Month: March 2023

Members of a self-help group in Ethiopia, supported by grantee Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association, counting the weekly money saved. (Photo courtesy Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association / UN Women) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 28, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – When planning campaigns, wise fundraisers take into account the real differences in...[Read More]

Man in a mask to prevent spread of the coronavirus walks his dog in front of the New York Stock Exchange, where the floor is closed to traders due to the virus. April 12, 2020 (Photo by Anthony Quintano) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact NEW YORK, New York, April 21, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – “What coronavirus has done is reset the economy. It has accelerated the n...[Read More]

Food waste exhibit at the National Museum of American History (americanhistory.si.edu), Washington, DC, April 2014 (Photo by Philip Cohen) Creative commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 17, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – A new international framework that empowers businesses, governments and NGOs to measure and manage food loss and waste is in its first year of oper...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis CANBERRA, Australia, August 31, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Plastic debris washing into the oceans from urban rivers, sewers and landfills is killing off the world’s seabirds, finds new research by an international team of scientists. They are urging better basic waste management practices to ensure the survival of these wild birds and the health of the ocean ecosystem. Plastic pollutio...[Read More]

Karen Grubb empties cans of corn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. (Photo courtesy USDA) Public Domain By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – ConAgra Foods beat them all to it. The American packaged foods giant announced last July that all of its facilities in the United States and Canada had completed the transition t...[Read More]

By Marta Maretich, Chief Editor @maximpactdotcom Impact investing was invented with foundations in mind: specifically, it was designed to unlock the vast pool of capital represented by their endowments (over  $662 billion in the US alone) and align that money with social mission. Foundations have been slower on the uptake than the impact pioneers initially hoped. While the practice of impact seeme...[Read More]

Are you looking to put your investment dollars towards improving the lives of children and communities? If so, this recent addition to the Maximpact deal-listing portfolio may be of interest to you. World Vision is an international humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization currently seeking investment with its handful of different projects. The organization is dedicated to the susta...[Read More]

Muslims offer the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, July 4, 2014. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash / Reuters) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland, June 4, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday on Tuesday, marking the end of Islam’s ...[Read More]

UPDATE December 4, 2015 : For 2015 winners list visit: City Climate Leadership Awards 2015 PARIS, France, December 3, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Cities consume roughly 80 percent of the world’s energy production, and they are responsible for up to 70 percent of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to German government figures. So, while cities are big contributors to climate chan...[Read More]

MANILA, Philippines, November 11, 2015 (Maximpact News) – The world’s first standard for sustainable rice cultivation debuted late last month, presented by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)a global alliance of agricultural research institutions, agri-food businesses, public sector and civil society organizations. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the United Nations Environment...[Read More]

The new style of philanthropy sits at the crossroads of entrepreneurship, finance and public interest. Its growing status in economic, social and financial activities becomes more and more evident. The size of some of today’s philanthropic contributions; sometimes higher than the budgets of whole countries; coupled with the increasing number of high-net-worth individual philanthropists in India, C...[Read More]

7 Steps Toward Strengthening Female Leadership and Career Development Across the Sector by Marta Maretich Women are breaking ground in the field of impact investing. The prominence of female leaders such as Jacqueline Novgoratz, Hazel Henderson and Judith Rodin suggests that the field of impact investing will be more gender-balanced than was the case with traditional, male-dominated finance. A rec...[Read More]