Month: September 2023

Bringing you the latest in impact sector resources. CleanTech Nation From Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, the authors of Clean Tech Revolution, comes the next definitive book on the clean tech industry. Clean Tech Nation shines a light on the leaders at the forefront of a growing movement. USA Today called Pernick and Wilder’s groundbreaking first book, “one of the few instances in this genre that s...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, January 12, 2016 (ENS) – American and Swiss researchers are proposing a new integrated “hydricity” concept – the synergistic coproduction of solar thermal power and hydrogen. The cycle generates electricity from the sun and also produces and stores hydrogen from superheated water for round-the-clock power generation whether the sun is shining or not. The sci...[Read More]

Male lion rests in Addo Elephant National Park, just outside Port Elisabeth, South Africa, August 8, 2013 (Photo by Miran Hojnik) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis  GENEVA, Switzerland, October 11, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – World governments have adopted landmark decisions on shutting down illegal trade while regulating legal, sustainable and traceable trade in wild animals and...[Read More]

Kuwait tire fire on October 15, 2020 (Photo courtesy Interesting Engineering) October 17, 2022 – Wherever we live on Earth, tires, or tyres, keep our world moving. Tires have a vital role to play in creating a future of mobility for everyone – a future that is environmentally friendly, efficient, safe, and accessible. Yet, tires don’t last forever, and when they reach the end of their usefulness, ...[Read More]

Bucha. Faces of War. – Ukraine War Photo Exhibit. For burial, as in the Middle Ages, a mass grave appeared in Bucha, Ukraine near the Church of St. Andrew.  (Photo by Alex Kent) This image, taken in early April 2022, is shared with the permission of the Bucha City Council, the Embassy of Ukraine Ireland, Reuters and photojournalist Alex Kent. Displayed by Seán Ó Fearghaíl, TD, an Irish Fianna Fáil...[Read More]

Kiva fellows participate in a a full-time, 6-month paid program. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and have gone on to work all over the world at companies and organizations, such as Apple, Grameen America, Save the Children, IDEO.org, Box and USAID. This is the current cohort of Kiva fellows. (Photo courtesy Kiva) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 20, 2...[Read More]

People in the Maldives benefit from the impact investments of the UK charity Soneva Foundation, which gets its funding from Soneva, a resort chain in the Maldives and Thailand. Soneva aims to be sustainable, and was one of the first resorts to charge a 2% carbon levy on room revenue, which is donated to the Soneva Foundation. 2018 (Photo courtesy Soneva Foundation) Posted for media use. By Sunny L...[Read More]

Map of the newly protected marine area in the Ross Sea (Map by Pew Charitable Trusts courtesy New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, November 8, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – The European Union and 24 national governments have agreed to safeguard an expansive area in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, to t...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis LIMA, Peru, October 13, 2015 (ENS) – The world’s leading development banks Friday pledged to boost climate finance by committing $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to a warming planet. At the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Annual meetings held in Lima October 9-11, bankers explored exactly what financial support is required to keep th...[Read More]

  By Patrick Dunne When talking about the impact of the pandemic on boards in an article to accompany the launch of the second edition of Boards a few weeks ago, I noted that:  “There has been the acceleration from what I call a “Maps world to a “Satnav” world when it comes to decision making.  The “Maps” world consisted of incredibly detailed and lengthy strategic plans and annual budgets. The “S...[Read More]

Graphic image by Wee Viraporn, Thailand. HELSINKI, Finland, June 15, 2017 (Maximpact.com News ) – “Circular material use and smart products design hold a promise of substantially reducing the environmental burden of production and consumption, but it requires fundamental shifts in our resource use patterns,” finds a new report launched at the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 (WCEF2017) last week ...[Read More]

Children in Tanzania wait for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. (Photo by Derek Hansen) Creative Commons license via Flickr  By Sunny Lewis BADEN BADEN, Germany, March 21, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Following a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on Sunday in Baden Baden, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced a record US$57 billion in financing for Sub-Saha...[Read More]