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A call to action in response to US political risk

1 week 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.
The Week's Jobs: April 18, 2025

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Roodgally Senatus

Careers | April 17, 2025 ImpactAlpha Editor Roodgally Senatus Impact jobs that came across our desk this week: Big Issue Invest is looking for a London-based investment manager for its growth impact fund… Environmental Defense Fund is looking for a sustainable finance engagement manager in New York or Boston… ResponsAbility is recruiting a senior investment officer to focus on climate finance in Latin America… US Bancorp Impact Finance seeks a business development officer focusing on...
Brazil’s development bank provides credit to Mombak for reforestation

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Lucy Ngige

Around 20% of the Amazon rainforest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, has been deforested and degraded. Experts worry the forest is reaching a “tipping point,” after which it will be unable to regenerate itself. Sao Paulo-based reforestation company Mombak leases and purchases deforested land, restores it by planting native trees, and sells credits based on the carbon removal it achieves.
How Heifer International is deploying catalytic grants and loans to prove that African agriculture is investable

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Lucy Ngige

Animal feed production in central Kenya. Dairy production in the nearby Rift Valley. Tractor financing for Kenyan and Nigerian farmers. Global agriculture NGO Heifer International isn’t known as an impact investor, but with these and other projects, it’s applying catalytic impact financing tools to demonstrate the investability of Africa’s farmers, agriculture businesses and startups.
Blue like an Orange invests $15 million to support high-speed internet access in Peru

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Roodgally Senatus

Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital, through its second Latin America private credit fund, provided a long-term loan to internet provider MiFibra to increase affordable access to high-speed internet outside of Lima. As part of the loan agreement with the Luxembourg-based impact investor, MiFibra will implement an action plan to manage environmental and social risks in its business.
Green bank grantees may get access to loan funds - for now

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Amy Cortese

Blink and you might miss the latest in the ongoing skirmish between grantees of Biden-era climate funds and the Trump administration, which has blocked and attempted to terminate billions of dollars worth of grant awards. A federal judge in Washington, DC late Tuesday night ordered that $20 billion in funds be released. That might crack open a small window for grantees of a federal “green bank” program to access funds that have been frozen in a Citibank account for more than eight weeks.
Honeycomb Credit raises $750,000 from Upstart Co-Lab and acquires IFundWomen

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Jessica Pothering

Honeycomb Credit has helped small businesses raise capital from more than 25,000 retail investors and foundations since it launched eight years ago. The investment crowdfunding site has supported thousands of restaurants, makers and mom and pop shops, many in underserved areas, in raising close to $50 million for equipment purchases, working capital and expansion. Honeycomb’s focus on diverse, creative businesses helped it snag a $750,000 investment from Upstart Co-Lab.
In a polarized US Capitol, employee ownership brings lawmakers together

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Roodgally Senatus

The idea that hardworking Americans should have an ownership stake in the companies they are helping to build is resonating across the aisle in a US Congress otherwise largely divided along party lines. Employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs “are where Karl Marx and Adam Smith meet in warm embrace,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, said last week, getting a laugh at the Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building across from the Capitol.
Nigerian infrastructure investor gets catalytic commitment to unlock pension fund investment

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Lucy Ngige

The Nigeria-based fund manager ARM-Harith, helps infrastructure developers in West Africa with project equity and project development financing. The firm is in the market with a planned $200 million Climate and Transition Infrastructure Fund, or ACT Fund. FSD Africa Investments,a UK government-backed investment firm, invested £10 million ($13.2 million) in with a goal of crowding in Nigerian pension funds.
A worker’s journey to ownership (personal essay)

1 week ago | impactalpha.com | Roodgally Senatus

A Black single father, Kevin Sims had been out of a stable full-time job for about a year when he got hired as a technician at Web Industries, a Massachusetts-based employee-owned global manufacturing company. Web uses flexible materials, such as foams, films and composites, to make products for the aerospace and medical industries. During his orientation, a human resources representative told Sims that Web was 100% owned by its employees through an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP.