact revolution with the father of impact investing
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a meeting hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy in 2007, the term impact investing was coined. Yet seven years prior to that, in 2001, Sir ...
34 - Addressing the housing affordability crisis with impact investing
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Access to safe and affordable housing is absolutely essential to meeting humanity's most basic needs. Housing not only protects us from the elements b...
33 - Challenging the Nobel-prize winning theory that stands in the way of impact investing
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1952, Harry Markowitz published a now-famous article where he proposed that investors should optimize portfolio expected return relative to volatil...
32 - Art activism as a force for impact with Benjamin Von Wong
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about impact investing, art isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for most of us. Yet investors have used art to store and grow wea...
31 - Impact investing through the eyes of an institutional money manager
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I have spent well over two decades working in the investment management industry. For the vast majority of that time, ESG and responsible investing to...
30 - A deep dive into gender lens investing with a true OG of the movement
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If impact investing requires us to address systemic inequalities, and it does, then you can’t claim to be an impact investor and ignore gender equal...
29 - The causes of wealth inequality that no one is talking about
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special edition of the podcast. It is a recording of live a conversation we had on Clubhouse about the ways in which wealth inequality happe...
28 - A technology solution for solving the riddle of impact measurement and management
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The emphasis of this podcast is the very first word: impact. We’re constantly exploring how organizations and individuals can invest more responsibl...
27 - Building better private equity structures and practices for a more equitable world
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity can be a wonderful thing. The combination of capital and expertise provided by private equity investors can help companies to grow and ...
26 - Behind the scenes with an impact fund startup investing in African SMEs
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has been a hotspot for foreign investment and international aid. It has also been subject to the kind of philanthropy ...
25 - Leveraging employee ownership to fight wealth inequality
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 25 of the Impact Investing Podcast. The richest 26 people on earth own as much wealth as the poorest 3.8 billion. The wealthiest 1...
24 - The Purpose of Capital with Jed Emerson
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Given the capitalistic societies most of us live in, we spend an inordinate amount of time focused on accumulating, growing, and deploying capital. Yo...
23 - Breaking the shareholder primacy paradigm with alterantive ownership models
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 23 of the Impact Investing Podcast. The idea of discussing ownership and legal structuring of businesses may not sound super excit...
22 - Empowering indigenous innovators & communities
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If there is a lesson to be learned for investors wishing to solve real social challenges, it’s that we need to do less talking and more listening. W...
21 - Harnessing the vast untapped potential of newcomers to Canada
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Newcomers to even the most welcoming countries, face significant challenges. From language and cultural barriers to finding affordable housing, all th...
20 - How the Equality Fund is using Impact Investing to Fuel Feminist Futures
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most people don’t automatically look to the public sector for the latest and greatest innovations. However, when it comes to the world of social fin...
19 - Fighting a $200 Billion per year predatory industry using microfinance
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Microfinance is an intervention that we usually think of as being valuable in a developing world context. The world is full of hard-working people wit...
18 - How Blended Finance is being used to massively scale the amount of capital for impact investments
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For all the promise of Impact Investing, the amount of capital flowing into these investments still represents a tiny fraction of the overall pool of ...
17 - Around the world of impact investing with Rehana Nathoo
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are few people in the industry I enjoy chatting with more than Rehana Nathoo. As Founder and CEO of Spectrum Impact, and having worked across th...
16 - Reinventing Commercial Banking for Good
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Commercial banking isn’t exactly known for being a warm and fuzzy business. Financial institutions provide a wide range of banking services to busin...
15 - The best social return on investment? The case for delivering micro nutrients during the first 1,000 days of life
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baikowitz of Motherfood International and Melani O'Leary of World Vision Canada, join us today’s episode. Jeff is the Founder of Motherfood whi...
14 - Pioneering high-impact investments that create opportunity for the world's most vulnerable people
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I decided to flip the script for this episode and give listeners a glimpse into what I'm passionate about and the work that I do. My friend and collea...
13 - Revitalizing the Indigenous economy by investing in Indigenous entrepreneurs
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Cyr of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners (RCIP) joins us for today’s episode. Jeff is Managing Partner at RCIP; Canada’s first Indigenous ...
12 - Serving high net worth individuals, foundations, and institutions
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Upkar Arora of Rally Assets joins us for today’s episode. Upkar is Chief Executive Officer at Rally Assets; A full-service impact investing fi...
11 - How to profit off the transition to a low carbon economy
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trish Nixon of CoPower Inc. joins us for today’s episode. Trish is Managing Director and Head of Capital at CoPower Inc.; an online platform a...
10 - Challenging traditional philanthropy
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Avery of Toronto Foundation joins us for today’s episode. Sharon is President & CEO of Toronto Foundation (TF); one of the 191 community ...
9 - Canada's New $800 Million Social Finance Fund
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Huddart of McConnell Foundation joins us for today’s episode. Stephen is President & CEO of McConnell Foundation; Canada’s second oldest p...
8 - Making investments that align with your values
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Nash of Good Investing joins us for today’s episode. Tim is Founder at Good Investing; a fee-only service helping Canadians invest their own mon...
7 - SDG Kicks: Creating decent work and economic growth through shoe manufacturing
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tal Dehtiar of Oliberté joins us for today’s episode. Tal is President and Founder of Oliberté; a sustainable fair trade footwear brand supporting...
6 - Starting an impact fund: The journey to raise and invest $10 million
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David is joined by Mike Winterfield. Mike is Founder and CEO of Active Impact Investments; an impact investment fund that invests in ...
5 - Following the Birth of Social Impact Bonds
08 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David is joined by Nadine Pequeneza. Nadine is an award-winning Director, Writer, and Producer best known for her social issue films ...
4 - How a Moneyball approach to venture capital may change the world
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, David is joined by Jonathan Hera, Founder and Managing Partner of Marigold Capital. Marigold is an early stage private market investo...
3 - Finding growth opportunities in Latin America while impacting SDGs
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alexa Blain is COO at Deetken Impact; an impact investment firm based in Vancouver BC. During our chat Alexa discusses how the firm searches for inves...
2 - An agency helping brands purpose with profit
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phillip Haid discusses how his firm Public Inc. works with some of the world's largest brands to catalyze their positive impact on the world. In our c...
1 - How Bill Young's painful failures ultimately magnified his impact
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Young is one of the founding fathers of impact investing. He is Founder and Partner of a non-profit called Social Capital Partners which pursues ...
Introducing ... The Impact Investing Podcast.
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A brief introduction to what this podcast is all about. We're in production now and will go live with the first episodes by September 24th, 2018.