Maximpact: Bringing the Impact Sector Together
At Maximpact,we pride ourselves on our inclusive approach to impact investing. An important part of our mission is to strengthen the sector by providing a place where a wide range of impact players can come together and make impact deals. To make this happen more effectively, we’ve adopted a very broad definition of impact investing, creating a “big tent” that invites a diverse range of players un...[Read More]
Refugee Olympic Athletes Play for Medals in Tokyo
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), right, was at the Swiss National Cycling Time Trials to support Ahmad Badreddin Wais, one of the newly selected athletes on the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020. June 16, 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland (Photo courtesy IOC) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact TOKYO, Japan, July 27, 2021 (Maximpact.com Sustainability ...[Read More]
Earth Hour: Going Dark to ‘Change Climate Change’
Engro Green Office Program personnel celebrate Earth Hour 2015 with a candlelight vigil in Karachi, Pakistan. March 27, 2015. (Photo by Green Office Engro) creative commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis SINGAPORE, March 17, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – On Saturday evening, March 19 at exactly 20:30 local time, millions of people around the world will switch off their non-essential lights for on...[Read More]
Japan Builds ‘Hydrogen Society of the Future’
A Toyota Mirai fuel cell car is ready to take on fuel at an Iwatani hydrogen fueling station. (Photo ©Iwatani Corporation courtesy Government of Japan) By Sunny Lewis TOKYO, Japan, August 31, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Hydrogen is already fueling cars and stationary power systems in Japan, North America and Europe. Now Japan is envisioning an entire society powered by hydrogen and has opened its ...[Read More]
Pacific Gyre Could Be Plastic-Free by 2028
Ship tows The Ocean Cleanup’s 2016 prototype plastic collector into the North Sea for testing. (Photo courtesy The Ocean Cleanup) By Sunny Lewis DELFT, The Netherlands, April 5, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – A new ocean cleanup prototype is being deployed on the North Sea today. It is one of the last steps as the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup prepares to launch the first ocean plastics cleanup system ...[Read More]
Jury Still Out on Carbon Capture & Storage
SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan, Saskatchewan By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, April 5, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Since the Paris Climate Agreement was reached in December, preventing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from entering the atmosphere has become a top priority for many governments, utilities and private individuals who believe climate change to be the major proble...[Read More]
Why impact Investors and Businesses Need Better Ways to Communicate
Impact businesses and impact investors want the same things—but a lack of tools for sharing information hampers successful collaboration. By guest contributor Antony Upward, Sustainability Business Architect Both impact investors and businesses seeking impact investments share a strong desire to see that businesses are tri-profitable— producing financial rewards, social benefits and environmental ...[Read More]
Water Sector Spotlight Deal: HydroMentia
Imagine a water treatment technology that costs less than traditional chemical treatment methods but which improves water quality by delivering low treatment levels using a natural and sustainable solution. Our latest spotlight deal; HydroMentia; can do just that. The company delivers sustainable, commercial-scale water treatment using natural algae to remove high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus...[Read More]
Rohinga Refugees Had So Little, Now They Have Less
DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 24, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – Fire swept through three locations in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on Sunday leaving 15 Rohinga refugees dead and more than 560 others injured. Bangladeshi authorities, aid agencies and refugee volunteers rushed to respond when the fire broke out and are now hastening to meet the most urgent needs of those disp...[Read More]
Trading Social Impact: the Schizophrenia in Pricing Social Value
By Uli Grabenwarter, Head of Strategic Development-Equity at the European Investment Fund Social impact investing has made it to the forefront of the debate about financial markets and how they can more responsibly serve the sustainable development of society. In June 2013 the G8 Summit in London identified impact investing as a possible means to overcome major societal challenges at national leve...[Read More]
Impact Investing and CSR
Impact investing and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have much in common. Both are founded on a belief that business can be used to affect positive social and environmental change. Both use market mechanisms and harness business expertise, though in different ways. And both are reflections of a global trend for aligning the goals of enterprise and with the needs of society. These similaritie...[Read More]
EU Patent Office Under Siege Over Seeds
An organic garden in Walhain, Walloon Brabant, Belgium (Photo by Simon Blackley) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis, MUNICH, Germany, July 12, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – More than 800,000 signatures against patents on plants and animals were handed to officials of the European Patent Office on June 29, as the EPO’s Administrative Council held a meeting in Munich. By the signatures...[Read More]