Returns On Investment

The Nathan Cummings Foundation says it has nearly fulfilled the commitment made three years ago to align 100% of its $450 million endowment with its mission goals – and confirmed that aligning foundation assets  with positive impact turns out to be a way to make a decent return as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh takes stock of two of the premier showcases for student  talent in impact investing and sustainable finance. He chats with  Bridges Fund Management’s Brian Trelstad about this year’s competition.  And Megan Kashner of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern  recaps the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, which  also staged its finals last week. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Equilibrium Capital's Dave Chen joins David Bank to discuss the latest trends in instutional sustainable investing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Monique Aiken speaks with B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy about why impact-driven businesses and investors are stepping up their policy advocacy. We also hear from Dr. Tiffany Manuel of The Case Made, next week’s guest on The Reconstruction podcast. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Host Brian Walsh dissects former BlackRock exec Tariq Fancy’s recent takedown of ESG investing with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Jessica Pothering joins host Monique Aiken to discuss how African entrepreneurs are stepping up with tech solutions to the continent’s challenges in agriculture, climate change and financial inclusion. We also catch up with Unreasonable Group’s Pratibha Vuppuluri and hear a snippet of next week’s Reconstruction podcast with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Brian Walsh talks with Amy Cortese about regulation crowdfunding’s big week, and we hear from Republic’s Ken Nguyen and Wefunder’s Jonny Price. Plus the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Monique is joined by Erika Seth-Davies, a social entrepreneur in residence at Common Future, and founder of The Racial Equity Asset Lab, and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank to talk about the American Rescue Plan and, perhaps, a bottom-up Reconstruction... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

On this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh discusses the big private equity funds looking to make a splash in impact with roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank. Plus, the headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

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 Agent of Impact. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Don Chen, president of the billion-dollar Surdna Foundation, joins David Bank to discuss Surdna's 100 million dollar commitment to impact investing, as well as some innovative approaches they've taken to the COVID crisis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Amy Cortese joins Brian to bring us up to speed on soil carbon markets. We  hear from Gregory Landua of the Regen Network, Mark Lambert of  Re-Harvest, and this week's Agent of Impact: Charles D. King, the  Founder and CEO of the global media brand Macro. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

The headlines, plus Suzanne Biegel updates Monique on some highlights from this week's GenderSmart Investing Summit, and we hear from Bill Bynum, CEO of Hope Enterprise. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

The headlines, plus Brian is joined by Professor Tensie Whelan of NYU Stern School of Business to discuss her latest research into corporate board members ESG credentials. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

1863 Ventures founder Melissa Bradley joins Monique Aiken to discuss how learning from history can create opportunities for equitable wealth-building. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

The headlines, plus Monique and David bring share a sneak preview of "The Reconstruction" our new podcast series and beat which drops on Monday. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

The word of the week is: creativity -- Brian catches up with Upstart CoLab founder Laura Callanan, and we revisit the poetry of this week's Agent of Impact, Amanda Gorman.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

Monique is joined by Jessica Barron and Marion Johnson of Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned social impact consulting firm, to discuss their recent report Demoocracy’s Powerbrokers: Political Power of Women of Color. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David chats with Jigar Shah, president of Generate, a San Francisco investment firm at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure financing. Jigar was co-founder of SunEdison, a pioneer of the “no money down” solar financing model that unlocked the solar market. He co-hosts The Energy Gang Podcast.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message

David joins Brian to chart the year  ahead in impact investing with some help from Generate's Jigar Shah. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha/message