Impact Alpha Podcasts

Impact Alpha

All of ImpactAlpha's podcasts in one place. Listen in and get investment news and commentary for a sustainable edge.

  • 23 minutes 8 seconds
    Sana Kapadia on bringing a gender lens to "The Finance COP" in Baku

    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.

    13 November 2024, 9:02 pm
  • 23 minutes 46 seconds
    Impact investors take stock after the US election

    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 after Hurricane Helene.

    7 November 2024, 11:16 pm
  • 14 minutes 25 seconds
    The vibe at this year's SOCAP + family offices lean towards climate

    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.

    31 October 2024, 11:50 pm
  • 20 minutes 45 seconds
    1.5 trillion dollars of impact capital, from commercial to catalytic

    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, a preview of ImpactAlpha’s new documentary on the North Carolina model, premiering at SOCAP next week. Check out the trailer.


    Register for SOCAP24 using the code “s24_ImpactAlpha” to save $250.

    24 October 2024, 7:02 pm
  • 20 minutes 10 seconds
    Strategies for housing affordability and ownership

    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 energy.

    17 October 2024, 8:54 pm
  • 23 minutes 15 seconds
    Another petrostate COP + new innovative financial models in emerging markets and the US

    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 and land conservation in the US.

    10 October 2024, 9:29 pm
  • 21 minutes 26 seconds
    Reimagining home insurance in the face of climate disasters + funding emerging managers

    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.

    3 October 2024, 7:37 pm
  • 20 minutes 18 seconds
    Jeff Brenner: Building institutional-grade strategies to create – and preserve – affordable housing

    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.


    1 October 2024, 11:54 pm
  • 17 minutes 12 seconds
    Takeaways from Climate Week NYC

    Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.

    • The buzz around early stage climate startups and the continued need for scale — both bigger checks and bigger investable opportunities.
    26 September 2024, 11:07 pm
  • 18 minutes 42 seconds
    Commercial capital is crowding into blended funds + the ownership economy arrives

    This Week in Impact: host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.


    20 September 2024, 12:39 am
  • 21 minutes 45 seconds
    A near climate-free debate + sustainable fashion week

    Host Brian Walsh takes up the top stories in impact with editorial director Amy Cortese. Up this week: Climate change and the Inflation Reduction Act’s minimal mentions in the presidential debate, a report from the sustainable side of fashion week in New York, and a look at the rising number of student-led impact funds.

    12 September 2024, 6:37 pm
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