Dublin, 10 June 2022 – Ms. Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been presented with the inaugural Impact Ireland Award in recognition of her career-long contribution to global environmental sustainability. The Edge and Adam Clayton, members of the Global Advisory Council of Impact Ireland, presented the award.

Photographed at the presentation were (from left) Kieran McLoughlin, Managing Partner at Venturewave Capital; Adam Clayton; Mary Robinson, The Edge; and Alan Foy, Chairman of Venturewave Capital.

“The presentation of this Award is the highpoint of the first in-person meeting of our Global Advisory Council, with members of the Council from Ireland, Britain, the United States, and Asia present. Our Impact Ireland fund invests in tech companies that advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.  All of these businesses will be grown in Ireland.  We are proud to salute Mary Robinson as an Irish woman who is a global champion of sustainability,” said Kieran McLoughlin, managing partner of Venturewave Capital, which founded and manages the Impact Ireland fund.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and Mairead McGuinness, Ireland’s EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union, attended the award event. Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny is Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of Venturewave Capital.