This Week in Impact
This Week in Impact
Impact Alpha
Doing more with fewer development dollars, plus a tribute to Andrew Kassoy
20 minutes Posted Jul 4, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies
And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movement to align capital with purpose
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movement to align capital with purpose (14:40).Story links: “⁠Blended finance at a crossroads: The fallout from shrinking aid and a shuttered USAID⁠,” by Convergence’s Joan Larrea“⁠Development finance institutions lag on transparency and disclosure around capital mobilization⁠,” by Jessica Pothering“⁠Calling responsible investors in Europe to invest in… defense⁠,” by Venture ESG’s Susan Winterberg and Johannes Lenhard“⁠⁠Declaration of Interdependence: Reconciling profit and purpose⁠⁠,” by B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy