Listen "Building shared prosperity with entrepreneurship through acquisition + GreenieRE's surety bonds for climate tech"
Episode Synopsis
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editors David Bank and Amy Cortese. Up this week: At Neighborhood Economics in Chicago, entrepreneurship through acquisition and other promising ideas are filling out the playbook for shared prosperity; How ExxonMobil's new voting program for retail investors aims to change the balance of power in corporate governance. And, how reinsurer GreenieRE is bringing the concept of surety bonds to help scale climate tech investments.Story links:“Expanding ‘entrepreneurship through acquisition’ for inclusive wealth creation in the US and Canada,”“Investors who refuse to take a loyalty oath to ExxonMobil should decline to join its ‘retail voting program,’” by As You Sow’s Andrew Behar“GreenieRe sees ‘impact insurance’ surety bonds as the key to scaling climate tech,” by Amy Cortese
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