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Dealflow | May 21, 2018
Town Hall Ventures seeks a “massive and necessary shift” in health care for low-income Americans
ImpactAlpha, May 21 – Andy Slavitt, who headed the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services under President Obama, will lead a new health care fund, …
2030 Finance | November 15, 2017
Trump’s man in Bonn shows the White House’s climate cards
The official U.S. delegation had been in stealth mode throughout the global climate conference known as COP23, shutting reporters — and most everyone else — out of …
Dealflow | July 12, 2017
U.S. commits $50 million to World Bank women’s fund championed by Ivanka Trump
The $1 billion fund to advance women’s entrepreneurship was officially announced at the G20 summit in Hamburg this weekend. The Women’s Entrepreneurship Facility was …
2030 Finance | June 3, 2017
Climate market signals
Don’t look to President Trump to understand the future for climate action. Follow the money. If, in the next year or two, investment in …
Climate Finance | May 31, 2017
Transcending Trump in Taormina
Turns out nobody gives much of a damn what President Trump thinks. The president may well come out against the Paris climate accord this …
Beats | April 19, 2017
Impact Capitalism Summit to Take Stock of the ‘Trump Effect’ on Impact Investing
The conventional wisdom among impact investors and observers is that the election of President Trump has sparked a wave of investor activism, as …
intelligence | March 20, 2017
Budget Watch: Trump seeks to gut CDFI Fund that boosts investment in low-income communities
Taking the president’s “America First” budget as an expression of Trump’s priorities, it seems poor urban and rural communities don’t rank very high. The …
Gender Smart | March 7, 2017
Asian social stock exchange founder Durreen Shahnaz seeks Trump’s support for impact investing
Women Rising Asian social stock exchange founder Durreen Shahnaz is seeking Trump’s support for impact investing. “I may have been born in Bangladesh, …
Beats | February 14, 2017
Dina Powell: Impact investing’s woman in the White House
Whither social-impact investment in the Trump administration may depend on Dina Powell, the former Goldman Sachs executive who was named, with Ivanka Trump’s …
Dealflow | February 14, 2017
Social entrepreneurs join tech leaders and scientists in calling to lift travel ban
A Who’s Who of leaders of social enterprises, nonprofits and other organizations signed an open letter opposing President Trump’s executive order. “This ban …
Beats | February 6, 2017
CEOs feel the heat from consumers and employees on ties to Trump
CEOs are feeling the heat from consumers and employees on their ties to Trump. That didn’t take long. First Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit …
Beats | February 2, 2017
Women’s Health is Human Health
That giant sucking sound you hear is hundreds of millions of dollars rushing out of clinics and health services around the world. The loss …
2030 Finance | January 28, 2017
Elon Musk takes the business case for a carbon tax to Trump
Climate Finance The CEO of electric car company Tesla is the latest to catch the president’s ear with the suggestion to put a …
2030 Finance | December 22, 2016
Could Trump be getting ready to pull a Nixon-to-China on carbon?
Climate Finance His big projects in Russia and close relationship with Vladimir Putin have dominated most of the coverage of Rex Tillerson’s selection …
Beats | September 28, 2016
Debating the Impact Economy: What Did the Presidential Candidates Say?
Debating the Impact Economy: What Did the Presidential Candidates Say? No, Fran Seegull and Nancy Pfund did not get a shout-out from the …