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The Brief: Plugged In to the inclusive economy, fossil fuel doom loop, Canada’s employee ownership trusts, recapitalizing Copia in Kenya, Voices of impact management

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The post The Brief: Plugged In to the inclusive economy, fossil fuel doom loop, Canada’s employee ownership trusts, recapitalizing Copia in Kenya, Voices of impact management appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ⚡ Plugged In: Investing in an inclusive economy (live on LinkedIn).

Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels Investment

ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No. 2: Ten Impact Voices that drove the conversation in 2021

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 27, 2021

27 – Raise your voices. Investors, entrepreneurs, practitioners and thought leaders come to ImpactAlpha to use their Impact Voices to drive forward. 2: Ten Impact Voices that drove the conversation in 2021 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. The post ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No.

Raising the voices of impact investors in the November election

Impact Alpha

JULY 30, 2020

Within the impact investing bubble, you might not even know there is an election coming up. The post Raising the voices of impact investors in the November election appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, July 30 –– The daily outrages consume Twitter. With less than a hundred days to Nov. 3, it’s time to break out.

Investment

Webinars

Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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The Brief: Voices for electoral justice, drone intelligence, Costco backs LISC, DC angels, 10x’ing impact assets

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices These impact investors are stepping up to support voter registration and ‘electoral justice.’ Agents of Impact on ImpactAlpha’s Call last month agreed that political disengagement is a luxury impact investors can no longer afford. “We

Politics

The Brief: Crowding in capital for impact, gender lens in Australia, New Voices, solar exit for SJF, sustainable supply chains, agri-commerce in India

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The post The Brief: Crowding in capital for impact, gender lens in Australia, New Voices, solar exit for SJF, sustainable supply chains, agri-commerce in India appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Tis the season for our look-aheads to 2022 and, thanks to subscribers like you, we are able to make.

Sustainability

Sustainability Investment

Investing in the impact of powerful new voices in film and video games

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

“Creating Impact,” ImpactAlpha’s series of articles on impact media, is sponsored by Upstart Co-Lab, a national collaboration connecting artists with social entrepreneurs, impact investors, social enterprises and sustainable companies.

Investment

Investment Sustainability

What can we do about how much power the world uses?

Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Maybe there’s a voice reminding you to turn the light off when you leave the room or chastising you when you hit the AC button, but for the most part, energy production, use and its impact on the environment is a little discussed topic. So let’s talk about it.

Energy

Energy Energy

Why Gen Z voices matter in making business sustainable

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Why Gen Z voices matter in making business sustainable. Supply chain workers' health and safety, combined with ethical working conditions and practices, and taking into consideration environmental impacts are needed to ensure brand trust and build brand loyalty with consumers. Isabel LoDuca. Mon, 10/19/2020 - 01:00. Launching Oct.

Sustainability

Sustainability Ethics Climate change Health

thinkPARALLAX

GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

thinkPARALLAX is a branding and communications agency on a mission to better the world by articulating and amplifying our clients’ impact. As a team of values-driven strategists, designers, and storytellers, we give meaning and voice to brands’ sustainability initiatives. Wed, 08/19/2020 - 13:03.

Sustainability

Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Voice of Energy” is a new ad campaign and website featuring photos of diverse and well-dressed young people, explainers making the case for natural gas while downplaying its massive contribution to climate change, and videos urging viewers to join in an effort to “protect” the fossil fuel against laws restricting new gas hookups in buildings.

Law

Law Natural gas Fossil fuels Health

Impact(ed): An introduction to CDFIs and equitable community lending

Impact Alpha

MARCH 26, 2024

Impact(ed) is part of the ImpactAlpha Podcast Network, a set of shows hosted and produced by leading voices in impact and sustainable investing, The post Impact(ed): An introduction to CDFIs and equitable community lending appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment

Investment Sustainability

How cities can influence the energy system

GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

To help cities and counties better understand potential high-impact engagement opportunities, the American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator released a new interactive tool, the Local Government Renewables Action Tracker. There are a few high-impact policy pathways that cities can pursue: Removing barriers to solar.

Energy

Energy Energy Government Policy

In Conversation: Paul Polman

GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

Over the past decade, Paul Polman has emerged as one of the most influential business voices in sustainability. growth from its overall environmental footprint and improve its social impact. Since leaving Unilever, he formed Imagine, whose goal is to help companies meet the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

Sustainability

Sustainability Demand

Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In that moment, Thomas founded Intersectional Environmentalist (IE), a mission-driven organization committed to dismantling systems of oppression by amplifying historically silenced voices in the environmental movement, along with co-founders Diandra Marizet, Philip Aiken and Sabs Katz. . "We We want transparency.

