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Overheard at Salzburg Global Seminar: Complexities in connecting capital to communities

Impact Alpha

The post Overheard at Salzburg Global Seminar: Complexities in connecting capital to communities appeared first on ImpactAlpha. There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives, as the poet Audre Lorde once said.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation

For the first semester, students participated in a weekly seminar-style course, building a foundational knowledge necessary for involvement in ClimateWerx. Others interned in a variety of roles at climate-oriented startups, with companies ranging from impact investment marketplaces to AI-informed crop health.

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Take Five: A Missed Opportunity?

Chris Hall

The group’s annual report did, admittedly, carry encouraging words from World Bank President David Malpass, who also signalled a more dynamic role for his institution at an IMF seminar than in recent comments. How quickly and how high would that rise if impact was firmly put on the same footing in fiduciary duty as risk and return?