This Week in Impact

Lessons from the Wilmington coup of 1898 with Cedric Harrison

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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. W...

Maria Hollan of Timke Ventures shares her journey to impact investing

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s Dennis Price catches up with María Hollan, a second-generation steward of her family’s assets at Timke Ventures in Mexico City. Hol...

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

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank catches up with Courageous Capital Advisors’ Laurie Spengler to talk about what the mainstreaming of impact investing means for smaller i...

Repurposing churches with Graham Singh, and a big ImpactAlpha announcement

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David chats with Graham Singh of the Trinity Centres Foundation, and chats with Monique about ImpactAlpha's recent fundraise. ⁠https://www.you...

There's a new impact lens in town

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unicef USA's Cristina Shapiro joins David Bank to introduce child-lens investing, a framework for considering investment harms and benefits to chi...

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

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Roraj Pradhananga and Jane Swan of Veris Wealth Partners join host Monique Aiken to discuss how the wealth manager is investing in diversity, equity, ...

Finding the 'worker-ownership edge'

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh shares highlights from this week’s agents of impact call, “The employee-ownership edge,” which explored the range of opportunit...

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

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank is joined by Marjorie Kelly of The Democracy Collaborative to explore the ways that impact investors both help and hinder systemic change. ...

Looking ahead to Climate Week NYC

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 l...

Revamped SOCAP seeks radical ideas and scaled solutions

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank catches up with Robert Munson, President of SOCAP and Managing director at the Sorenson Impact Center, who is putting together next month’...

Democratizing gender lens investing in Latin America

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pro Mujer’s Carmen Correa joins host Monique Aiken to share how the pioneering Latin American microfinance institution’s bonds are democratizing g...

Catalyzing capital to Indigenous communities

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh shares some of the insights from this week's Agents of Impact Call, which focused on how resourceful entrepreneurs are tapping co...

Responding to legal attacks on racial justice strategies

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paris Prince of the Intentional Endowments Network joins host Monique Aiken to talk about how impact investors are responding to legal attacks on a...

Cash flows to ensure the water flows in Latin America

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank speaks with Hugo Contreras, who helped lead The Nature Conservancy’s efforts in Latin America to value, conserve and enhance our most irr...

Insuring farmers against crop failures and climate change

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank chats with Acre Africa’s Niza Banda in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting capital to communities” gathering at the Sal...

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

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank chats with Musa Mabesa, head of South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, in the latest conversation from the “Connecting capit...

Affordable housing for Mozambique’s informal economy

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank chats with Empowa’s Glen Jordan in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting Capital to Communities” gathering at the Salzbur...

Connecting Indian farmers to global markets

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank chats with FarMart’s Samridhi Singh in the next conversation in our series from the recent Salzburg Global Seminar on “Connecting Ca...

A century old model for affordable social housing with Michaela Kauer

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 Wals...

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

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Known Holding’s Valerie Red-Horse Mohl joins David Bank to talk about moving capital at scale to elevate co...

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

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the ownership economy, ESG backlash and system-level investing. Plus the headlines.

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

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Moriarty of Ownership America chats with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about employee ownership and new legislation to help investors back companies...

Funding African tech entrepreneurs with Eunice Ajim

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eunice Ajim, founding partner Ajim Capital speaks with David Bank about her personal journey to launch the fund and her mission to support tech ent...

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

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 outperf...

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

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The BFM (Black Founders Matter) Fund’s Himalaya Rao speaks with David Bank about the alpha case for racial justice investing and the challenges face...

Neighborhood Economics with Kevin Jones

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the Neighborhood Economics conference wraps up in Jackson, Miss., Kevin Jones speaks with David Bank about startup capital for sole proprietors, Bl...

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

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Training the next generation of impact investors with Adwoa Asare

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

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

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Atlas Impact Partners’ Robert Brown and ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith join David Bank t...

Ben McAdams: Marrying public real estate and private capital (podcast)

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 p...

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

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 he...

Scaling purpose built impact with Priya Parrish

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Impact Engine’s Priya Parrish joins David Bank to explain why purpose built investment firms end up with better impact outcomes than purpose driven ...

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

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The roundtable – that’s Brian Walsh, Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank – is back together to discuss private equity and, specifically, that $4.5 ...

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

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Project Equity’s Alison Lingane talks with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about the growing popularity of employee ownership as a strategy for  gen...

Finding the opportunities for impact investors in Biden's SOTU

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) muni bonds

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on how investors are working to advanc...

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

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Development finance institutions are essential to the mobilization of capital to slow climate change and to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. So...

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

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

How the Milken Institute is connecting disadvantaged communities with critical project development financing

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Milken’s Dan Carol and Rachel Halfaker join host Brian Walsh to share how they are connecting historically disadvantaged communities with the huge s...

