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Climate Finance | November 2, 2020
Investor protests fail to stop Trump administration rule squelching ESG investing
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 2 – It’s final – at least until it’s reversed. The U.S. Department of Labor finalized an unpopular rule aimed at …
Clean Energy | October 27, 2020
Economics trump politics as the smart money bets big on clean electrification
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 27 – Joe Biden need not be defensive about his accidentally honest statement at last week’s debate, “I would transition from …
Inclusive Economy | October 22, 2020
SOCAP takes stock of impact investing in a changed world
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – The different mood at this week’s impact investing gathering reflected not just the contrast between an online event and …
Dealflow | October 20, 2020
Impact Engine steps into private equity with $31 million growth fund
ImpactAlpha, October 20 – Early-stage fundraising is difficult. Finding mission-aligned growth capital can be just as hard. Most of the few impact-oriented private …
Clean Energy | October 15, 2020
Investors see a ‘blue wave’ of growth opportunities in sustainability and inclusion
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 15 – “Pro-business” really does have a new meaning. Just a few weeks ago, U.S. investors were said to be fretting about …
Clean Energy | October 13, 2020
Four scenarios for the energy transition in the age of COVID
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 14 – The COVID pandemic “has caused more disruption to the energy sector than any other event in recent history,” opens …
Clean Energy | October 8, 2020
Generate Capital forges $600 million partnership with sustainable energy financier Alturus
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 8 – Generate will take an undisclosed minority stake in Boston-based Alturus and provide up to $600 million in financing for …
Climate Finance | October 7, 2020
Helping companies make good on their commitments to stakeholders
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – When 181 members of the Business Roundtable signed on to a new statement of corporate purpose a year ago, …
Climate Finance | October 1, 2020
Biodiversity summit aims to increase urgency and financing to avert ecosystem collapse
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – If you think things already are bad, consider that we’re also hurtling towards what scientists are calling Earth’s sixth …
Clean Energy | September 23, 2020
The new North Star for corporate sustainability: Net zero
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 23 – The race is on to get to zero emissions. Joining the list of corporations pledging to reach net-zero emissions …
Clean Energy | September 14, 2020
Climate Week preview: Fusing climate action and the SDGs to the COVID recovery
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – Wildfires raging across the U.S. west coast. Intentional burning ravaging tropical rainforests. Flooding in Bangladesh, India and West Africa. …
Clean Energy | September 10, 2020
U.S. regulator urges a price on carbon to stem climate risks
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – As wildfires tinged California skies an eerie orange, a key government regulator warned that climate change poses serious risks …
Dealflow | August 11, 2020
Visa and Alphabet issue more than $6 billion in green bonds
ImpactAlpha, August 11 – The proceeds from Visa’s $500 million green bond issuance are slated for investments in green buildings, renewable energy, water and …
Climate Finance | July 29, 2020
Active fund managers fret as investors pour money into “passive” ESG funds
ImpactAlpha, July 29 – Net inflows to low-cost, passively managed environmental, social, and governance funds totaled $12.7 billion in 2019, compared to $8.7 billion …
Beats | July 23, 2020
Investors find common cause in pushing back against Trump’s anti-ESG rules
ImpactAlpha, July 23 –Investors may debate the merits of competing sustainability frameworks, or which environmental or social factors are truly material to corporate …