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The Brief | December 4, 2023
The Brief: Chilling corporate climate cooperation, petro-billions for the green transition, California’s forest resilience bond, funds for local-capital funds
Greetings, Agents of Impact! 👋 Agents of Impact Call: Finding hidden impact and risk in municipal bonds. High-performing schools in low-income neighborhoods. Lead …
Frontier and Growth Markets | December 4, 2023
Funds of funds provide more than capital for local investors in small and growing businesses
An expanding range of financing mechanisms and vehicles are emerging to help private capital providers direct money and resources to their small business …
Impact Voices | December 4, 2023
The antitrust theories are weak, but the effects can be chilling on corporate collaboration for climate action
As the private sector has become increasingly engaged in the effort to combat climate change, debates have emerged about the impact and legality …
Podcasts | December 1, 2023
All eyes on Dubai as COP 28 begins with Stephan Nicoleau
ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese speaks with Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau at the start of COP 28 to hear what he’s expecting – and hoping …
The Brief | December 1, 2023
The Week in impact investing: Soft power
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Art of the deal. Call it greenwashing. Or call it soft power. The presidency of the annual COP …
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The Brief | November 30, 2023
The Brief: Climate tech in the Global South, raising science-based climate targets, climate + health in Canada, sustainability tools for private equity
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: The Transition With a startup accelerator, COP28 boosts climate tech in the Global South. Can rapid tech innovation …
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Climate and Clean Tech | November 30, 2023
With a startup accelerator, COP28 boosts climate tech in the Global South
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – Can rapid tech innovation disrupt slow-moving policymaking? World leaders and their envoys descending on Dubai this week for the …
Impact Management | November 30, 2023
Equipping private equity managers to unlock value through sustainability
The private equity industry, known for its focus on efficiency improvements and earnings growth, has expanded dramatically in the past decade, tripling assets …
Climate Finance | November 30, 2023
How much science is there behind the Science Based Targets Initiative?
There is an urgent race to curb rising temperatures and prevent the worst effects of climate change. This is reflected in a growing …
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The Brief | November 29, 2023
The Brief: Catalyzing billions for the SDGs, petit French nukes, plastic-based concrete, carbon reporting for construction, family-office climate investing
Greetings, Agents of Impact! 👋 Agents of Impact Call: Finding hidden impact and risk in municipal bonds. Opportunities to invest in muni bonds …
Climate Finance | November 29, 2023
From “carve-outs” to “aligners,” five archetypes for family office climate investing
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 29 – Wealthy families are feeling the pull of climate investing. CREO, a nonprofit that for more than a decade has …
The Brief | November 28, 2023
The Brief: Markets and methane at COP28, banking community banks, fish farms in Kenya, renewable heat in France, Indigenous venture capital
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Climate Finance From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28. Even before it …
Climate Finance | November 28, 2023
From carbon markets to curbing methane, the case for climate optimism at COP28
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 28 – The dueling narratives of climate change will face off at COP28, the two-week global climate gathering that begins Thursday …
ImpactAlpha Open | November 28, 2023
ImpactAlpha Open: Private equity’s sustainability billions + Ceniarth’s inconvenient truths
Hi there, Agents of Impact! Ending Tomorrow: 75% off. We’ve extended our Black Friday-Cyber Monday-Giving Tuesday deal… through Impact Wednesday. Grab ImpactAlpha’s best offer of …
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The Brief | November 27, 2023
The Brief: Ceniarth’s inconvenient truths, sustainable EV motors, vertical farms in Europe, virtual doctor visits in Africa, fiduciary duty of care
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Catalytic Capital Ten lessons for 10 years: Inconvenient truths from an impact-first investor. For years, the roster of …
Ceniarth's Diane Isenberg and Greg Neichin
Catalytic Capital | November 27, 2023
Ten lessons for 10 years: Inconvenient truths from an impact-first investor
The impact-first philosophy that Ceniarth has championed has had its fair share of challenges. But we remain convinced that it is critical to …
The Brief | November 21, 2023
The Brief: Private equity’s sustainability billions, Raj Shah’s big betsThe Brief:
Thanksgiving greetings, Agents of Impact! At ImpactAlpha, we’re grateful for your attention, community and impact, day in and day out. We’re taking a …
ImpactAlpha Open | November 21, 2023
ImpactAlpha Open: Introducing ‘Macro Impact’ + building an ownership movement
Greetings, Agents of Impact! We’re celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday this week in the U.S. At ImpactAlpha, we’re grateful for your attention, your feedback, and …
Impact Management | November 21, 2023
Private equity is leaving billions of dollars in sustainability value on the table
Private equity has a significant opportunity to create financial and societal value through sustainability. PE firms that invest in improving the management and …
The Brief | November 20, 2023
The Brief: Return to values investing, traffic congestion in Texas, TIME’s climate leaders, alt-ownership structure
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Institutional Impact Making impact real, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love values investing. Companies that …
The Brief | November 17, 2023
The Week in Impact Investing: Optimize
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Collective leadership. To “realize my full potential” at a recent conference, I took part in a vigorous morning …
Dealflow | November 17, 2023
Organizations emerge to help communities access federal funds
ImpactAlpha, November 17 — An unparalleled wave of federal funding has sparked a cottage industry of organizations helping entrepreneurs, project developers and municipal …