How Dollaride is electrifying ‘dollar vans’ to boost livelihoods and cut carbon in New York’s transit deserts.

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus chat with Su Sanni and Chris Coles of Brooklyn-based Dollaride, which is working with with cl...

Why Kristin Hull, an early Tesla investor, sees Elon Musk as an ESG risk

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh is joined by Kristin Hull of Nia Impact Capital, a long-time Tesla investor who says Elon Musk’s  Twitter escapades threaten t...

Building Community Wealth with Aisha Weeks

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and David talks with Aisha Weeks of the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth about narrowing the racial wealth gap by ...

Closing the wealth gap through "ownership trusts" with Zoe Schlag, Cofounder of Common Trust

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh catches up with Common Trust’s Zoe Schlag, who is taking aim at U.S. wealth gaps by helping employees become owners – while enabl...

Stephan Nicoleau shares an update from COP27

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Cortese catches up with FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to talk methane, governance and catalytic capital. Host ...

Ceres' Steven Rothstein on the midterm elections and COP27 and their impact on sustainable finance

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh is joined by Steven Rothstein, managing director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, to chat about how climate ...

Morningstar's Jon Hale on the midterm elections

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Hale, director of sustainability research at Morningstar, joins Monique Aiken to talk about what is at stake for impact investors in next week’s...

Bob Eccles on the ESG Wars

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Walsh has the headlines and Amy Cortese chats with Oxford’s Bob Eccles about why the distinction between ESG and impact in investing matters m...

SOCAP is back in person

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken is live and in person with Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future, and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank at SOCAP22 in San Francisco. Plus,...

Insights from 20 years of deploying "patient capital" with Acumen's Daniel Waldron

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh is joined by Daniel Waldron, head of insights at Acumen, to discuss lessons learned from the non-profit investor’s two decades of d...

The Greening of the 401(k) with Zach Stein

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts c...

Investing to support refugees and women

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to talk about the new and growing opportunity in ‘refugee lens investing,’ (2:45). And, Brian shares some high...

Fall is here, and that means it's Climate Week in New York

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank, who has been on the ground with ImpactAlpha’s New York “bureau” (Amy Cortese, Roodgally Senatus and ...

The state of impact in India with Shefali Anand

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha correspondent Shefali Anand joins host Brian Walsh from the  Impact Investors Council in New Delhi to take stock of the surge in clim...

Mapping Climate Capital and September's LIIST

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s Agents of Impact Call. Luni Libes of Realize Impact stops by to discuss i...

How, and why, to decarbonize concrete

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh is joined by Roody Senatus to hear about some of the concrete steps being taken to address a  particularly hard challenge: reduc...

Havell Rodrigues on the democratic approach to fundraising that's putting wind in the sails of new impact fund managers

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New  Majority Capital is one of a new crop of emerging impact investment  firms that are turning to crowdfunding platforms such as Republic ...

The Roundtable takes on the anti-ESG ETF Strive, and more...

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh welcomes back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to dissect the anti-ESG backlash and the Inflation Reduction Act. ...

What the climate provisions of the IRA mean for investors.

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken is joined by Amy Cortese, who has been talking to investors -- including Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau -- about how the inflation...

Introducing The LIIST with Luni Libes and Zuleyma Bebell

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Realize Impact’s Luni Libes and ImpactAlpha’s Zuleyma Bebell join Brian Walsh to discuss the LIIST, an exciting new sampling of impact funds and c...

What Airlift's crash says about pandemic era VC investing

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Pothering joins host Brian Walsh to dissect the crash landing of Airlift, and chew over the broader Covid-fueled boom and bust in instant groc...

Investing thoughtful catalytic capital for emerging managers with Margot Kane

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Spring Point Partners’ Margot Kane joins host Monique Aiken to talk family offices, emerging managers and catalytic capital. Plus, the headlines.

Politics and Power in Asset Management

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join Brian Walsh to  draw a  line from the massive fees in asset management to the rece...

Emerging fund managers gather in Dar es Salaam

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering joins Monique Aiken to share the work of equity and debt capital providers in emerging markets, whom she met with la...

Impact Investing and Coming Out

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David  Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss parallels between the LGBTQ+  community and the impact investing community. We also hear from ...

Briefing: Stephan Nicoleau on Davos and Moving Forward on Climate

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau deconstructs the climate conversation at the recent Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum with host Monique Aiken, ...

Building the next-generation of diverse climate fund managers with Bahiyah Robinson of VC Include

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CEO and Founder of VC Include, Bahiyah Robinson joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the social venture project's mission to increase the number of ...

