Butterflies Teach Scientists How to Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
By Sunny Lewis PENRYN, Cornwall, UK, August 28, 2015 (Maximpact News) – The way a small white butterfly holds its wings has inspired technology expected to make solar power cheaper and up to 50 percent more efficient. In its caterpillar stage the Cabbage White butterfly is a pest that eats its way through cabbage crops across Europe, North Africa, Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Bu...[Read More]
After Davos: Lessons for Impact and Social Investors from the WEF 2015
By Marta Maretich @maximpactdotcom Davos: Returning to normal after WEF15 but what will the forum mean for us? The World Economic Forum has been and gone, leaving the Davos snow more than a little trampled. Now that 2500+ of the world’s most powerful people have flown home in somewhat fewer (it seems) than 1700 private jets, what do we know about what’s coming in 2015? And, more specifically, what...[Read More]
EU Maps Rich Resources for Urban Waste Mining
This massive salt pile is visible from the A4 Autobahn near Heringen, Germany is left over from potash mining in the region. (Photo by Gord McKenna) Creative Commons license via Flickr by Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 19, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Gold, platinum, aluminum and copper are just a few of the valuable materials lying hidden in vast piles of waste batteries, electronic and el...[Read More]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TIPS FOR EARTH DAY AND BEYOND
Act Local, Think Global: Three Ways to Ignite Positive Environmental Change Arlington, VA – Friday, April 22, 2016 – In observance of Earth Day, the international conservation organization Rare is offering up three easy ways you can be a catalyst for global change. The strain on the Earth’s natural resources poses an increasing threat to the well-being of both people and nature. Though people are...[Read More]
First Mover Banks Come Clean on Climate Risk
Mark Carney, left, and Michael Bloomberg are authors of the final recommendations of the G20 Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. Carney is a Canadian economist who currently serves as Governor of the Bank of England and chairs the Financial Stability Board. American businessman, author, politician, and philanthropist, Bloomberg is a former mayor of New ...[Read More]
Introducing Maximpact Newsstand
To help, Maximpact introduces Newsstand, the free online resource that puts the latest news, analysis and data on impact investing at your fingertips. With a searchable index of reports, blogs, books, magazines, articles and editorials Newsstand helps you keep your finger on the pulse. Our targeted search function makes it easy to find just the resources you need. Simply enter your criteria, searc...[Read More]
Wallets Open for Climate at Poland’s COP24
COP24 President Michal Kurtyka, State Secretary in Poland’s Ministry of Energy, welcomes the delegates during the conference’s opening plenary session, December 2, 2018, Katowice, Poland. (Photo courtesy Earth Negotiations Bulletin) Used with permission. By Sunny Lewis KATOWICE, Poland, December 4, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Heads of state and government, diplomats and climate scientists, econom...[Read More]
UN Strives to Secure Human Rights of Children
Children in Sakassou, Côte d’Ivoire, painted their new school, made out of recycled plastic bricks, blue to celebrate World Children’s Day 2019. (Photo by Frank Dejongh courtesy UNICEF) By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, November 21, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – More than 5.4 million children are detained around the world, human rights experts said on Monday, blaming “aggressive” State counterterro...[Read More]
‘Planet 50-50 by 2030’ Means Gender Equality
By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, March 8, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – “Women and girls are critical to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, inequality and the recovery of the communities hardest hit by conflicts, disasters and displacements,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa in her message for International Women’s Day – today. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka As UN under...[Read More]
Ashoka Honored for Human Capital Management
By Sunny Lewis ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 16, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Ashoka, the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs, has been recognized as the winner of the Human Capital Management category in FinancialForce’s 360 Customer Excellence Awards this year. Known formally as Ashoka Innovators for the Public, nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in over 70 countries are putting their system-cha...[Read More]
Climate-Safe World Means Millions of New Energy Jobs
IRENA Director General Francesco La Camera speaks at The World Future Energy Summit, January 16, 2020, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi (Photo courtesy IRENA) Creative Commons license via Flickr ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 16, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – “We have no time. The window is closing and the pathway to a net-zero future is narrowing.” With these warning words, Francesco La Camera, who he...[Read More]
U.S. Corporations at a Turning Point
Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel, on Centre Stage during the opening day of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile) Creative Commons License via flickr By Sunny Lewis BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – The largest and most influential publicly traded companies in the United States are stepping forward in greate...[Read More]