Articles

By Sunny Lewis BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 23, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Oncologists share information about their cancer cases through medical journals and conferences, but now cancer experts want to assemble big data files on millions of cancer patients from around the world for high-performance computers to analyze. Professor Mark Lawler of Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Cancer Re...[Read More]

by Kerrin Mitchell, Co-founder and COO of Fluxx Now that we’ve had a few weeks to settle into 2016, it’s time to look ahead ­– to the big ideas and trends that are likely to dominate the conversation in the philanthropic sector for the next 12 months and beyond. From billionaire tech tycoon philanthropy to the smallest crowdfunded community initiative, the year in philanthropy promises to test big...[Read More]

Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. December 1999 (Photo by Ryan) Creative Commons license via Flickr. By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, August 1, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Representatives of sacred places and cities that attract spiritual pilgrims are working with highly placed conservationists to create a dedicated fund for their environmental protection by relying on the investment...[Read More]

Hurricane Matthew did great damage to the coastal town of Jérémie, Haiti. Some of the worst hit areas were coastal communities like this one. October 14, 2016 (Photo by Nicole Robicheau, International Federation of Red Cross) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact Community Solutions – Water Crisis BATH, United Kingdom, June 14, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – Harnessing the ...[Read More]

Social investing has come a long way in recent years. What started as a fringe activity linked to religious societies such as the Quakers is now a mainstream practice as well as a rapidly growing and diversifying financial industry. Today, those who want to invest their capital for good have a broad; some would say bewildering; range of choices. New social investing approaches are emerging and sea...[Read More]

by Ana LaRue Increasing numbers of emerging business professionals are seeking careers in impact investing, trying to merge the gap between finance and sustainability, a trend that anyone working in the field should be proud of. Young professionals are increasingly concerned about doing something meaningful with their careers, including students in the financial and business fields. The topic of e...[Read More]

A farmer with her solar irrigation pump in Balahar Daha Village, Nepal, February 17, 2020 (Photo by Nabin Baral courtesy International Water Management Institute) Creative Commons license via Flickr Clean Energy: By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact NEW YORK, New York, January 7, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the formation of a global coalition aimed at providing sus...[Read More]

Agbogbloshie e-waste dump in Ghana’s capital city of Accra, March 12, 2019 (Photo by Axel Drainville) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis GENEVA, Switzerland, November 7, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Since becoming Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2014, Houlin Zhao has upgraded his mobile phone three times, and, he says, every time, the old mobi...[Read More]

Burkina Faso, West Africa, February 7, 2018 – Maximpact Training Network would like to present one of its trainees in Grant Proposal Writing, and show how BARKA Foundation is improving people’s and communities’ lives. BARKA is affiliated with the United Nations and has Special Consultative Status with the UN’s Economic and Social Affairs Division (ECOSOC). It is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable org...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis SAN DIEGO, California, April 18, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Imagine a colorful T-shirt that never fades with washing, or a car that never needs a new coat of paint. Biomimicry already translated into nanomaterials in the lab could bring such marvels to market in the future. Inspired by iridescent bird feathers that play with light, scientists at two American universities have creat...[Read More]

By Weina Li There is a historical gender-bias in investment and finance, with women often considered “too soft” and “not enough returns-focused”, whereas their comparative strengths in leadership positions and their importance as key consumer is often overlooked. This explains the extremely low proportion of women investors across the globe, and especially in Asia. However, the trend is changing. ...[Read More]

by Marta Maretich, Chief Editor @mmmaretich Impact investors have put capital behind mission-driven finance providers since the earliest days of the social investing movement. Now the industry has grown and diversified to offer a wide range of finance provision models and approaches for investors to back. Microcredit Microcredit was one of the earliest forms of social impact finance and it remains...[Read More]