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California's Leadership in Climate Change:
State, San Bruno officials call for criminal charges in CPUC probeSan Francisco Chronicle
Two state officials and the mayor of San Bruno have urged California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to file charges in a long-running corruption investigation of the state's utilities .... Peevey, who recently co-wrote a book about California's leadership on climate change, could not be reached.
Real Climate Leadership Starts With California's Most Impacted Communities
EGP News
Governor Brown is currently in Europe promoting California's climate policies at the United Nations Climate Conference. Experts from across the globe are weighing in to say that our state could be particularly hard hit by the changing climate, with extreme heat, drought and lack of access to clean water, ...
The school lunch recipe for climate action
San Francisco Examiner
As major institutional buyers and the educators of our future leaders, schools (particularly K-12) are vital to climate leadership. This September, San ... California and local policymakers should adopt this powerful untapped strategy for mitigating climate change. As the state seeks cost-effective solutions ...
Sustainable Investing:
OppenheimerFunds recruits head of sustainable investingPensions & Investments
The position is new. Mr. Shah will work with OppenheimerFunds' portfolio managers and investment strategy specialists to further integrate sustainable investing practices across the firm's business activities. He will report to Sharon French, head of beta solutions. Mr. Shah was head of financing for ...
UBS Poaches for Impact Investing
finews.com
UBS is bulking up its sustainable money management with several key hires, finews.com has learned. The move follows record inflows into the Swiss bank's products which adhere to certain social, environmental, or ethical criteria. Ex-RobecoSAM boss Michael Baldinger only joined UBS last year, but ...
What It's Like to Be a Sustainable Investor Under Trump
Bloomberg
“No companies are coming out publicly and saying, 'We're going to change our sustainability practices,' ” he says. “But what we're watching for is lobbying activity and political contributions and efforts to promote these alternative-information sources on scientific information.” One area of scrutiny is the ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Appoints TCS Asia Pacific Executive to Board of DirectorsUnited News of India
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Appoints TCS Asia Pacific Executive to Board of Directors ... decision-making authority -it has the legal and fiduciary responsibility for the organization and promotes change towards a sustainable global economy and increasing corporate transparency and accountability.
Sustainable Reporting: Lessons From the Fortune 500
Forbes
A: The use of specific guidelines for reporting is growing, adding value, integrity, transparency, and credibility to companies publishing sustainability reports. Of the many guidelines available, 65% of companies use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI guidelines remain the most widely used for ...
Clearwater Paper Releases 2017 Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR) Report
Business Wire (press release)
BUSINESS WIRE)--Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) today released the company's latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, building on a ... “As such, we are pleased to present this CSR report, which was developed using current Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines.”.
Renewable Energy Investments:
Renewable Energy Investing for 2018Energy and Capital
And I'm glad I did. Because members of my Green Chip Stocks private investment community made a fortune that year in wind and solar. And they ...
Tax Bill Impact: What Happens to Renewable Energy?
InsideClimate News
The Senate voted early Saturday to approve a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code that critics say will decimate clean energy investments while continuing to ... "The tax equity marketplace would collapse under these provisions, leading to a dramatic reduction in wind and solar energy investment and ...
Bloomberg Report Finds Decrease in Renewable Energy Investment in Developing Countries as ...
IISD Reporting Services
The Bloomberg New Energy Finance 'Climatescope 2017' report finds that clean energy investments in developing countries decreased in 2016, ...
CDP Sustainability:
Episode 102: Pricing carbon and water; who's who on CDP's 'A' listGreenBiz
Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest in sustainability by keeping up with GreenBiz. • Save the date for GreenBiz 18, Feb. 6-8 in Phoenix, Arizona. • Check out Center Stage, our new podcast, which features the best of live interviews on sustainable business and clean technology, conducted on stage ...
Zorlu Energy Group awarded CDP Turkey Climate Leadership Award
ThinkGeoEnergy
Zorlu Energy Group, which has made many breakthroughs in the sector in the field of sustainability, took part in the Leader class with two companies under the CDP climate change program, which has been dreaming to change the way the business world works in order to reduce the effects of climate ...
Brambles recognised as one of the six global leaders in fighting supply-chain deforestation
American Journal of Transportation
Hundreds of companies submit annual forests disclosures to CDP for independent assessment against its scoring methodology. Brambles is among 3% of companies participating in CDP's forests program to achieve the Forests A List level, which recognises its sustainable sourcing actions for the last ...
Impact Investing:
More Proof That Impact Investing Can Generate ReturnsBarron's
For impact investing to grow beyond a niche strategy, both individuals and institutions are seeking evidence that investing for a better social or ...