Organic

Organic Plastics Sustainability Politics

ImpactAlpha Latin America: Growing the impact ecosystem

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Saludos, Agents of Impact! ? Welcome to ImpactAlpha Latin America, our specialized monthly newsletter bringing you year-round coverage of the news, voices and dealmaking. The post ImpactAlpha Latin America: Growing the impact ecosystem appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

The Brief: Catalytic capital for systems-change in Africa, resilient smallholder farmers, accessible virtual power plants, 8 ways to transform asset management

Impact Alpha

MARCH 9, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Impact Voices: Catalytic Capital Leveraging catalytic capital to transform economic systems in Africa. The Small Foundation has seen too.

Africa

Africa Resilience

Putting Women at the Center of Clean Air Action

The City Fix

APRIL 11, 2023

A key objective of the Clean Air Catalyst is to exchange knowledge, build trust and foster opportunities to elevate the voices of those most impacted by air pollution, particularly women and low-income communities. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International.

Pollution

Pollution Climate change Waste Waste

5 Simple Ideas to Begin Sustainable Living

Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The environmental impact caused by humans has come to more light in recent years. The use of social media has allowed voices to be heard – voices that would otherwise go unnoticed without the internet. Along with this, globalization has also opened people’s eyes.

Sustainability

The Brief: International Women’s Day edition: Gender and climate, inclusive diligence, leadership parity, digital literacy, Macro’s diverse voices

Impact Alpha

MARCH 8, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The post The Brief: International Women’s Day edition: Gender and climate, inclusive diligence, leadership parity, digital literacy, Macro’s diverse voices appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: International Women’s Day Frontline communities hold the keys to inclusive gender and climate finance.

How to center community voices and power in the investment process

Impact Alpha

APRIL 20, 2021

The post How to center community voices and power in the investment process appeared first on Impact Alpha. The increased investor attention to racism and the inequality laid bare by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has intersected, at long last, with the.

Investment

The Brief: Impact VC performance, BlocPowered, Black-led biotech, solar-powered windows, BMW’s venture fund, e-waste reduction

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 18, 2022

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Do impact venture capital funds outperform traditional VC? Not all impact investing. The post The Brief: Impact VC performance, BlocPowered, Black-led biotech, solar-powered windows, BMW’s venture fund, e-waste reduction appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Biotech

Biotech Solar Power Waste Waste

The Brief: Impact portfolio lessons, skill-building for tech careers, clean energy in rural communities, sustainable supply chains, long-term + ESG

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 11, 2022

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Two impact investors mine their portfolios for lessons for 2022. The post The Brief: Impact portfolio lessons, skill-building for tech careers, clean energy in rural communities, sustainable supply chains, long-term + ESG appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Sustainability

Sustainability Energy Energy

It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

After two decades of striving in my career, I had risen to a role of great impact: a director on Apple’s Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives team. Insistent inner voice. Underneath my sheen of accomplishment and pride, a quiet and insistent inner voice told me I was depleted. That voice was right. That wasn’t new.

Sustainability

Sustainability Earth Day Resilience Recycling

The Brief: Leveraging infrastructure investments for communities, health apprenticeships, sustainable seafood in Portugal, carbon offtakes, 160 racial equity funds

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices How impact investors can leverage the infrastructure bill to help disinvested communities catch up.

Seafood

Seafood Health Investment Carbon

The Brief: Rethinking lending risks, modeling climate impact, women’s wellness, energy from water, Apple’s impact accelerator, boldface taskforce

Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices How CDFIs are rethinking lending risk to build BIPOC-led businesses and wealth. The post The Brief: Rethinking lending risks, modeling climate impact, women’s wellness, energy from water, Apple’s impact accelerator, boldface taskforce appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Energy

Energy Energy

The Brief: Unlocking impact in emerging markets, AI for alt-protein, electric trucks, voluntary carbon markets, impact management

Impact Alpha

JULY 27, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Impact Voices: ESG in Emerging Markets Unlocking returns and sustainable growth in emerging markets. The post The Brief: Unlocking impact in emerging markets, AI for alt-protein, electric trucks, voluntary carbon markets, impact management appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Carbon

Carbon Electricity Sustainability

Meet Animal Pharma’s ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Brussels

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Known as European Livestock Voice, it describes the European Union’s livestock farming model, “based on diversified, local and family farm structures,” as the “backbone” of the continent’s rural areas, writing on its website under the url “meatthefacts”. European Livestock Voice uses a selection on these arguments on its website.