Briefing: The politicization of ESG and some alternatives to VC

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins Monique Aiken to discuss the politics of ESG and the importance of flexible financing for startups and small businesses. Plus, the he...

Alternatives to VC, from Community Rounds to Neighborhood Economics

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ImpactAlpha’s David 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 ...

Investment trends in Africa

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Monique Aiken is joined by Jessica Pothering to explore the, yes, social impact  of private investment trends on the African continent. Plus, the...

Briefing: Carl Icahn, Elon Musk, and activist investing in the age of ESG

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh is joined by roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank to decide which type of “activist investor” Carl Icahn is – a...

Briefing: Catalyzing climate capital for adaptation and equity

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s call on catalyzing capital for climate adaptation. And we hear from Jonathan Phillips of ...

A Civilian Climate Corps in the Bronx, and Community Rounds replaces Crowdfunding

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Roodgally Senatus joins host Brian Walsh to discuss his story – and photos! – from the frontlines of BlocPower efforts to train a civilian cl...

Political Risk and Impact Investing in Ukraine and Beyond

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to recap this week’s call on how  impact investors are approaching political risk and conflict in Eastern &...

The SEC's new climate disclosure rules, Alicia Seiger's contrarian take, and next week's Call

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the surprising breakthrough in the SEC’s new rules on corporate climate disclosure and preview next wee...

Briefing: Confluence's Dana Lanza on geopolitcal instability, climate change, and justice.

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Monique Aiken is joined by Dana Lanza of Confluence Philanthropy to hear about their annual gathering, and to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, climate c...

Women Driving Alpha, "Live" from Cape Town

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh catches up with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering from Cape Town, South Africa to talk about women driving alpha in emerging markets....

The Weaponization of Finance and the Green Way Forward

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to share a conversation with Jon Lukomnik of Sinclair Capital about the swift fallout from Russia’s invasion of ...

Impact investing’s policy agenda, and the funky sounds and social impact of ElectroSpit

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank tee up impact investing’s policy agenda (and next week’s Agents of Impact Call), with comments f...

Carbon crypto, carbon markets and carbon quantitative easing

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins host Brian Walsh with updates from the carbon beat  and highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact Call. Plus, the  hea...

The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host 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 Pri...

Mixed signals in ESG and impact, climate meets crypto, and impact management and measurement tech take off

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host 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 broa...

Larry Fink’s letter, BlocPower’s expansion, and Just Capital CEO Martin Whittaker

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Monique Aiken and David Bank react to Larry Fink’s annual letter,  BlocPower’s expansion and systemic approaches to income inequality. And, &...

The Roundtable looks ahead to 2022

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh brings back roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith  and David Bank to take up private equity scandals, impending  regulation...

December 17th: Diversity in Asset Management

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk about Imogen's Institutional Shift column, and Resilience Capital’...

December 10: The Reconstruction This Time

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken takes a look back on a year of conversations on The  Reconstruction podcast with outtakes from Anne Price, Rodney Foxworth &nb...

December 3rd: Stakeholder Activism and ReNewCos

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank take up the corporate trend du jour: spinning off high-flying green business...

November 19th: 4 Takeaways from COP26 with Stephan Nicoleau

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken gets an investor’s takeaways from the Glasgow climate summit from FullCycle’s Stephan Nicoleau. Plus,...

November 12th: The Marks, the Gretas, and Inflation -- Oh, My!

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host 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 a...

November 5th: Young Climate Leaders at COP26

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Cortese joins host Monique Aiken to share some of the powerful voices that have spoken so far at COP26. Plus the headlines.

October 29th: What's at Stake at COP26

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host 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. ...

October 22nd: SOCAP Week

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to bring us some highlights of the many interviews and panels that the two hosted this week.

October 15th: Institutional Climate Investing in the UK

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank join host Brian Walsh to talk UK climate politics and investing.

October 8th: Covering Black tech ecosystems, with The Plug's Sherrell Dorsey

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sherrell 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 I...

October 1st: Infrastructure and Impact

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Cochrane from the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance joins host Brian Walsh  to sort out at least some of the policy developments in Washington ...

September 24th: Climate Week

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau joins host Monique Aiken to talk about Climate  Week, climate action and infrastructure justice. Plus, the headli...

September 17th : Carbon Lock-in, Stranded Assets, and Harvard's Divestment

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roundtable regulars David Bank and Imogen Rose-Smith return this week to join host Brian Walsh for a conversation about Imogen’s latest Institutiona...

September 10th: Universal Ownership and Active Stewardship

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Monique Aiken is joined by ImpactAlpha’s David Bank to talk about universal ownership and active stewardship. And to preview next week’s Agen...

September 3rd: ‘Beta stewardship’ and hurricane resilience.

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

host 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 Sunwe...