Investing in Social Good – How to Get Started with Impact Investing
Zing! Blog by Quicken Loans (blog)
There's where impact investing comes in. This practice – which is investing in companies focused on making a positive social, environmental and ...
The Promise of Private Sector Grants in an Impact Investing World
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Enough of the arguments about the trade-off between profit and impact. Impact investors now have a “trade-on” opportunity, says Arif Naqvi, founder of the global investment group Abraaj. Naqvi coined the term at the UN General Assembly in September, declaring that investors can improve financial ...
Resource Conservation Investments:
A Fulfilling Quest to Protect Kayangel's BiodiversityIsland Conservation News
Few places offer a higher return on conservation investments or greater satisfaction. ... Palau is well known for its plentiful reefs and waters and the locals of Kayangel have a strong culture of conservation and resource management to ensure their reefs remain healthy and can provide for their people for ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Socially Responsible ETFs Make an ImpactBloomberg
Socially responsible investing ETFs are generating a lot of interest as the funds try and align investor values with investments. Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas and Scarlet Fu talk with Ethan Powell, CEO of Impact Shares, the first and only non-profit ETF platform. They discuss his new ETF filings and the ...
Busting the ethical investing myths
www.businessgreen.com
Socially responsible or ethical investing is growing in popularity. Its central proposition, that it is possible to generate attractive investment returns whilst at the same time contributing positively to society, has obvious appeal. Indeed, the field is growing rapidly: ethical asset inflows increased by 18.1 per ...
Funds for Sustainable Investing:
Report blasts CalPERS' environmental and social 'activism'Sacramento Bee
CalPERS spokesman Wayne Davis said the fund is committed to its sustainable investment program, which he said has helped to diversify corporate ...
Committee to consider sustainable investment
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Student activist Sarah Grguras says people often ask her what the money Pitt ... “[The socially responsible investing ad hoc committee] started with a ...
Nobel Family Backing “Sustainable” UK Venture Capital Fund
CleanTechnica
The Nobel family of Sweden, known internationally for the Nobel Prize series of awards, as well as the billionaire co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, are now backing a new venture capital fund that will be investing in manufacturing and service companies based in Britain that are focused on on the ...
Sustainability Investing:
OppenheimerFunds Announces Senior Sustainable Investing AppointmentPR Newswire (press release)
Art Steinmetz, Chairman and CEO of OppenheimerFunds, stated, "As investor demand for sustainable investing strategies continues to rise, ...
Duke Energy joins industry initiative to enhance sustainability reporting for investors
Markets Insider
"Duke Energy has a long-standing track record of providing comprehensive information about our ESG activities to investors, customers and other stakeholders," said Mike Callahan, Duke Energy's vice president of investor relations. "Sustainable investing is gaining momentum and we want to make it ...
Why should you follow sustainable investing strategies?
Born2Invest
ESG—environmental, social and governance—driven investing is essentially very simple and even more, importantly does not require sacrificing a single penny of return. In other words, there is no tradeoff between profit and ethics, there is no performance or sustainability question anymore. As a recent ...
Philanthropic Investing:
Investing in Social CapitalVirginian-Pilot
Long a philanthropic force, Virginia Natural Gas has refocused its altruistic game in the year and a half since Jim Kibler became president. Following an employee survey, the company formed a community engagement committee with 20 members from different departments. The group meets monthly to ...
Q&A: Rick Steves ties philanthropy to travel and faith
The Daily Herald
I get a lot more bang for the philanthropic buck investing in water projects in Central America. … By funding a water project in Guatemala, you know you're bringing water to a thirsty community. But I want to give the community the wherewithal to have a community center they're proud of and a symphony ...
Green Bond Funds:
Power Finance Corp lists green bond on London Stock ExchangeEconomic Times
The PFC said that projects eligible for the funds will be identified within its Green Bond Framework, which was drafted in accordance with the Green ...
Green Bond Issues Hit $100 Billion Mark
Financial Advisor Magazine
Green bonds have passed the $100 billion mark in global investments this year, according to two Praxis Mutual Funds executives. The growth in green ...
India raises $400m green bond to fund renewables drive
Climate Home
A leading Indian financier issued a $400 million “green” bond on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, to support the country's renewable ...
Low Carbon Funds:
An implementation plan for CCS and CCU in EuropeEURACTIV
PCI projects are able to apply for funding under the Connecting Europe ... This replaces previous low-carbon funds such as NER300 and will be an ...
Funding boost for green energy schemes
BBC News
Projects in Glencoe, Callander, St Andrews and Aviemore will be among those to benefit from the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme.
Who Will Fund Clean Energy? Familiar Faces
Bloomberg
Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates that zero-carbon power .... 2007's investment-grade yield is today's risky yield; today's low-risk yield is ...
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