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California's Leadership in Climate Change:
CARB Honors David Hawkins, NRDC's Clean Air & Climate ChampNatural Resources Defense Council
California is the nation's and the world's leader in the fight against air pollution in all of its forms, from smog to climate change. CARB's clean car standards have transformed vehicle technology globally, and California now leads in the global push to transition to electric vehicles. NRDC has worked in ...
13 universities band together to fight climate change.
Grist
UC3 will operate in tandem with the Climate Leadership Network, a group of colleges and universities working to provide students with the tools they need to tackle climate change. “The UC3 coalition believes that addressing climate change is an area where some of the world's greatest research ...
Sustainable Investing:
Sustainable investing does not mean waving goodbye to profitTelegraph.co.uk
When I first got involved in sustainable investing in the early 2000s, it was a tiny, retail-focused industry where it was mostly about removing the “bad companies” from your portfolio. I was working for an Australian NGO campaigning to protect Tasmania's old growth forests and one of the less common ...
Market Matters: Sustainable investing can reap rewards on multiple levels
New Haven Register
One of the most important factors in the movement toward sustainable investing is the attitude of Millennial investors. A recent survey revealed that of the high net worth investors polled, 75 percent of the total and 86 percent of Millennial investors consider themselves interested in sustainable investing.
Letters to Barron's
Barron's
Thank you for giving sustainable investing the “feature treatment” in your weekly issue. Being retired, I have plenty of time to devote to investment research. If one thing is abundantly clear, it is that many investment advisors and investors themselves are amoral; that is, whatever makes me money, ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Allianz Turkey introduces discount incentive for electric carsHurriyet Daily News
Allianz Turkey has also introduced measures within the group and monitors its sustainability performance at every step and reports it in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards, according to Coqui. As a result, the group has consumed 20 percent less electricity in 2017, ...
Corporate Thailand seeks a more sustainable path
Nikkei Asian Review
In line with a growing number of stock exchanges around Asia, listed Thai companies are encouraged to publish sustainability reports supported by guidelines from bodies such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an independent sustainability reporting and standards organization. Disclosures can ...
Newmont Recognized for Top Performance in Mining Sector in Sustainability Yearbook
Markets Insider
More information on Newmont's safety, economic, environmental and social performance can be found in the Company's annual sustainability report, Beyond the Mine. The report conforms to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 framework and is part of Newmont's ongoing obligations as a founding ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Greek PPC is seeking renewable energy investments in Turkey – including geothermalThinkGeoEnergy
(PPC) of Greece is looking at investments in Turkey, according to the company's Chairman Manolis Panagiotakis in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu. As part of efforts to reduce its market share in the retail market in Greece due to bailout terms with the EU, the company is diversifying its ...
McLean County sees renewable energy boom — for now
Bloomington Pantagraph
"While the current capacity is adequate for Bright Stalk Wind Farm, one of the best ways to attract more clean energy investments and make the county a leader in the new energy economy is to increase transmission capacity," she said. "So long as we can secure additional transmission capacity and ...
No fake news: accurately promoting your renewable energy purchase
GreenBiz
The push for companies to incorporate renewable energy commitments into their sustainability goals has continued to grow over the past few years. Companies are getting pressure from stakeholders at all levels — employees, environmental advocates, investors, customers — to double down on their ...
CDP Sustainability:
Republic Services Named to Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies ListPR Newswire (press release)
Republic was also awarded the Gold Class Award in the 2018 RobecoSAM's Sustainability Yearbook and earned the CDP Global Climate Management Level and the CDP Supplier Climate Management Level distinctions. In addition, Glassdoor honored the Company with the Employees' Choice Award ...
Three Things to Do to Make the CDP A-List (or How to Avoid an F)
Schneider Electric Blog
Rephrase and complete sections that were missing key data and information. Clearly list actions and priorities to reach higher scores and help build a business case around sustainability to meet goals for responding next year and ensure a more desirable score in the coming year. By performing a gap ...
Impact Investing:
Nia Impact Capital Launches RIA To Provide Wealth Advisors With Impact Investing and Women ...Business Wire (press release)
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nia Impact Capital today announced the launch of its women-led Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) dedicated to helping wealth management professionals meet the growing demand for impact investing solutions. Founded by impact investor Kristin Hull, Nia ...
