Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp made the switch to clean energy in November 2017 with the inauguration of the largest solar power plant ever built in a refugee setting. (Photo by Yousef Al Hariri courtesy UNHCR) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact GENEVA, Switzerland, January 9, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – In Iraq, displaced […]
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Global Investors for Sustainable Development
A New Alliance: Global Investors for Sustainable Development By Sunny Lewis The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were featured on billboards in New York City’s Times Square to promote the #SDGs-related events that happened during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, September 19, 2019, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs via Twitter […]
ESG Investing Attracts the Young and the Wealthy
Polina Marinova, deputy editor of Fortune Venture, speaks to young investors at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, which focused on artificial intelligence, capital investment, cybersecurity, and impact investing. Aspen, Colorado, July 16, 2019. (Photo by Michael Faas for Fortune Magazine) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis FRANKFURT, Germany, September 19, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) […]
Green Grows the European Bond Market
Located at East Hedleyhope in Bishop Auckland, a market town in northeast England, the High Hedley Wind Farm consists of three wind turbines with a generating capacity of 2.4 megawatts capable of powering up to 1,400 homes. (Photo courtesy EDF) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis PARIS, France, July 11, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – […]
Learning to Invest With Impact
The Global Development and Economy program at Brookings and the International Finance Corporation held a panel discussion on “The potential of impact investing to create impact. Global’s Interim Vice President Homi Kharas, left, moderated the discussion. April 8, 2019, Washington, DC (Photo by Paul Morigi / Brookings Institution) By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, […]
Insects, Plants Disappear, Eroding Food Security
Herders in Marsabit, Kenya have a hard time keep their livestock fed in an ongoing drought, February 21, 2018 (Photo by Kandukuru Nagarjun) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis SYDNEY, Australia, February 28, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Nearly half the world’s insect species are rapidly vanishing and more than a third are threatened with […]
Climate Fund ‘Transforms Economies From Brown to Green’
Workers who helped install Mongolia’s largest solar energy farm in the Sumber Soum area of the country’s Govisümber province with a few of the solar panels they put in place. The solar facility began generating power on January 28, 2019. (Photo courtesy Green Climate Fund) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis SONGDO, Incheon, South […]
Water Shortages Linked to Violence, Poverty
A Boko Haram bombing, February 6, 2015, (Photo courtesy Diariocritico de Venezuela) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 27, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – More nature-based solutions are urgently needed to avoid a violent global water crisis, warn the hosts of World Water Week 2018, which opened Sunday in Stockholm, attracting government […]
Climate Financing Hits Seven-year High
Climate Displacement in Bangladesh: The Jamuna River has swollen from heavier than usual monsoon rainfall causing severe flooding on the islands. Women on Dakkin Patil Bariare are forced to wade across waterlogged land. August 2011 (Photo by Stuart Matthews) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, August 2, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – The […]
Nations Pledge Billions to Protect Planet
Small-scale purse seine fishers catch cuttlefish in Van Phong Bay, central Vietnam, September 11, 2009. (Photo by David Mills / World Fish Center) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis DA NANG, Vietnam, June 28, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – This is “a critical moment for the future of our planet and its people,” Naoko […]
Europe Bans Plastics for Ocean Health
Plastic fishing gear and strapping litters a beach in northern Norway, which is not an EU member state. April 27, 2014 (Photo by Bo Eide) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 30, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Beachgoers love to have fun in the sun, eating, drinking and smoking all the while, […]
Costa Rica: World’s First Carbon-Neutral Country
The partnership’s fuel cell bus emits only water vapor. April 12, 2018 (Screengrab from video courtesy U.S. Hybrid) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 15, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – The inauguration ceremony for President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, celebrated Tuesday, May 8, was carbon neutral for the first time in Costa […]
Insurance Industry Wakes Up to Ocean Risks
Sea level rise inundates streets in St. Louis, Senegal which borders the Atlantic Ocean on Africa’s west coast. September 2015 (Photo by Patrick Schumacher) Public domain via Flickr By Sunny Lewis SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda, May 10, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Unprecedented changes occurring in the oceans signal the urgent need for a multi-sectoral approach, with businesses, […]
Nations Step Up Climate Action Ambitions
Participants in the Talanoa Dialogue share their stories and insights regarding climate change in one of seven dialogue rooms in Bonn, Germany. May 6, 2018 (Photo courtesy Earth Negotiations Bulletin) Used with permission By Sunny Lewis BONN, Germany, May 8, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – “We need to dramatically increase our ambitions. We are witnessing the severe […]
U.S. Corporations at a Turning Point
Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel, on Centre Stage during the opening day of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile) Creative Commons License via flickr By Sunny Lewis BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – The largest and most influential publicly traded companies in the United […]
Women “Make Demands That Bite”
Actor and activist Danai Gurira, left; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, center; and actor and activist Reese Witherspoon take part in the celebration of International Women’s Day at UN Headquarters in New York, March 8, 2018 (Photo courtesy United Nations) By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, March 13, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – “Women […]
Latin America’s Top 100 Sustainable Companies
Indexed as one of the Top 100 companies in Latin America, the Spanish utility Iberdrola has brought sustainable electricity to this Brazilian family many thousands of others through its Luz para Todos (Light for All) program, a joint initiative with the Brazilian government. (Photo courtesy Iberdrola) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis November 24, […]
Faith in Finance
Buddhist statues Yangon, Myanmar, February 2015 (Photo by J. Durok) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis ZUG, Switzerland, October 27, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – First the numbers. Financial investors and leaders of more than 30 faith traditions representing over 500 faith investment groups from eight religions with some three trillion dollars in assets, will […]
Billion-Dollar Climate-Smart Ag Fund Opens
A climate smart rice farm near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2016 (Photo by Aulia Erlangga courtesy CIFOR) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis MEXICO CITY, Mexico, October 19, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Using a combination of public and private funding, Rabobank and UN Environment have created a new billion dollar facility to finance sustainable, climate-smart agriculture. […]
Japan Builds ‘Hydrogen Society of the Future’
A Toyota Mirai fuel cell car is ready to take on fuel at an Iwatani hydrogen fueling station. (Photo ©Iwatani Corporation courtesy Government of Japan) By Sunny Lewis TOKYO, Japan, August 31, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Hydrogen is already fueling cars and stationary power systems in Japan, North America and Europe. Now Japan is envisioning […]
Sacred Sites Strategize for Impact Investments
LONDON, UK, August 1, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Representatives of sacred places and cities that attract spiritual pilgrims are working with highly placed conservationists to create a dedicated fund for their environmental protection by relying on the investment community’s growing commitment to ethical or impact investment. The altar at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral, September […]
Mimicking Nature to Defeat Climate Change
The free Cool Down B’More bus takes potentially overheated Baltimore residents to cooling centers. (Screengrab from video by Mimi Yang) ATLANTA, Georgia, July 20, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world have been chosen to participate in the newest cohort of the world’s only business accelerator program dedicated to bringing nature-inspired […]
First Mover Banks Come Clean on Climate Risk
Mark Carney, left, and Michael Bloomberg are authors of the final recommendations of the G20 Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. Carney is a Canadian economist who currently serves as Governor of the Bank of England and chairs the Financial Stability Board. American businessman, author, politician, and philanthropist, Bloomberg is a former […]
Where Tourists Step Lightly, Biodiversity Flourishes
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, May 23, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – “We share our planet with millions of species of wild animals and plants. They keep us alive through making fresh air, clean water and healthy soils; they are used every day to make medicine, food and furniture and they support cultural, recreational and tourism pursuits,” says […]
