Month: January 2023

Article originally published January 09, 2019  by MoBox Marine Blog  Arguably as one of Earth’s most fascinating animals, whales have long held a place of awe and reverence in our psyche. They’ve featured in countless works of fiction and fantasy. From 1851s Moby Dick (a sperm whale) to 1986s Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (two humpback whales), and even one of the most popular episodes of one of t...[Read More]

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 Ishii, CEO and chair of the Global Environment Facility, told the op...[Read More]

MAXIMPACT BLOG March 20, 2017 Maximpact.com Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) refer to highly diverse groups of enterprises engaged in a wide spectrum of non-profit activities. The focus of NGOs can range from humanitarian and rural development to assisting local startups and businesses. There are roughly 3.7 million NGOs worldwide with an estimated 2 million of them in India. The first NGO da...[Read More]

Construction workers and Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama at the official groundbreaking ceremony for a new cyclone resistant market in Rakiraki on Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island. May 8, 2017 (Photo by Ariana Yett, UN Women) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis PARIS, France, May 30, 2017 (Maximpact News) – Incorporating climate change preventive actions into regular economi...[Read More]

Productive fields in Altenhasungen, Hesse, Germany, June 18, 2008 (Photo by Evelyn Berg) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 13, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Negotiators from the European Parliament, Council and Commission have just reached political agreement on new EU rules for fertilizers proposed by the Commission in 2016 as a key deliverable of the Ci...[Read More]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, September 04, 2017 Guest Contributor Michael Volkmann is an entrepreneur with a focus on business operations and finance. He has worked with many small businesses helping them with their M&A for over 6 years. The Internet connects 3.4 billion of us every day. Unfortunately, this massive amount of traffic comes with the serious risk of being drowned out in a sea of no...[Read More]

Red Cross workers assist evacuees from the seaside city of Beira on the Mozambican Channel after Cyclone Idai, March 21, 2019 (Photo by Denis Onyodi / IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis ACCRA, Ghana, March 28, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – At the close of Africa Climate Week , five days of events hosted by the Government of Ghana, Manuel de Araújo, mayor of t...[Read More]

Mumbai, INDIA , September 8, 2017 Guest Contributor Vikram Shetty CEO 73bit Information Technology and Services. A sustainability report is the key platform for communicating sustainability performance and impacts — whether positive or negative. It also helps topics that are relevant to the organization and prioritize those topics that are “material”. Another source of sustainability measures come...[Read More]

South Sudanese women at the Rhino Camp in Uganda enjoy a safe space that they have built for themselves. (Photo by Rebecca Walker courtesy MAF Flying for Life) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact GENEVA, Switzerland, January 28, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – A guided self-help approach that offers strategies for managing distress and coping with adversity is safe, and resulted in meani...[Read More]

Female employees at the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, 2017. (Photo courtesy GPIC) posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis BAHRAIN, November 14, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Dr. Meena Marafi holds one of the few senior jobs occupied by women in the Arab oil and gas industry, but her talent is recognized across the sector. As executive director of the Petroleum Research Center at the Kuwait Ins...[Read More]

Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, a Danish offshore wind farm in the Kattegat, between Djursland and Anholt island began operating in 2013. With a capacity of 400 megawatts, it is one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world and was the largest in Denmark from 2013 to 2019. (Photo by Old Dane) August 15, 2013 Creative Commons license via Wikipedia COPENHAGEN, Denmark, February 9, 2021 (Maximpact.c...[Read More]

Trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange, May 15, 2014 (Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid ) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis 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...[Read More]