Isaac Silk

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A call to action in response to US political risk

6 days ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: A call to action from impact investors in response to the growing political risk in the US market. Plus, how the idea of employee ownership is bringing lawmakers together across the aisle (7:55). And the strategies and structures LPs are using to get their money back in a volatile market environment (11:55). Get the podcast in your feed by subscribing on Apple or Spotify.
A tarrifying week for investors + what's next for global AID

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk

ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank ImpactAlpha Editor Isaac Silk
Insurance incentives for wildfire prevention + smarter subsidies for agribusiness

2 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Jessica Pothering |Isaac Silk

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Climate insurance in California that incentives landowners to reduce wildfire risks. Plus, making subsidies smarter by targeting the operating needs of agriculture businesses and the funds that support them.
Proxy battles for universal owners & new models for employee ownership

3 weeks ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: With proxy season here, how shareholders can apply a system stewardship model for the companies they own; why strategies to share the wealth via employee ownership are attracting popular support, and a look at our spring “Re:construction” tour, which offers a playbook for shared prosperity.
Bipartisan support for CDFIs under Trump, and Canada's first Employee Ownership Trusts

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk

ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank ImpactAlpha Editor Isaac Silk
EPA can’t cancel ‘green bank’ funds yet

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Amy Cortese |Isaac Silk

In a ruling late Tuesday, federal judge Tanya Chutkan said the Environmental Protection Agency may not recoup $20 billion in frozen Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants without due process. The ruling finds that the EPA must provide legal justification for the cancellation, which it so far has failed to do, and follow proper procedure.
A new era for climate leadership (in Canada, at least)

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Isaac Silk

Guest Author Brian Walsh ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank ImpactAlpha Editor Isaac Silk Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank.
EPA raises the stakes in battle over $20 billion in green bank grants

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Amy Cortese |Isaac Silk

Capping a day of legal maneuvering, Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin officially terminated $20 billion in green lending financing under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Coalition for Green Capital and Power Forward Communities earlier in the day filed suit against the Citibank, the funds’ custodial agent, to gain the release of congressionally appropriated funds held by the bank as part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program.
This Week in Impact: An emerging market mood

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Brian Walsh |Lucy Ngige |Isaac Silk

Host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s emerging markets reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Why the mood at two impact investing conferences in Nairobi was hopeful, despite the US foreign aid freeze. Plus, a roundup of some of the most interesting recent emerging markets deals. Get the podcast in your feed by subscribing on Apple or Spotify.
SCOTUS weighs in on aid freeze

1 month ago | impactalpha.com | Isaac Silk

The Supreme Court handed aid groups a small win on Wednesday. In a 5-4 decision the Court affirmed a lower court ruling ordering the Trump administration to release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid reimbursements to the Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and other groups. The administration had largely ignored a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on the president’s broad-based freeze of appropriated federal funds, upending countless federally funded projects and lives.