Medicine

Medicine Policy Law Politics

The Brief: Investing in workers, catalyzing local climate deployment, Brazil’s coffee producers, healthcare in the Middle East, stakeholder voices

Impact Alpha

JULY 27, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Cheers to all of you who joined our LinkedIn Live on HBCU impact and innovation, with The Plug’s Sherrell. The post The Brief: Investing in workers, catalyzing local climate deployment, Brazil’s coffee producers, healthcare in the Middle East, stakeholder voices appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment

Investment Innovation

The Brief: VC for African entrepreneurs, decarbonizing cement, solid-state batteries, grading Biden’s first 100 days, ESG policy shifts

Impact Alpha

MAY 4, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Outsiders get the bulk of venture capital in Africa. The post The Brief: VC for African entrepreneurs, decarbonizing cement, solid-state batteries, grading Biden’s first 100 days, ESG policy shifts appeared first on Impact Alpha. Peer-selection can change the game.

Policy

Policy Batteries Africa

Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments

GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments. bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Michael Holder.

Investment

Investment Fossil fuels Carbon Sustainability

Winning technologies announced for Scottish Government’s accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Revealing the winning companies today (Thursday 18th) at the official launch of the Accelerator Stage, the Innovation Minister Richard Lochhead said: “Solutions being developed through the latest CivTech Accelerator promise to have a positive and meaningful impact on Scotland’s society and people.

Technology

Technology Innovation Government Investment

The Brief: Restorative-justice capital, collaborative lending in Miami, Brazilian resilience, tech + culture, living kindly, first-time fund managers

Impact Alpha

MARCH 30, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Five ways that lenders can interrupt racism and provide restorative-justice capital in our communities. Can community.

Resilience

Mercedes CTO says solid-state batteries may not be necessary

Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, Mercedes Chief Technology Officer Markus Schäfer recently voiced a contrarian view, saying that solid-state batteries “may not be necessary,” thanks to developments in lithium-ion-based battery tech. Source: SlashGear

Batteries

Batteries Lithium Cooling Startups

Episode 270: Electrifying everything, more '30 Under 30' voices

GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2021

Episode 270: Electrifying everything, more '30 Under 30' voices. This week, we hear from three more members from the 2021 cohort of our report recognizing rising young stars in sustainability: Chris Dowd, strategic partners, social impact, Google (40:55). Joel Makower. Fri, 05/28/2021 - 02:00. VERGE Electrify in Review.

Waste

Waste Waste Innovation Sustainability

In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science

GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Climate change is a systemic risk , and its impacts are felt across corporate America. In a survey last year , 215 of the world’s largest publicly listed companies reported nearly $1 trillion at risk from climate impacts — most of it in the next five years. that comes down to two basic steps. .

Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels Climate change Policy Politics

Whatever your politics, Chris Skidmore’s resignation will be a loss to the climate cause – here’s why

Terra Infirma

JANUARY 8, 2024

I find this frustrating as those licences won’t change much – North Sea oil and gas is in terminal decline whatever the frequency of new licences and Skidmore’s loss will probably be more impactful as we head into an election year. A sad day, as I say.

Politics

Politics Energy Energy

The Brief: Investing in nuclear threat reduction, real estate + small business finance, social justice startups, Acumen’s solar exit, agri-investing in Africa

Impact Alpha

AUGUST 19, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Yes, impact investments can reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. If you thought climate action or, say, pandemic prevention pre-COVID, were underfunded, consider that effectively no impact investors target nuclear threat reduction in their investment strategies.

Real Estate

Real Estate Africa Startups Investment

The Brief: Regenerative agriculture, next-gen geothermal, climate finance in Mexico, justice tech, plant-based chicken, smarter glasses

Impact Alpha

MAY 20, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Impact Voices: climate Solutions Five ways family offices can unlock capital for regenerative agriculture. The post The Brief: Regenerative agriculture, next-gen geothermal, climate finance in Mexico, justice tech, plant-based chicken, smarter glasses appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Agriculture

Agriculture Investment

The Brief: Incentivizing impact, alt-leather, pan-African innovation, frontier debt finance, pipeline fallout, Hiro Mizuno’s portfolio

Impact Alpha

JULY 7, 2020

Photo by Rodrigo dos Reis on Unsplash Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Incentives for driving impact in deal and fund structures. Many impact investing funds and deals replicate the traditional financial incentives of debt and equity, writes Aunnie Patton Power of Intelligent Impact.

Innovation

Innovation Investment

The Brief: Impact-first climate investing, Bain Capital doubles down on impact, sustainability SPACs, mapping air quality, mobilizing for racial justice

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices An ‘impact-first’ approach to climate justice in rural communities. Capital is flowing for commercial climate financing,

Investment

Investment Sustainability

MacKenzie Scott backs ‘teams empowering voices the world needs to hear.’

Impact Alpha

JUNE 15, 2021

The post MacKenzie Scott backs ‘teams empowering voices the world needs to hear.’ appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, June 16 – Common Future, Social Finance, Kiva and Souls Grown Deep are among the 286 organizations that received a combined $2.7.