Impact Investing | November 17, 2023
Impact(ed): Steering pension funds toward impact with Tara Mei Smith and Marcela Pinilla (podcast)
Pension funds, with hundreds of billions in long-term assets, can be a key source of capital for impact investors and entrepreneurs. Black, Indigenous, …
The Brief | November 16, 2023
The Brief: Inclusive future of work, circular fashion, eye care in Africa, survey of climate tech opportunities, outcomes-based financingThe Brief:
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Thanks to the hundreds of you who joined yesterday’s climate + gender call. We’ll have the writeup and replay …
Climate Finance | November 15, 2023
Climate tech experts identify the biggest opportunities, and challenges, in the low-carbon transition
Climate tech investment is booming. Since 2013, there have been more than 6,000 investors (private, public and philanthropic) in climate tech startups, and …
The Brief | November 15, 2023
The Brief: Today’s Call: Climate + gender, the ownership pyramid, Indigenous enterprises in Australia, energy access in west Africa, climate finance in India
Greetings, Agents of Impact! 👋 Hop on today’s Call: Women as agents of change for climate resilience. If and when we meet the …
India | November 15, 2023
Impact investors brave Delhi’s smog to champion climate finance in India
ImpactAlpha, November 15 – Impact investors in India gathered last week in Delhi’s hazardous smog to strategize ways to raise, and deploy, more …
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Climate + Gender | November 14, 2023
These fund managers are putting climate + gender strategies into action
ImpactAlpha, November 14 – It’s early days, but investors are waking up to the outsized impact potential of investing at the intersection of …
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The Brief | November 14, 2023
The Brief: Climate + gender fund strategies, forest carbon credits, robot farm workers, soil regeneration, supercharging energy retrofits
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Climate + Gender These fund managers are putting climate + gender strategies into action. It’s early days, but …
ImpactAlpha Open | November 14, 2023
ImpactAlpha Open: Private equity’s appetite for impact funds + assessing meat risk
Hi there, Agents of Impact! Welcome to the latest ImpactAlpha Open, our free weekly roundup of must-reads and exciting opportunities across impact investing and …
Impact Voices | November 14, 2023
Five ways to supercharge energy retrofits
When UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down the UK’s commitment to its Net Zero targets earlier this fall, he at least started …
The Brief | November 13, 2023
The Brief: Higher for longer, AI for tapping the IRA, Japanese investors in Africa, rare earth-free magnets, Evanston’s reparations
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Macro Impact ‘First-time ever’ economic conditions challenge impact investors to rethink models and expectations. The realities of high …
Macro Impact | November 13, 2023
‘First-time ever’ economic conditions challenge impact investors to rethink models and expectations
Pump it up until you can feel it. Pump it up when you don’t really need it. – “Pump it Up,” Elvis Costello …
Climate Finance | November 10, 2023
Deal spotlight: Progress and gaps in global climate finance
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – Global climate finance flows reached an annual average of $1.3 trillion in 2021 and 2022. That’s double the amount …
The Brief | November 10, 2023
The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Thriving in turbulence. As we’ve seen in past moments of volatility, commitments to positive impact are again helping …
Podcasts | November 10, 2023
Lessons from the Wilmington coup of 1898
The Wilmington coup of 1898 is not as well known as the Tulsa massacre of 1921. But the events of that day changed …
The Brief | November 9, 2023
The Brief: Financing health in the Global South, clean power bond in SoCal, Rockefeller’s climate commitments, Colombia’s truckers, retail impact notes
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Thanks to all of you who plugged into Plugged In. Stay tuned for the recap and replay in Friday’s …
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The Brief | November 8, 2023
The Brief: Climate + gender portfolio, Candide’s just transition fund, Gresham House’s forest strategy, Black-led inclusion tech, PE’s impact tailwinds
Greetings, Agents of Impact! ⚡ TODAY: Get Plugged In. VertueLab’s Aina Abiodun joins host Sherrell Dorsey on LinkedIn Live to discuss centering local …
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Sponsored | November 8, 2023
Women as agents of change: How Heading for Change invests in climate solutions with a gender lens
What does investing at the nexus of climate and gender really look like? This is the question at the heart of Heading for …
Impact Tech | November 8, 2023
Private equity firms see robust demand for impact funds, despite headwinds
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 8 – Private equity firms may be battling a high interest rate environment and sluggish IPO market. But they’re still raising …
The Brief | November 7, 2023
The Brief: Quality job strategies make The Liist, KKR’s second impact fund, Social Finance targets DAFs, 174 real estate funds, US hemp opportunity
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Don’t miss these upcoming ImpactAlpha calls: ⚡ Plugged In: Local climate innovation with Aina Abiodun of VertueLab. The Portland-based …
ImpactAlpha Open | November 7, 2023
ImpactAlpha Open: Lessons from impact failures + US hemp opportunity
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to the latest ImpactAlpha Open, our free weekly newsletters of top news and opportunities in impact investing and sustainable …
The Brief | November 6, 2023
The Brief: New wave of oceans investing, Pomona’s persistence, diabetes care in Egypt and India, Brookfield’s debt for renewable energy, job quality in India
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Don’t miss these upcoming ImpactAlpha calls: ⚡ Plugged In: Local climate innovation. Join host Sherrell Dorsey in conversation with …
Oceans | November 6, 2023
Ocean-based startups ride a wave of funds seeking opportunities in the blue economy
ImpactAlpha, November 6 — Less than a decade ago, the number of ocean-focused impact funds could be counted on one hand. Now, a …
The Brief | November 3, 2023
The Week in Impact Investing: Battle-Tested
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Chill in the air. US Rep. Jim Jordan and other Republicans are engaging in very public saber-rattling over …