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  • The Brief
    March 1, 2021

    The Brief

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    Featured: The Reconstruction

    The Reconstruction: The mobilization of Black women and other voters of color is uplifting us all. There was an important history lesson embedded in the confirmation hearings of Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland: The Department of Justice was established in 1870 to enforce the 15th Amendment’s right to vote. In the last few years, the U.S. has learned a corollary lesson: a broad-based popular mobilization is required as well. On the latest episode in ImpactAlpha’s podcast series, The Reconstruction, host Monique Aiken sits down with sociologist and demographer Jessica Barron and her colleague Marion Johnson to discuss how women of color have mobilized to protect and expand the right to vote and become key players in the future of democratic rule. Women of color “are the major players in the game,” Barron tells Aiken. “If we're gonna sit here and play this chess, we need to have these women on board.”

    Dealflow: Follow the Money

    Mosa Meat closes $85 million to scale lab-grown beef production. The Netherlands-based alternative protein company produces meat from cow cells – without harming the cows. It says it can make 80,000 beef burgers from just one sample. Mosa Meat will use its Series B financing to launch its lab-grown beef in the consumer market and expand production at its headquarters in Maastricht.

    Agents of Impact Call Recap 

    The Call No. 27: Opportunities at the intersection of gender and climate. Follow the women. “Companies with better gender diversity are more likely to establish climate goals, they are more likely to avoid environmental litigation and sanctions from regulatory authorities, they are more likely to avoid fraud, and they are more innovative,” said Pax World Funds’ Julie Gorte, who joined hundreds of other Agents of Impact on The Call last week to explore under-tapped opportunities at the intersection of climate and gender-lens investing. “We need the climate investors and the climate business actors to up their game on gender as much as we need the gender actors to up the game on climate,” said GenderSmart’s Suzanne Biegel.

    Agents of Impact: Follow the Talent

    Carbon Removal Advocacy Europe is recruiting for an executive director… J.P. Morgan is looking for a vice president of its impact venture equity fund in New York… Also in New York, Rockefeller Foundation is hiring an associate of innovative finance, and World Education Services is on the hunt for an associate director of impact investing… Hope is recruiting a credit officer and senior credit officer for its commercial lending team… Common Future seeks a digital content producer in Oakland… Open Road Alliance is looking for a data and Salesforce manager… The Impact Management Project is hiring a communications associate in London… The Sobrato Organization has an opening for a director of impact investments in Mountain View, Calif. 

  • The Call
    Call Recording | January 6, 2021

    The Call: What Agents of Impact are expecting in 2021 (replay)

    ImpactAlpha, January 6 — A few of the keywords thrown around on last month’s Agents of Impact Call No. 26: accountability, electrification, institutional, …

    Call Recording | November 13, 2020

    Call No. 25: Gender-smart investing for a sustainable recovery

    What: The Call No. 25: Gender-smart investing for a sustainable recovery Join SME.NG’s Thelma Ekiyor, Trade Depot’s Onyekachi Izukanne, Development Partners International’s Takudzwa Mutasa, Alitheia’s Temilade Denton, …

    Africa | October 19, 2020

    Call No. 24: Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’

    The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of …

    Call Recording | October 1, 2020

    Call No. 23 recap: Changing investment algorithms to advance racial justice

    ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – What got us here won’t get us where we need to go. Guidelines that govern global finance need to …

    Call Recording | August 27, 2020

    Call No. 22: Rooting out racism as a systemic risk

    ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate …

    Call Recording | August 11, 2020

    Call No. 21: Impact investors confront the impact of the November election

    It’s long past time to get political.  Impact investing, with appeal on both the left and the right, has generally steered clear of …

    Call Recording | July 1, 2020

    Call No. 20: Investors share experiences in getting their assets off the sidelines

    “It’s a great time for new entrants, but for those of us who’ve been doing this for a while it is equally urgent to raise our game right and to not get complacent,” said Margot Brandenburg of the Ford Foundation.