Organic

The Brief: Opportunity Zones’ second act, Europe’s clean energy startups, wildfire sensors, investor pressure on corporate emissions, four energy scenarios

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices More Opportunity Zone funds are targeting operating businesses –. Have your say. Are we covering the topics you want? And delivering them the way you need? Let us know what you expect. Complete our five-minute subscriber survey by this Thursday, Oct. We want to hear from you.

Startups

Startups Energy Energy

The Brief: Blue wave growth stories, fintech transparency in Nigeria, health tech in India, engagement with consequences, gender alpha, impact intersectionality

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Today’s the deadline to add your voice – and enter to win a free ticket to next week’s SOCAP Virtual. The post The Brief: Blue wave growth stories, fintech transparency in Nigeria, health tech in India, engagement with consequences, gender alpha, impact intersectionality appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Health

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Intent isn’t as important as impact," explain diversity experts Project Inkblot. Companies must consider these types of impacts moving forward and minimize harm to Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities. Similar to the impacts of COVID-19, pollution disproportionately affects BIPOC communities.

Sustainability

Sustainability Climate change Education Recycled materials

The Brief: Plugged In to the inclusive economy, fossil fuel doom loop, Canada’s employee ownership trusts, recapitalizing Copia in Kenya, Voices of impact management

ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No. 2: Ten Impact Voices that drove the conversation in 2021

Webinars

Trending Sources

Raising the voices of impact investors in the November election

Webinars

The Brief: Voices for electoral justice, drone intelligence, Costco backs LISC, DC angels, 10x’ing impact assets

The Brief: Crowding in capital for impact, gender lens in Australia, New Voices, solar exit for SJF, sustainable supply chains, agri-commerce in India

Investing in the impact of powerful new voices in film and video games

What can we do about how much power the world uses?

Why Gen Z voices matter in making business sustainable

thinkPARALLAX

Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry

Impact(ed): An introduction to CDFIs and equitable community lending

How cities can influence the energy system

In Conversation: Paul Polman

Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be

ImpactAlpha Latin America: Growing the impact ecosystem

The Brief: Catalytic capital for systems-change in Africa, resilient smallholder farmers, accessible virtual power plants, 8 ways to transform asset management

Putting Women at the Center of Clean Air Action

5 Simple Ideas to Begin Sustainable Living

The Brief: International Women’s Day edition: Gender and climate, inclusive diligence, leadership parity, digital literacy, Macro’s diverse voices

How to center community voices and power in the investment process

The Brief: Impact VC performance, BlocPowered, Black-led biotech, solar-powered windows, BMW’s venture fund, e-waste reduction

The Brief: Impact portfolio lessons, skill-building for tech careers, clean energy in rural communities, sustainable supply chains, long-term + ESG

It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face

The Brief: Leveraging infrastructure investments for communities, health apprenticeships, sustainable seafood in Portugal, carbon offtakes, 160 racial equity funds

The Brief: Rethinking lending risks, modeling climate impact, women’s wellness, energy from water, Apple’s impact accelerator, boldface taskforce

The Brief: Unlocking impact in emerging markets, AI for alt-protein, electric trucks, voluntary carbon markets, impact management

Meet Animal Pharma’s ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Brussels

The Brief: Investing in workers, catalyzing local climate deployment, Brazil’s coffee producers, healthcare in the Middle East, stakeholder voices

The Brief: VC for African entrepreneurs, decarbonizing cement, solid-state batteries, grading Biden’s first 100 days, ESG policy shifts

Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments

Winning technologies announced for Scottish Government’s accelerator programme

The Brief: Restorative-justice capital, collaborative lending in Miami, Brazilian resilience, tech + culture, living kindly, first-time fund managers

Mercedes CTO says solid-state batteries may not be necessary

Episode 270: Electrifying everything, more '30 Under 30' voices

In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science

Whatever your politics, Chris Skidmore’s resignation will be a loss to the climate cause – here’s why

The Brief: Investing in nuclear threat reduction, real estate + small business finance, social justice startups, Acumen’s solar exit, agri-investing in Africa

The Brief: Regenerative agriculture, next-gen geothermal, climate finance in Mexico, justice tech, plant-based chicken, smarter glasses

The Brief: Incentivizing impact, alt-leather, pan-African innovation, frontier debt finance, pipeline fallout, Hiro Mizuno’s portfolio

The Brief: Impact-first climate investing, Bain Capital doubles down on impact, sustainability SPACs, mapping air quality, mobilizing for racial justice

MacKenzie Scott backs ‘teams empowering voices the world needs to hear.’

The Brief: Opportunity Zones’ second act, Europe’s clean energy startups, wildfire sensors, investor pressure on corporate emissions, four energy scenarios

The Brief: Blue wave growth stories, fintech transparency in Nigeria, health tech in India, engagement with consequences, gender alpha, impact intersectionality

How to talk about racial justice in sustainability

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