ImpactAlpha Podcasts

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Turning the stranded pipeline of green loans into investable deal flow for private capital. Plus, for European investors, material risks are still… material (10:30). And, Taylor Swift, Ryan Coogler, and the emerging ownership economy in music and film (15:10). Story links: * Green lenders are all dressed up and ready to roll [https://impactalpha.com/call-no-71-green-lenders-are-all-dressed-up-and-ready-to-roll/] * For European LPs, material risks are still material, and American GPs come calling [https://impactalpha.com/superreturn-berlin-for-european-lps-material-risks-are-still-material-and-american-gps-come-calling/] * Taylor Swift, Ryan Coogler and the emerging ownership economy in music and film [https://impactalpha.com/taylor-swift-ryan-coogler-and-the-emerging-ownership-economy-in-music-and-film/]

In this special episode of This Week in Impact, Brian Walsh discusses the evolution of ImpactAlpha with editor-in-chief David Bank and newly named CEO Dennis Price. The discussion centers on the leadership transition and the new teams and tools being developed at ImpactAlpha to support Agents of Impact. Read the full announcement [https://impactalpha.com/impactalpha-promotes-dennis-price-to-expand-the-leading-media-and-data-platform-for-impact-investors/].

David catches up with Navajo Power CEO Brett Isaac and COO Michael Cox to learn how the indigenous-owned company is building out utility-scale solar projects, not just in Navajo Nation but on tribal land across the country. Chapters * 00:00 Introduction to Navajo Power and Its Mission * 03:11 The Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy * 05:45 Community Engagement and Project Development * 09:11 Navigating Regulatory Challenges * 12:10 Financing the Future of Navajo Power * 14:57 Building a Sustainable Economic Ecosystem * 18:08 The Role of Indigenous Sovereignty in Energy Projects * 20:55 Future Prospects and Community Impact

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Pegasus Capital’s contrarian play for orphaned climate projects in emerging markets. How a Ugandan pension fund is creating its own new savers with investments in small business and agriculture (07:45). And, should impact have a veto in investment decisionmaking (12:20)? Story links: * * “Ever contrarian, Pegasus Capital eyes orphaned climate projects in emerging markets [https://impactalpha.com/ever-contrarian-pegasus-capital-eyes-orphaned-climate-projects-in-emerging-markets/],” by David Bank and Amy Cortese * “Uganda’s pension fund is creating new savers with investments in small business and agriculture [https://impactalpha.com/ugandas-pension-fund-is-creating-new-savers-with-investments-in-small-business-and-agriculture-video/],” by Lucy Ngige and David Bank * “Should impact have a veto in investment decisions [https://impactalpha.com/should-impact-have-a-veto-in-investment-decisions/]?” by Blink’s Ana Pimenta *

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Unsolicited advice for the Gates Foundation following the announcement that it would increase its giving and spend down its endowment by 2045; How California's massive public pension funds find alpha in emerging fund managers (09:45); And, glimmers of hope for blended finance in the face of a global foreign aid pullback (15:27). Story links: *