Month: March 2023

By Marta Maretich Risk is the spice of life and a necessary factor in most investing. Investors are compensated for putting their capital in peril (to a degree) with higher levels of risk attracting higher returns. Without risk there would be little reward. This makes the art of risk management one of the most important skills in modern finance. Delivering financial products that provide the right...[Read More]

Used bikes arrive in Jordan, shipped from the United States. (Photo courtesy Wheels of Change) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis AMMAN, Jordan, June 1, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Malia Asfour, Jordan Tourism Board director for North America, has inspired travel professionals from across the United States to help rural communities in Jordan by donating used bicycles, building bike shops and supp...[Read More]

Maximpact funded to expand online English learning for Syrian refugees BELFAST, Northern Ireland, October 7, 2019 – Maximpact, a Belfast-based global consulting group focused on sustainable community development, has won the bid for Access to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Provision for SVPRS (Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme), Category 2-Additional ESOL; to provide on...[Read More]

Informal consultations on gender and climate change at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, November 9, 2016 (Photo courtesy Earth Negotiations Bulletin) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, November 10, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – The surprising election of Donald Trump, a Republican and climate denier, to the White House on Tuesday changes the global balance of power on climate change.  ...[Read More]

How ocean pollution affects humans – Graphic by the team at DIVE.in WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? What you do on land can change the fate of what goes on off shore – and small changes in habits can have a large impact on improving our oceans. 1. KEEP YOUR SEWER DRAINS CLEAR Prevent rubbish and chemicals from flowing into the sea.  Keeping your property’s drains clear is your responsibility. 2. DISPOSE OF...[Read More]

Customers in many Indian villages no longer need to go get cash to make purchases. They can access digital payment machines, making buying convenient in the many places without a bank. (Screengrab from video courtesy ITU News) By Sunny Lewis GENEVA, Switzerland, August 10, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Imagine being without a bank account, having no means of carrying out formal financial transaction...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 21, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Private investors such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Chinese billionaire Jack Ma are among many from around the world who are backing new types of nuclear reactors that will be safer and more efficient than those operating today. They have formed the Break...[Read More]

Worker with PET plastic bottles at the Zhangjiagang Lianguan Recycling Science Technology Co.,Ltd in China. The facility cleans and crushes PET bottles and supplies its recycling equipment to other companies. (Photo courtesy Zhangjiagang Lianguan Recycling Science Technology Co.,Ltd) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis SINGAPORE, January 24, 2019 (Maximpact.com News – That drink bottle you just t...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis EUGENE, Oregon, October 19, 2015 (Maximpact News) – The nonprofit Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) is the go-to organization for 300+ lawyers in more than 70 countries who act as environmental defenders. Based in an historic house in downtown Eugene, the ELAW Secretariat helps its partners around the world gain skills and build strong organizations of their own that will ...[Read More]

Part of Wales’ largest offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr IV, located off the coast of North Wales. August 5, 2014 (Photo by p2_r2) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact LONDON, UK, February 11, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – Last Monday, on his first day in office, Jonathan Brearley, the new chief executive of Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem, launched his agency’s “De...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis SONGDO, South Korea, September 8, 2015 (Maximpact News) – The multi-billion dollar international Green Climate Fund, committed to mobilize $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with climate change, is now ready to fund its first projects. The GCF Board will take financing decisions on the first project proposals at its next meeting in Livingstone, Zambia in N...[Read More]

Community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration group in Bukit Kapur, Riau, Indonesia, September 19, 2018 (Photo by Pandam Prasetyo / Center for International Forestry Research) Creative Commons license. By Sunny Lewis CHICAGO, Illinois, March 12, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today launched the Catalytic Capital Consortium, allocating US$15...[Read More]