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TGIF, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: 🗣 On purpose. “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” the …
☎️ Crafting a positive agenda for faith-based impact investors. Can faith-aligned investors become known for what they are for, not just what they're against? To help such investors move beyond negative screens to a positive agenda, Impact Evaluation Lab’s Terry Keeley and John Coleman of Sovereign’s Capital have developed metrics for “human flourishing” for both fund managers and portfolio companies. Sue Ernster of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and Jean Baptiste de Franssu, recent president of Vatican Bank, will join Keeley and Coleman on the next Agents of Impact Call, Wednesday, July 15, at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm London. RSVP today.
🎧 This Week in Impact. Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Generation Investment Management seeks to stamp AI with a mandate for sustainability; how closing the gender gap could ease skill shortages in Latin America's mobile workforce; and the California pension fund behind Inox Clean Energy’s ambitious rollup of solar manufacturing and generating assets.
Pop Impact: “Harvest” casts a rare spotlight on rural farming at Tribeca Festival premiere. About 150 years ago, nearly half of Americans worked in agriculture. Today, there are just 3.5 million farmers and just 45,000 Black farmers, down from one million in the 1920s. That’s what makes the story of Nelson and Sons Farm so captivating, writes ImpactAlpha contributor Dmitriy Ioselevich in his review of the new documentary “Harvest,” which premiered at last month’s Tribeca Festival (see, “Impact takes center stage at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival”). Led by the four young and ambitious Nelson brothers, these fourth-generation farmers grow corn, soybeans, cotton and other crops across about 4,000 acres of land in northern Louisiana. They dream of providing generational wealth for their descendents and creating economic opportunities for other Black farmers. The documentary, from mother-daughter duo Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker, follows the Nelsons as they grapple with climate change, rising farming costs and securing capital.
Taylor Sekhon stepped down as managing director of employee ownership at BMO… Amy Bennett, formerly with ImpactAssets and the Stakeholder Impact Initiative, joined The Real Mental Health Foundation, where she will lead the creation of a mental health fund… Michelle Hassan and Peter Gross were promoted to co-executive directors of BFA Global. Hassan takes on the role of global portfolio executive director, while Gross will lead partnerships and growth… IDB Invest’s Aldo Malpartida will become head of infrastructure and energy for the Caribbean.
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