Maximpact Equips Job-Seeking Refugees With English Online
A Syrian refugee family, Maisaa and her two children Esraa and Yahya, at their new home in Armagh, Northern Ireland. “I am so grateful to the UK for providing us a home that is nice and safe for the children,” Maisaa said. “Soon I will start language classes and then I hope to find a job so I can be a good person and give back something to this community.” February 22, 2018 (Photo by Paul Wu court...[Read More]
Seven Steps to Allocating More of Your Portfolio to Impact
Guest blog by En Lee and Sam Lindsay For many investors, impact investing has remained largely confined to private investments. For this reason, impact investments may still account for only a small proportion of many portfolios.However, with new opportunities for impact investing now emerging across different asset classes, investors are beginning to allocate more of their assets to businesses th...[Read More]
Communities Cope With a New Climate Reality, Naturally
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – A new climate reality is here, now. The year 2020 was one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) concludes after consolidating five international datasets. A naturally occurring climate phenomenon, La Niña, cooled things off only at the very end of the year. All five dat...[Read More]
G20: Isolated on Climate, U.S. Empowers Women
At the G20 Leaders meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017, from left: British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo by Bundesregierung / Bergmann) By Sunny Lewis HAMBURG, Germany, July 10, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Leaders of the G20 countries came to Hamburg July 7-8 and after a tense meeting during whic...[Read More]
Global Investors for Sustainable Development
By Sunny Lewis The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were featured on billboards in New York City’s Times Square to promote the #SDGs-related events that happened during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, September 19, 2019, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs via Twitter @SustDev NEW YORK, New York, October 17, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Thirty influential c...[Read More]
PLAYA VIVA: READY FOR INVESTMENT
Playa Viva ticks all the boxes for a great holiday destination: a luxurious boutique hotel in an idyllic tropical location with wonderful food and a pristine beach. It]s so good Elle magazine chose it as one of the world’s top Conscious Getaways for 2013. But what makes Playa Viva more than just a nice place to stay is the commitment to sustainability and regeneration that underpins every aspect o...[Read More]
Jordan’s Refugees Must Drink
By Sunny Lewis AMMAN, Jordan, March 24, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Jordan, one of the world’s driest countries, is dumping much of its water into the sand – allowing 76 billion liters a year to flow from broken pipes, according to an assessment by the nonprofit aid organization Mercy Corps. “By one estimate, the amount of water lost nationwide every year could satisfy the basic needs of 2.6 milli...[Read More]
Floating Windfarms to Generate Power for Europe
By Sunny Lewis LISBON, Portugal, November 19, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Windfloat Atlantic, Europe’s second floating windfarm, will be built off Portugal’s northern coast under plans outlined this week by an international consortium of energy utilities and engineering companies. Energias de Portugal Renewables (EDP), the French multinational electric utility company Engie, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp an...[Read More]
Big Wave of Support for Our Oceans
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and inheritor of Our Ocean legacy at the Our Ocean Conference, Blai, Indonesia, October 30, 2018 (Photo by Tekno Tempo.co) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia, October 30, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Financial contributions are rolling in to fund dozens of initiatives aimed at healing and protecting the oceans at the fifth annual Our Ocea...[Read More]
Demand for Electric Cars Hits New Highs
Charging a Nissan LEAF in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Photo courtesy Heijmans) By Sunny Lewis PALO ALTO, California, April 14, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Luxury electric automaker Tesla unveiled its latest model at a March 31 event, and demand was so strong for the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 that within the week 325,000 would-be customers purchased preorders at US$1,000 each. The preorder offering rai...[Read More]
Empowering Women Through Impact Reaching a helping hand across the “Pioneer Gap”
by Marta Maretich, Chief Writer, Maximpact.com Women’s financial empowerment has been a hot topic in recent months. There’s a definite (deserved) buzz around gender-lens investing and its potential to make more of impact capital. Yet, while the gender lens approach is an exciting step forward for women’s financial empowerment, it isn’t the whole story. Impact investing isn’t an island anymore; it’...[Read More]
Asset Managers Need New Skills to Meet Millennials’ Demands for Social, Sustainable and Impact Investing Opportunities
By Marta Maretich @maximpactdotcom It’s clear: the global investment landscape is changing. Oil, that mainstay of portfolios, is on the slide. Markets long dominated by pension funds and insurance companies are now seeing greater international ownership of companies and the rise of other players such as hedge funds and private equity firms. Investment horizons are shortening. Regulation is increas...[Read More]