This Week in Impact
This Week in Impact
Impact Alpha
Unlocking Indian solar power with catalytic capital + pensions eye responsible defense investments
16 minutes Posted Nov 21, 2025 at 11:00 am.
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Beyond investments and guarantees, how Encourage Capital assembled the necessary pieces to unlock capital flows for the global clean energy transition; The missing markets for local builders and buyers of health, wealth, and vibrant communities
; And, how European pension funds learn to stop worrying and love the companies making bombs
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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Beyond investments and guarantees, how Encourage Capital assembled the necessary pieces to unlock capital flows for the global clean energy transition; The missing markets for local builders and buyers of health, wealth, and vibrant communities (09:30); And, how European pension funds learn to stop worrying and love the companies making bombs (12:35).Story links:“A case study in unlocking lending to small businesses to accelerate solar in India,” by C3's Harvy Koh“Making missing markets for local builders (and buyers) of health, wealth and vibrant communities,” by David Bank and Roodgally Senatus“European pension funds said ‘no’ to defense investments. Then came Ukraine… and Trump,” by Danielle Rossingh