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The wealthy enjoy the sun at St. Tropez, a coastal town on the French Riviera known for its beaches and nightlife. (Photo by Vinicius Pinheiro) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, February 6, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – “Growth will be short-term if it is based on depleting natural capital such as forests and fisheries. What our research has shown is that the value of na...[Read More]

“All investments have impacts,” she told us. “I pointed this out to the authors of the original paper published by the Rockefeller Foundation. Some of these impacts include blowing the tops off mountains and spilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico!” Not mincing words is one of the characteristics that has made Henderson a thought leader in the ethical investing movement. Futurist, evolutionary economis...[Read More]

Researcher Robin Cywar at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) purifies a catalyst to use in polymerizations for recyclable nylon materials. She is working with Dr. Gregg Beckham’s plastics group on the redesign of nylon polyamide polymers so they can be chemically recycled with improved efficiency. October 2020 (Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL) Public domain By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact ...[Read More]

Executive Secretary of the Conference on Biological Diversity addresses the High-Level Segment of the conference taking place in Egypt this month. November 14, 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (Photo courtesy Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity) By Sunny Lewis SHARM El SHEIKH, Egypt, November 15, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – “Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet,” is the th...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis LOS BANOS, Philippines, January 6, 2015 (Maximpact.com News) – Climate change-ready rice seeds of several varieties have reached millions of farmers in Asia and Africa under a forward-looking program known as Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South Asia, or STRASA. Developed by the Los Baños-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Ga...[Read More]

Bill Wolsey, owner of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast is interviewing the refugee participants. June 26, 2018, Maximpact has organized interviews for all the participants of the English for Hospitality program. The English for Hospitality language training ends this week and several participants have already found jobs within the sector. Other participants have interviews lined up for this and next ...[Read More]

An intact portion of the world’s second largest rainforest, after the Amazon, is protected in Democratic Republic of Congo’s new Lomami National Park, part of which is in Tshuapa province. Date unknown (Photo courtesy Congo National Parks) Public domain. By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, March 21, 2019 (Maximpact.com  News) – Ten European Union traders in six EU Member States are importing timber from a ...[Read More]

An aerial view of the Tigris River as it flows through Baghdad, Iraq, population 8.76 million, the second largest city in the Arab world, July 31, 2016. (U.S. Dept. of Defense Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro) Public domain By Sunny Lewis ROME, Italy, March 16, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – The world faces an acute water crisis within a decade that will affect food supplies...[Read More]

Activist investors are changing the terms of engagement between businesses and investors. What will that mean for social businesses and the investors who back them? By Marta Maretich @maximpactdotcom Social investing continues its march toward the mainstream. Sector research shows a wider variety of investors—including pension funds, mutuals, and governments along with an array of private investor...[Read More]

Searching the housands of containers at Thai ports for illegal waste shipments is a monumental task. While there has been shipping along the Chao Phraya River for centuries, construction of Bangkok Port was started in 1938. Construction of Laem Chabang Port on Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard, now much larger than Bangkok Port, was begun in 1987. (Photo by Guido Vanhaleweyk) Posted for media use. By Su...[Read More]

Businesses sell cans of charcoal for cooking at a market near Kisumu, Kenya, March 11, 2015. (Photo by Peter Kapuscinski / World Bank) By Sunny Lewis GENEVA, Switzerland, May 3, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Cooking with charcoal indoors is fatal to millions of people every year, according to new data released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. WHO says, in total, household and outdoor air ...[Read More]

Native forest was cleared for a small oil palm plantation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. February 20, 2010. (Photo by Moses Ceaser, Center for International Forestry Research) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, November 29, 2017 (Maximpact.com  News) – A new action platform to build momentum for implementing the New York Declaration on Forests debuted earlier th...[Read More]