Policy Corner
“Impact investing and public policy must operate in tandem to achieve durable, transformational and equitable change” – Fran Seegull, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Public policy updates and expert insights to help Agents of Impact engage with government to create an enabling environment for truly impactful business and investment decisions. In partnership with the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance.
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Trump’s executive orders will affect investments in climate, equity, AI and global development
Here we go. An “urgent request” from a recruiter at the US International Development Finance Corp. on Day One of the Trump administration …
The Call
Exclusive video calls with industry insiders
Share the Wealth: Agents of Impact lean into economic justice (video)
The takeaway from two weeks of listening to Agents of Impact digest the results of the US election: It’s time to lean hard …
Investors fight for “freedom to invest” in wake of Supreme Court rulings (video)
Investors will confront a dramatically changed policy environment no matter the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election. The effects of this summer’s …
State of the Impact Field: Unprecedented opportunity tempered by sober realism (video)
This week’s Agents of Impact Call continued a tradition started nearly a decade ago by Fran Seegull of the US Impact Investing Alliance …
Policymaking for workers and communities in the Year of the ‘S’ (video)
ImpactAlpha. Feb. 24 – “A labor market where workers have more opportunities and have more power and have more leverage is a good …
Call No. 38: Inside the generational opportunity to reshape rules of corporate disclosure
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 25 – Bottom-up policies for access to capital in divested communities. Top-down strategies to reshape capitalism to work for all stakeholders. “We …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
We’ve been here before: Defending long-term value amidst political backlash
Even before election day, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing, and therefore long-term just and sustainable value creation, has been under threat from …
Here’s a regulation that business leaders support: Scrubbing supply chains of deforestation
This month, the European Parliament faced a pivotal vote and decided to delay the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, by a year. …
Consumers, groceries, price-gouging and stakeholder capitalism
Over the past week, there has been a lot of discussion of policies designed to address price gouging. Some say these are a …
As legal safeguards are eroded, it’s up to investors to hold corporations accountable
Disclaimer: Adasina’s team includes experts in capital markets who are also social justice leaders. The opinions shared here reflect that perspective. Nothing in …
On hearings and being heard
Editor’s note: The shareholder representative nonprofit As You Sow has borne the brunt of the coordinated backlash against corporate and investor action on …