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AmyC

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journalist, senior editor at @impactalpha, author of Locavesting, Brooklynite

You always have to ask, who's afraid of transparency, and why? @Delta @AmericanAir abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/u…


I entered the Hell's Kitchen Lottery for $40 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/nyc/shows/3175…


Family forest owners steward 39% of US forests, more than the federal government or corporate owners. Managed well, those nearly 300m acres could offset 350m metric tons of CO2 per year, or as much as 78m cars, writes @marcellorossi87 for @ImpactAlpha impactalpha.com/sequestering-c…


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Pension funds and insurance companies have boosted their impact funding at a compound annual rate of 32% and now make up 27% of the capital raised by the surveyed impact fund managers. More results from @theGIIN's latest survey, via @Locavesting. impactalpha.com/institutional-…


“There can be no real change unless we fundamentally shift decision-making power and agency from North to South.” impactalpha.com/new-global-fin…


Impact funds are racking up exits – and putting to rest any lingering concerns (sigh) about their ability to generate market-rate returns. #impinv #impact impactalpha.com/everfi-vital-f…


Excellent sleuthing by @propublica. We need a code of #ethics for #SCOTUS now

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show. The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

propublica's tweet image. For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show.

The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇


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The Liist is out! This month's funds focus on strategies for restoring land and marine ecosystems, while building healthy, resilient food systems and communities. impactalpha.com/impact-manager…

ImpactAlpha's tweet image. The Liist is out!

This month's funds focus on strategies for restoring land and marine ecosystems, while building healthy, resilient food systems and communities. 

impactalpha.com/impact-manager…

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UP NOW: "ESG is big business for @BlackRock even if Larry Fink won’t call it by its name. At least, not right now," writes @ImogenNYC. Rose-Smith has thoughts on Fink's annual letter and the business imperative that dare not speak its name. impactalpha.com/in-larry-finks…


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Why should college hoops fans have all the fun? @ImpactAlpha, in partnership with the Southern Reconstruction Fund’s FundOne, has kicked off a tournament to interrogate the range of #metrics for guiding investment strategies for bridging racial #wealthgaps.

ImpactAlpha's tweet image. Why should college hoops fans have all the fun?

@ImpactAlpha, in partnership with the Southern Reconstruction Fund’s FundOne, has kicked off a tournament to interrogate the range of #metrics for guiding investment strategies for bridging racial #wealthgaps.

Thanks for sharing, Stuart. So little time & so much to explore! At @ImpactAlpha, we are seeing investors begin to focus more on revenue materiality, or the % of a company's revenues that are generated from a climate or SDG solution, as the key measure of impact

Insightful conversation on the intersection of media and “ESG” or #sustainability at @NYUStern featuring journalists across the social impact beat, from @dgelles to @gilliantett 🌍 What’s your take?

stuartsymington's tweet image. Insightful conversation on the intersection of media and “ESG” or #sustainability at @NYUStern featuring journalists across the social impact beat, from @dgelles to @gilliantett 🌍 

What’s your take?


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Thanks for the shoutout @ImpactAlpha @Locavesting !

NEW: "Impact investors were very willing to work with founders that needed help over the weekend," says @ShuDarYao. "It left me feeling heartened about the community we've built." @OpenRoadTweets @PRIMEcoalition @enduring_planet @brexHQ @PachamaInc impactalpha.com/climate-tech-a…



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Agents of Impact Call No. 49 took up policymaking around the S – for social – in worker ownership, human capital disclosure and accounting, and banks’ accountability for fair lending to underserved communities. Read the recap by @locavesting. impactalpha.com/policymaking-f…


#Privateequity firms have been raising big funds and writing big checks for renewable energy, climate tech and industrial decarbonization. They’re just getting warmed up. impactalpha.com/private-equity…


"We’ve created what we think of as a virtuous circle," says Ariel Alternative's Leslie Brun about the firm's new Project Black PE fund. ImpactAlpha has the deets: impactalpha.com/why-corporate-…


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#EVs, #batteries, #solar and wind systems and #heatpumps benefit from declining costs as knowledge and expertise are built up with scale – a classic S-curve. How S-curves and tipping points accelerate the low-carbon future via @Locavesting. impactalpha.com/s-curves-and-t…


“There is not a single county in America where a parent with a child working a full time minimum wage job can afford to rent an apartment,” says #impact #RealEstate pioneer Jonathan Rose. @ImpactAlpha has the scoop impactalpha.com/jonathan-rose-…


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