Month: March 2023

PARIS, France, December 24, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Cement production accounts for about five percent of all human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide, and now, inspired by the Paris Climate Agreement, the cement industry has set a goal of reducing its emissions of this greenhouse gas 25 percent by 2030 compared to business as usual. Cement is the “glue” in concrete, reacting with water ...[Read More]

This dates vendor on a street corner in the city of Rawalpindi is part of Pakistan’s informal economy. March 5, 2020 (Photo by Adam Cohn) Creative Commons license via Flickr WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – In emerging market and developing economies, many workers and small enterprises operate informally, outside the legal and regulatory framework, but that could hold back the p...[Read More]

Slow Money’s 4th National Gathering Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO April 29-30, 2013 “The gathering was life changing. Welcome to a revolution!” – Paul Tryba, THE FARM, Long Beach, CA Looking for a new kind of social investing for the 21st century? If so, plan to join Slow Money’s emerging network of thought leaders, investors, donors, farmers, social entrepreneurs and everyday folks for their 4th N...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis DES MOINES, Iowa, October 28, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chair of BRAC, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, was honored earlier this month as the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate for improving the world’s supply. And for building one of the world’s largest and most effective anti-poverty organizations. Sir Fazle is first to acknowledge that the s...[Read More]

LOS ANGELES, California, November 16, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Drawn to the beauty of natural landscapes and the exotic animals that live there, ecotourists leave money behind when they go home, but they may also leave the wild animals they have enjoyed viewing more vulnerable because of their presence. Protected areas around the world receive a total of more than eight billion visits each year. Ec...[Read More]

by Marta Maretich Impact investing and cleantech seem to be made for one another. The ethical attraction is obvious: impact puts capital behind businesses that generate social and environmental benefit; cleantech comes up with innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. Savvy impact investors spotted the synergy early on. An altruistic pedigree combined with potential profi...[Read More]

Thermolysis. You may not have heard of this process yet, but if the team at Pyrum Innovations have their way, you may soon find yourself using the valuable raw materials or the oil, gas and electricity it produces. Pyrum Innovations has perfected an industrial process that uses thermolysis; the thermal dismantling of substances under oxygen shortage; to turn recycled polymer waste into a variety o...[Read More]

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 extinction, finds the first global scientific...[Read More]

UNICEF Ethiopia supporter Zeritu Kebede, facing the camera, visited the COVID-19 isolation center at Bole-Chefe, Ethiopia. She thanked the staff for their service in the face of serious logistical challenges and personal risks, and encouraged them to be steadfast. April 9, 2020 (Photo by Mulugeta Ayene courtesy UNICEF Ethiopia) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact NEW Y...[Read More]

Coding camp participant Sizolwethu Mophanga shows UN Secretary-General António Guterres what she has learned, February 9, 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Kennedy Okoth / UN Women) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, February 12, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – When Rebecca Azanaw, 17, got the news that she would have a meeting with the UN Secretary-General, not even looming...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis ROME, Italy, July 26, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world go to bed hungry while at the same time, a third of the world’s food is wasted, say the number-crunchers at the United Nations food agencies. But there is fresh hope for the hungry. Leaders of two UN agencies fighting hunger worldwide are applauding new legislation in the United Sta...[Read More]

The advantages of capacity building training run far deeper than you might initially think. Instigating both general and targeted training can change the whole feel of an organization to those working or volunteering for it. It shows a commitment on the NGO’s part not just to the mission at hand, but to the individuals on the front line. This willingness to offer more to your personnel makes the w...[Read More]