    2030 Finance | June 24, 2020

    Call No. 19: Green infrastructure is back on the agenda

    ImpactAlpha, Jun 24 – The action in climate action is shifting to infrastructure. Driven by falling price curves for renewables, mispriced risk, and …

    Agents of Impact | May 4, 2020

    Call No. 16: Impact investors step up to the 10x challenge

    ImpactAlpha, Apr. 4 – A disruptive technology has to be 10 times better than what it’s replacing. Tech venture capitalists aim to recoup …

    Call Recording | April 30, 2020

    Impact management is hot: Recapping Call No. 15

    ImpactAlpha, Apr. 30 – The first annual assessments of impact investors are coming in under the International Finance Corporation’s Operating Principles for Impact …

    Africa | February 5, 2020

    Call No. 12: How local early-stage funders are finding impact alpha in emerging markets

    ImpactAlpha, February 5 – Small and growing businesses are the pillars of local economies, in both developed and developing economies. Startups are engines …

    Call Recording | August 14, 2019

    Call No. 10: Calling trends and scooping ideas in ImpactAlpha’s newsroom

    ImpactAlpha, April 14 – Don’t refer to conventional finance as ‘mainstream,’ ImpactAlpha’s David Bank said on The Call earlier this month. Call it ‘legacy …

  • Podcasts
    Frontline Solutions’ Marion Johnson and Jessica Barron
    Podcasts | March 1, 2021

    The Reconstruction: The mobilization of Black women and other voters of color is uplifting us all (podcast)

    ImpactAlpha, Mar. 1 – There was an important history lesson embedded in the confirmation hearings of Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland, who is expected to …

    Podcasts | February 26, 2021

    Impact Briefing: Week of February 26

    On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken chats with ImpactAlpha’s Roodgally Senatus about Bitwise Industries’ big raise and BlocPower’s Donnel Baird, this week’s …

    Surdna Foundation's Don Chen | Photo credit: Surdna Foundation
    Catalytic Capital | February 25, 2021

    Surdna Foundation’s Don Chen on mobilizing resources and redefining risk (podcast)

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 25 – Philanthropic foundations tend to be cautious and slow-moving beasts. One signal of the urgency of the current moment: the billion-dollar …

    Podcasts | February 19, 2021

    Impact Brief: Week of February 19

    Host Brian Walsh is joined by Amy Cortese to talk about the growing corporate demand for soil carbon.

    Podcasts | February 12, 2021

    Impact Briefing: Week of February 12

    Host Monique Aiken checks in with Suzanne Biegel in London to debrief this week’s GenderSmart Investing Summit.

    (left to right) Erika Seth Davies, Tracy Gray, Rachel Robasciotti, Brent Kessel
    Podcasts | February 10, 2021

    The Reconstruction: How unlikely partners came together to fight racial bias in asset allocation (podcast)

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 10 – The broad problem of systemic bias in the asset management industry became very specific when fund manager Rachel Robasciotti pitched …

    Podcasts | February 5, 2021

    Impact Briefing: Week of February 5

    On this week’s show, host Brian Walsh engages NYU Stern School’s Tensie Whelan about corporate board leadership –  or the lack of it …

    Podcasts | February 3, 2021

    The Reconstruction: Carmen Rojas on practicing truth in the service of freedom

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 3 – As founder of The Workers Lab, Dr. Carmen Rojas led a nonprofit incubator and investor with the tagline “building power …

    Artwork from “The Moment Was Now,” a play by Gene Bruskin
    Podcasts | February 2, 2021

    The Reconstruction: That moment when everything was possible… is now

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 2 – A contested election. A political deal. An historic sellout.  Screech… halt… stop. The presidential election just finished had a decidedly …

    1863 Ventures' Melissa Bradley | Photo: Washington Business Journal
    Podcasts | February 1, 2021

    The Reconstruction: Learning from history to create opportunities for equitable wealth-building now (podcast)

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 1 – Talk about a signal. The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 kicked off the period of systemic reform, multi-racial progress and shared …

    Podcasts | February 1, 2021

    Welcome to The Reconstruction (podcast)

    ImpactAlpha, Feb 1 – The Reconstruction series will engage investors, entrepreneurs, activists and academics in the U.S. and around the world, as Aiken puts …

    Podcasts | January 29, 2021

    Impact Briefing: Week of January 29

    Host Monique Aiken and David Bank introduce The Reconstruction, the series of racial justice podcasts and posts launching next week on ImpactAlpha.

  • Opinion
    Annie Donovan, Local Initiatives Support Corp.
    Impact Voices | February 18, 2021

    How impact investors can challenge three fallacies of legacy finance

    In The Price of Inequality, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz notes the moments in history when people rise up to say something …

    Catalytic Capital | February 17, 2021

    ‘Pay for success’ can help the Biden administration build back better

    With Democrats now in control of both the House and Senate, the Biden Administration has a once in a generation opportunity to “build …

    Business People Meeting Discussion Communication Concept
    Impact Voices | February 3, 2021

    Corporate boards are not leading companies where they need to go

    As it reported its fourth straight quarterly loss yesterday, Exxon tried to deflect a growing shareholder revolt by adding an independent board member …

