Roundup Recap: April 3, 2025

Welcome to The Roundup Recap, your quick way to catch up on the most important updates in sustainable and impact investing, all in one bite-sized episode. This mini-podcast, summarized by AI, distills the core insights from the Weekly News Roundup of the Intentional Endowments Network (IEN) into a radio-style conversation.

To be clear - real humans on the IEN team curate and compile the latest news and updates into our weekly email newsletter.  We then put into the AI platform NotebookLM, which generates this audio podcast -- the voices you hear are not real people, but they do an eerily effective job at bringing our News Roundup to life.

Each week, we sift through the latest developments—whether it's breaking news, key articles, or notable trends—and pull out the information that truly matters. The format is designed for busy professionals who want to stay informed without wading through all the details.

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In this April 3, 2025 edition of The Roundup Recap, we distill the top stories from IEN’s Weekly News Roundup into a fast-paced, AI-narrated conversation for impact-focused investors. This week’s highlights include a deep dive into fossil-free retirement investing with Sphere, rising calls for transparency around corporate political activity, and how institutions like Oberlin College and the Russell Family Foundation are leading by example. We also explore the evolving role of AI in sustainability, shifting global policy landscapes, and upcoming events like the IEN Virtual Forum and Oberlin's Impact Investing Symposium. Whether it’s shareholder engagement, market-driven clean energy growth, or adaptation in the face of climate risk, this episode connects the dots on the forces reshaping sustainable finance.