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Impact investing

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Impact investing - the shows and 13 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Impact investing has matured beyond feel-good marketing into measurable financial strategy, as demonstrated by practitioners like Jen McCain at Irie Capital and Ben Choi at Next Legacy - who's deployed $3 billion through philanthropic capital with startup-speed discipline. Yet the space still grapples with measurement gaps: ESG ratings often miss what actually matters, forcing investors to move beyond spreadsheets and standardized frameworks to track sustainability outcomes that create real financial and social returns.

Best shows on Impact investing

Best episodes on Impact investing

  1. From Goldman Sachs to Excel Hell: Measuring Sustainability that ESG Ratings Miss

    SRI360 · 2026-06-24

    92 / 100

    …And I found that in Leapfrog, um, the founder, Andy Cooper really I think helped define the space of impact investing with more clarity than others had at the time.…

  2. VC for Learning: How Outcome Funds Are Transforming Education in Emerging Markets with Amel Karboul

    SRI360 · 2026-05-06

    91 / 100

    …Because for all the growth and impact investing over the past decade, one uncomfortable question remains.…

  3. The Catalytic Capital Playbook: How £10M Unlocked £2B in Private Investment

    SRI360 · 2026-04-07

    89 / 100

    …Then we assigned this name to it, which was Impact Investing.…

  4. Ep83 Is ESG a Western Trend? Navigating Sustainability in Asia with Nana Li

    The Asia Climate Finance Podcast · 2026-04-30

    82 / 100

    …And we clear up this whole confusion between ESG and impact investing with a way that actually makes sense.…

  5. Gina Chen: The Legal Ally Every Purpose-Driven Founder Needs

    #WisdomOfWomen Show · 2026-06-09

    77 / 100

  6. Mission Driven at Startup Speed: A New Playbook for Philanthropic Capital

    ASU+GSV Summit Sessions · 2026-05-06

    70 / 100

    …All of you bring important experience across venture capital, private equity, impact investing and philanthropy to the work that you do today.…

  7. His Father Lost His Life Savings. Now He’s Fixing Finance.

    Give It A Nudge · 2025-12-03

    70 / 100

    …Is that what you were thinking with it? The reason why we had to go down this route is impact investing is not a new concept.…

  8. #97 - The $3B Giving Machine (Ben Choi, Managing Partner at Next Legacy)

    Investing In Integrity · 2026-03-12

    64 / 100

  9. Inclusive Capital: Edward Dugger III of Reinventure Capital

    In the Business of Change · 2026-05-31

    64 / 100

    …Mike and I will be chatting with Ed Duggar iii, founding partner and president of Reinventure Capital and an early pioneer of impact investing, well before that trendy term even took root.…

  10. Investing for Purpose and Profit | Jen McCain, Irie Capital

    Beyond The Family Business · 2026-06-25

    59 / 100

    …I know it's conceptually called something akin to impact investing, but essentially it's saying when you uh, are responsible for deploying capital, um, what is your obligation?…

  11. From the NBA to the Nation Building: Charles D. Smith, Chairman & CEO of Urban Icon Global

    The Reboot Chronicles with Dean DeBiase · 2026-06-17

    57 / 100

    …There's too many of them out there that they put this in impact investing.…

  12. Funding the Future: Marcia Dawood on Investing with Impact (Part Two)

    Startup Science Podcast with Gregory Shepard · 2025-08-21

    54 / 100

    …238 00:12:21,519 - > 00:12:26,000 So on this impact word investing, what do you see 239 00:12:26,600 - > 00:12:30,159 in the future of impact investing?…

  13. S2 E15: Surrender to the Flow with Nikki Trott

    Honey, I Blew Up The Business · 2023-07-13

    47 / 100

    …So impact investing, impact entrepreneurs, you can call it conscious investment, conscious business, whatever, regenerative as well.…