Month: March 2023

Travelers EDGE, which stands for Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment, has provided direct financial assistance to support hundreds of college and university students. (Photo by John Walker) By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, July 5, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Chief executive officers of hundreds of the world’s largest companies are finding that improving society is the path to energiz...[Read More]

By Ana LaRue, Digital Media Manager at Maximpact, @larue_ana While a large part of the San Francisco Bay Area is busy discussing the latest definition of “hipster” and inflated tech valuations, there is another trend currently creating a lot of buzz. This one is related to the notion of “doing well, while doing good” by addressing social and environmental challenges through the deployment of capit...[Read More]

GLAND, Switzerland, December 1, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Two of the world’s largest and most influential nonprofit groups have made a new 10-year commitment, combining their strengths to enhance the role of protected and conserved areas in achieving sustainable development. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have pledged to expand the num...[Read More]

The Estádio do Maracanã is a 78,838 seat open-air stadium in the city of Rio owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government. South America’s largest stadium, it will be the venue for the Rio Olympics opening ceremonies on August 5 and closing ceremonies on August 21. (Photo by Luciano Silva) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, July 14, 2016 (Maximpact.com News)...[Read More]

Maximpact has developed a programme to provide language and job placement opportunities to 295 refugees in four regions of the UK. In collaboration with East of England Local Government Association, ESOL Northern Ireland, Welsh Strategic Migration Partnership and Caritas Manchester Maximpact are looking to undertake to provide refugees with key language training as well as assist them in finding j...[Read More]

“I’ve come a long way from Syria to Northern Ireland. When we reached Northern Ireland, we had so many barriers and challenges to start a new life, with a new world and different environment. My first worry was about the lack of ability to speak the country’s language which is English.  When we came here first no one of my family members was able to speak and communicate in English. We found it ve...[Read More]

by Marta Maretich, Chief Editor @mmmaretich @maximpacdotcom With the beginnings of a track record to back up its claims (including that much longed-for evidence of successful exits) finance remains a solid bet for impact investors. The future looks positive as a new generation of impact-backed financial service providers hone their skills, diversify their products and discover untapped markets of ...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, January 25, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, 2,500 business, government and civil society leaders from over 100 countries visualized a future rich with technological advances as they addressed the forum’s theme, “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” On January 20, at the opening of the four-day meeting, ...[Read More]

Houston, Texas January 12, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) Energy companies, around the globe are paying attend to environmental issues, as much as countries, states and cities are showing a renewed interest in green energy. Amigo Energy a electric company from Texas recently ran an analysis of Google Trends data and state statistics related to the planet and environmental issues. Below are the results ...[Read More]

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 annual climate negotiations, and this y...[Read More]

Sanitation facilities in India are alarmingly poor with over 600 million people; half of India’s population; having no access to toilets. People are forced to defecate in the open and this poses health hazards and leads to water contamination across the country. Banka BioLoo is a prize-winning social enterprise set to change all that. Banka BioLoo, led by CEO Namita Banka, is committed to environm...[Read More]

A team of Argonne National Lab researchers successfully tested the Oleo Sponge off the coast of Southern California in April 2018. (Photo by Argonne National Laboratory) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – “We have a water crisis, which is based on increasing population, urbanization and climate disruption. And there’s unsustainable use of ou...[Read More]