Impact Investing Offers Opportunity to Wealth Managers
by Robert Rubinstein, Chairman & Founder of TBLI Group. I have had many conversations with private bankers who manages wealth portfolios, and they all lamented the difficulty of getting HNW clients interested in Impact Investing. They all recount to me the challenges they face in getting HNW clients to become interested in Impact Investing. I […]
Green Bond Surge Expands
Solar photovoltaic power generation in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by WING / Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Headquarters) Creative commons license via Wikipedia. By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, April 18, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – The market for Green Bonds is developing rapidly, proving effective at channeling money into environmental projects. Offering insights into this fledgling, […]
A Child’s Right to Savings
By Sunny Lewis MUMBAI, India, April 14, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Gone are the days when the only financial education a child would receive was a piggy bank with a coin or two tucked through the slot and parental instructions to save his or her loose change. Now young people, even street kids, can have […]
World’s Most Ethical Companies of 2017
One of the best parts of competing in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is that students who make it to the finals get paired up with 3M scientists like Jeff Emslander, who loves science and mentoring kids. 2015 (Photo courtesy 3M) Posted for media use. VIDEO: OPENING REMARKS by Ethisphere Chief Executive Officer, Timothy […]
Positive Impact Finance Stands on Principles
PARIS, France, February 21, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Nineteen global banks and investors, worth a total of US$6.6 trillion in assets, have agreed on a set of standards for financing sustainable development framed as the first-ever Principles for Positive Impact Finance. On the last Monday in January, the set of four unpublished Positive Impact Principles […]
USA: 100% Renewables by 2050?
America’s most powerful wind farm – 1.5 gigawatts in size, generating enough electricity for a city of millions – is on the edge of the Mojave Desert at the foot of the Tehachapi Pass, site of one of the earliest and still largest collections of windmills in the world. In total, there are more than […]
167 Nations Act to Protect Biodiversity
By Sunny Lewis CANCUN, Mexico, December 20, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – To safeguard the full spectrum of diverse living creatures, the UN Biodiversity Conference opened December 2 with a call to governments and businesses to integrate biodiversity into their practices. By the time the final gavel struck early Saturday morning, governments from 167 countries had […]
Stock Exchanges Adopt Sustainability Reporting
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 13, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – As many as 21 more of the world’s stock exchanges could introduce sustainability reporting standards before the end of the year, bringing the total number to 38, says an official with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development . Seventeen stock exchanges already recommend that their […]
COP22: Paris Climate Pact ‘Irreversible’
MARRAKECH, Morocco, November 21, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – In the early hours of Saturday morning in Marrakech, more than 190 governments agreed to the Marrakech Action Proclamation , which sends a strong message of global unity towards taking effective action to limit climate change. The document proclaims that was issued “to signal a shift towards […]
US$100 Billion to Finance Climate Triage
Clever Kanga works for the Foundation for Irrigation and Sustainable Development in the central African country of Malawi, working to install solar powered irrigation projects, April 2016. (Photo by Trocaire) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2016 (Maximpact.com) – Finance is always a hot button issue at the UN’s […]
Africa Investment Forum Debuts at GITEX
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, October 25, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – The African Development Bank has launched the Africa Investment Forum as a meeting place for social impact investors who wish to transact business and deploy funds in Africa. The Forum will showcase bankable projects, attract financing, and provide platforms for investing across multiple countries. Approved by […]
Green Bond Market Shoots Up
By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2016 – (Maximpact.com News) – The green bond market reported a worldwide milestone in August when aggregate green bond issuance topped US$150 billion for the first time since the World Bank issued the inaugural green bond in 2008. It was a US$400 million four-year bond issued in Sweden […]
Sustainable Goals and Social Impact: Do You Have What you need to succeed?
