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Illegal migrants into the United States are placed in holding cages before they are returned to Mexico, September 13, 2016, (Photo courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Public domain. By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – By a wide margin, a majority of Americans are in favor of altering U.S. immigration policies to place less emphasis on family reunification an...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis PARIS, France, December 12, 2017 (Maximpact.com  News) – Two years to the day after the historic Paris Agreement on climate, more than 50 heads of state, as well as environment ministers and regional leaders, bank and finance executives and celebrities are meeting today to drive action that will finance global efforts to meet the goals of the agreement. The Paris Agreement’s central...[Read More]

Garden in Tsore Refugee camp, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, July 11, 2018. (Photo by Mulugeta Ayene / UNICEF Ethiopia) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, March 19, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – In this, the eighth year of the Syrian War, life in Syrian refugee camps is undermined by trauma, poverty and homesickness. Yet in Jordan’s Zaatari camp, green sprouts of ho...[Read More]

Guest post by Alexander Watson, CEO OpenForests My name is Alexander Watson, I am a forestry scientist with a background in Social Banking and Social Finance and founder of OpenForests, a consulting company with the mission to finance and develop social and biodiverse forestry projects. The challenge The annual worldwide deforestation is about 13 million hectares, predominantly in the tropics. We ...[Read More]

by Marta Maretich A handful of visionary investors, social thought leaders, philanthropic organizations and foundations gave impact investing its start. These were typical early adopters, open to new ideas and confident enough to take the risks necessary to find out if they worked. Now impact investing is beginning to prove its worth. Its reach is extending to include smaller investors on the one ...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, September 28, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Resounding applause filled the UN General Assembly hall Friday as the 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously approved a new global agenda to end poverty by 2030 and achieve a sustainable future. Adopted on the UN’s 70th anniversary, the agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. “The new agenda...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis                                                                      Follow us at: @Maximpactdotcom BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 10, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and European Council President Donald Tusk will promote trade in legally produced timber between the European Union and Indonesia through the sta...[Read More]

Family foundations are not solely the domain of the Bill and Melinda Gates or Mark Zuckerbergs of the world. Many small family foundations are flexing their muscles in the nonprofit and philanthropic worlds, zeroing in on issues they care about and where they feel they can make an impact. According to GivingUSA.org, family foundations are on the rise.      The annual report on philanthropy from th...[Read More]

Barbed wire fencing between camps at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh made it harder for refugees to escape the fires. January 2022 (Photo by Imrul Islam, Norwegian Refugee Council) Posted for media use GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2022 (Maximpact.com News) – A destructive fire broke out on the afternoon of January 10, sweeping through refugee dwellings in Cox’s Bazar on the southeast coast of Banglade...[Read More]

PARIS, France, November 30, 2015 (Maximpact News) – “Mobilising energy efficiency is an urgent priority,” says Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). “To transition to the sustainable energy system of the future, we need to decouple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency is the most important “arrow in the quiver” to achieve this,” write...[Read More]

Maximpact Founder Tom Holland Interview with Tom Holland by Marta Maretich Maximpact.com is characterized by its “big tent” approach to impact investing. What made you set it up this way? When I came in as an impact investor and started looking for deals I began to realize that the sector had structural inefficiencies. The deals above $100,000,000 are taken care of by private banking, the deals be...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis CYBERSPACE, April 7, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Device development at the intersection of smartphones, wearable and flexible electronics, everyday materials and healthcare is advancing quickly. Scientists are working on smartphone microscopes to detect skin cancers, smartphone software to diagnose ear infections, and smart contact lenses to track blood sugar levels. Wearable electr...[Read More]