    ESG | February 3, 2021

    Redefining materiality (again) to transform the role of business in society

    “Materiality is being redefined – through pressure on business from wider civil society, and through precedents established by company practice and, increasingly, regulation …

    Climate and Clean Tech | January 26, 2021

    Obvious’ Andrew Beebe: We have entered the climate decade

    As we finally put 2020 into hindsight, the road ahead is uncertain. On the one hand, stock markets continue to thrive, and the …

    Impact Voices | January 26, 2021

    Retool finance to rebuild soil health

    Regenerative agriculture may be in vogue, but in many ways, it’s as old as agriculture itself, as practiced by our ancestors and to …

    Impact Voices | January 20, 2021

    Local project developers are key to ensuring a just energy transition

    Pollution and climate change disproportionately affect communities of color. In the U.S., decades of systemic racism and economic disadvantages mean Black and Hispanic …

    Climate Finance | January 13, 2021

    What the U.S. return to the Paris Agreement means for investors

    After years of signaling its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change, the United States made the decision official …

    Community Finance | January 12, 2021

    Community lenders can lead the COVID recovery for small businesses – with an infusion of common equity

    During Bill Clinton’s campaign for the presidency, he shared his vision of a federal government initiative that would provide $1 billion in financial …

    Impact Voices | December 23, 2020

    A Black developer’s advice to incoming HUD Secretary

    Marcia Fudge will be the 6th Black person to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since 1966, so how could …

    Africa | December 21, 2020

    Financing for climate adaptation can drive Africa’s economic development and climate goals

    Power is critical to Africa’s development. At least 600 million people across the continent that don’t have access to affordable and reliable power. …

    Impact Voices | December 15, 2020

    Resilience is the New ROI

    Redavia Solar created a concessionary solar power program to continue attracting customers

  • Agents of Impact
    Agents of Impact | February 26, 2021

    Donnel Baird, BlocPower

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – There was no heat in the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where Baird grew up, so he and his sister …

    Macro's Charles King | Image credit: Macro
    Agents of Impact | February 19, 2021

    Charles King, Macro

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 19 – The former Hollywood super agent spotted a disconnect. Those green-lighting movies and TV didn’t represent the diverse audiences consuming them. …

    Agents of Impact | February 12, 2021

    Bill Bynum, Hope

    Goldman Sachs’ commitment this week of $130 million in credit to Jackson, Miss.-based Hope was the latest, and one of the largest, shows …

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Photo credit: GAVI
    Agents of Impact | February 5, 2021

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, development economist

    ImpactAlpha, Feb. 5 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has a warning for nations prioritizing self-interest in their pandemic responses: “No one in the world can be …

    Agents of Impact | January 29, 2021

    Bill Winters, Standard Chartered

    If putting a price on carbon is the key to getting to net-zero, Bill Winters – with an assist from Mark Carney – …

    Agents of Impact | January 22, 2021

    Amanda Gorman, poet

    In a star-studded inauguration featuring Lady Gaga and J-Lo, the 22-year old poet stole the spotlight at president Joe Biden’s inauguration. Accolades poured …

    Agents of Impact | January 15, 2021

    Georgia’s organizers

    “Welcome to the New Georgia,” proclaimed Senator-elect Raphael Warnock. “It is more diverse, and it’s more inclusive. And it readily embraces the future.” …

    Agents of Impact | December 11, 2020

    Scientists

    Earlier this week, 91-year-old Margaret Keenan in England received the first COVID-19 vaccination (yes, the second was an 81-year-old named William Shakespeare). That …

    Agent of Impact: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and Downtown Project (1973 - 2020 | Photo: Charley Gallay, Getty Images
    Agents of Impact | December 4, 2020

    Tony Hsieh, Zappos and Downtown Project (1973 – 2020)

    ImpactAlpha, Dec. 4 – You could almost see the tumbleweed blowing down the streets of downtown Las Vegas when Tony Hsieh launched The Downtown …

    Agents of Impact | November 20, 2020

    Wukina’s Maureen Sibanda and Secha Capital’s Kuhle Mnisi

    ImpactAlpha, November 20 – Follow the women… to catalyze an economic recovery and unlock trillions in new consumer spending power. Tech-enabled startups are …

    Agents of Impact | November 13, 2020

    Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact.

    ImpactAlpha, Nov. 13 – Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact. That’s the tagline on the snappy Agents of Impact section on the new ImpactAlpha.com …

    Agents of Impact | October 30, 2020

    Kesha Cash, Impact America Fund

    ImpactAlpha, Oct. 30 – Two years ago, ImpactAlpha recognized Kesha Cash as an Agent of Impact for her cutting-edge investment thesis: the billion-dollar …

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