By Maximpact Sustainable Goals and Social Impact: Do You Have What you need to succeed? At the nexus of change Maximpact.com is a work space for projects, businesses, ideas and endless opportunities. A global marketplace of qualified consultants, experts and services. Maximpact.com today announced the launch of their consulting and advisory services to support the […]
Investing in Water for Life
Water is returned to Australia’s Murray River through a Nature Conservancy Water Sharing Investment Partnership, 2016. (Photo by Brian Richter) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 1, 2016 (Maximpact.com) – Water scarcity is a top risk to global prosperity and ecological integrity. But creative impact investment solutions, such as Water Sharing […]
Today Is Earth Overshoot Day 2016
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Earth Overshoot Day this year falls on August 8. Today, humanity’s demands on nature this year exceed what the Earth can regenerate before year’s end calculates the international sustainability think tank Global Footprint Network , the international conservation group WWF and more than 30 other partners. […]
Making Waves on World Oceans Day
NEW YORK, New York, June 14, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Musician Jack Johnson started the Wave for Change conservation social media campaign just in time for World Oceans Day this year. The Hawaii-based performer is asking people around the world to do something for the ocean – cut down on plastics, use more renewable energy […]
Gates Offers $80M to Close Gender Data Gap
By Sunny Lewis SEATTLE, Washington, May 31, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Compared to the lives of men, little is known about the lives of the world’s women – how much time they spend on unpaid work, if they own land, if they can get credit, if they die in childbirth, which programs meant to help […]
Genuine Sustainability Attracts Savvy Investors
RockTenn, based in Norcross, Georgia, one of North America’s leading manufacturers of corrugated and consumer packaging, has been focused on reducing the amount of solid waste it sends to landfills. By engaging employees from every department, such as finishing inspector Byron Manning, at one of the company’s packaging factories, RockTenn recycles much of its process […]
Making Deals in Impact Investing
By Pallavi Shah, International sustainable/impact investing consultant; photographer Global Investing, May 20, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Impact investing is gaining traction among both large and small investors and entrepreneurs. Angels, private equity firms, and banks are expanding beyond their traditional markets and exploring deals that could generate financial returns, while also having a positive environmental or social […]
Carbon Pricing Gathers Momentum
By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, April 26, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – “There is a growing sense of inevitability about putting a price on carbon pollution,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the eve of the April 22 signing ceremony at UN Headquarters of the Paris Climate Agreement. Kim joined government and corporate […]
One Billion Take Part in Earth Day 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – As Earth Day approaches its 50th anniversary in 2020, the Earth Day Network has set five major goals. Planting trees is the first; this year volunteers throughout the world plan to plant 7.8 billion trees. The Earth Day Network’s 2016 Trees for the Earth campaign will focus […]
Earth Hour: Going Dark to ‘Change Climate Change’
Engro Green Office Program personnel celebrate Earth Hour 2015 with a candlelight vigil in Karachi, Pakistan. March 27, 2015. (Photo by Green Office Engro) creative commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis SINGAPORE, March 17, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – On Saturday evening, March 19 at exactly 20:30 local time, millions of people around the world […]
Entrepreneurs’ dreams of saving the planet being crushed by economic reality
By Guest Contributor Martin Boonham, Warwick Business School (Opinion on Maximpact.com News) Environmental entrepreneurs are being forced to forgo some of their green ideals despite the historic Paris COP21 summit agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found. The 1,000 largest companies alone are responsible for one-fifth of total global greenhouse gas emissions […]
‘Planet 50-50 by 2030’ Means Gender Equality
NEW YORK, New York, March 8, 2016 (Maximpact News) – “Women and girls are critical to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, inequality and the recovery of the communities hardest hit by conflicts, disasters and displacements,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa in her message for International Women’s Day – today. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka […]
20,000 Investment Funds Rated for Sustainability
Morningstar Head of Sustainability Steven Smit (right with glasses) discussing sustainability research with Chairman and CEO Joe Mansueto. (Screengrab from video courtesy Morningstar) CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3, 2016 (Maximpact News) – Evaluating mutual funds and exchange-traded funds based on how well the companies they hold manage their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities […]
Are You Investor Ready?
If you are in the midst of launching your own business or if you are currently in business, you are likely wondering if your enterprise is investor-ready. “Investor readiness” hinges on a variety of factors. Simply preparing a strategic business plan and financials is not an indication that your business is ready to take on […]