Amit Bouri of the GIIN on Impact Investing's Growing Appeal
Middle Market Growth (blog)
This episode of the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast features Amit Bouri, co-founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, an organization that aims to rethink the role of private capital. Bouri spoke with MMG Editor-in-Chief Deborah Cohen about the increasing interest among ...
ESG and Impact Investing: Do You Know the Difference?
ThinkAdvisor
As investors increasingly rally behind the concept that their investment choices yield the ability to positively impact social or environmental issues, interest in impact investing has skyrocketed. Of the more than 22,000 investors worldwide surveyed by the Schroders Global Investor Study 2017, 78% ...
Resource Conservation Investments:
Wick Moorman: Virginia needs investment in conservation to spur the economyRichmond.com
For the first study, Fiscal Analytics examined Virginia state funding for natural resources over the past five years. Despite some landmark investments in land conservation and water quality — for which our legislators should be commended — the report finds that funding has been erratic, and the overall ...
Mutare to host investment conference
The Zimbabwe Daily
MUTARE will this month host the inaugural Manicaland Investment Opportunity Public Private Partnership Conference aimed at increasing the flow of ... purpose of this conference is to encourage private sector investment in the areas of rural economic development and natural resource conservation.
Socially Responsible Investing:
Socially responsible investing (SRI)Finance News Network
Max Cappetta, CEO, Redpoint Investment Management, discusses socially responsible investing (SRI) with Ross Kent, Global Head of Institutional Distribution, NAB Asset Management. Ross Kent: ... I'm Ross Kent and I'm responsible for the institutional client group at NAB Asset Management. With me ...
What to know about the surge in socially responsible investing
Born2Invest
Socially responsible investing (SRI) refers to the practice of investing in companies that are notable for their excellent environmental practices, gender, and racial equality policies and corporate social engagements in terms of community development. Hence, it is also known as sustainable or ethical ...
Are Socially Conscious Investors Driving Growth for Green Startups?
Blue & Green Tomorrow
Socially responsible investing is one of the fastest growing segments of the financial sector. The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment states that socially responsible investments doubled from $64.3 billion to $121.6 billion between 2014 and 2016. This figure is expected to rise much ...
Funds for Sustainable Investing:
Is ESG investing going mainstream?InvestmentNews
In January, Putnam Investments registered to convert two mutual funds into "sustainable" strategies. "We're still in an era where a lot of the data is backward-looking," said Katherine Collins, who joined Putnam last year as the head of sustainable investing. "But if you're an investor, why in the world ...
PGGM's Scientific Approach to ESG May Sway Skeptics
Institutional Investor
Scientists at the City University of New York and Harvard University are using Dutch pension fund PGGM as a guinea pig to test metrics they've designed for sustainable investing. Their study of a $2.1 billion PGGM portfolio managed by UBS Group's asset management unit will help investors make ..
Sustainability Investing:
'Sustainability revolution' is progressing quickly, regardless of politics, Gore saysDevex
Changing investment practices offer some hope to mitigate and adapt to climate change's effects by fully integrating sustainability approaches. This is increasingly seen as a the smart option, explained Gore, the co-founder of the sustainable research and investment firm Generation Investment ...
Philanthropic Investing
Philanthropy -- The Forgotten Investment AssetForbes
Why philanthropic giving is a smart investment tool for business. Socially conscious investors are after more than just financial returns. In addition to making money in the markets, we also want to make a difference. We want to leave a legacy of not just wealth but positive change. However, in our quest to ...
View from Seattle: Nine ways to create a bigger tent for impact investing in 2018
ImpactAlpha
Michael Brown of Seattle Foundation and Lindsay Smalling of SOCAP Group discuss the power of philanthropy. Impact Voices is an occasional series sharing the opinions of impact investing practitioners and leaders with ImpactAlpha readers. The views expressed in Impact Voices are the writers' own, ...
Strengthening Puerto Rico Nonprofits: Two Philanthropic Approaches
Nonprofit Quarterly
NPQ recently talked to two foundation executives in Puerto Rico about philanthropic investments on the island, especially post-Hurricane Maria, and found that while both are focused on strengthening the nonprofit sector, they have two very different approaches. These two stories offer a glimpse into ...
Green Bond Funds:
Fitch: 2018 a 'pivotal year' for European green bond fundsCapital.com
European green bond investment will reach a key milestone this year as the first green bond funds attain their three-year track record, which many investors and intermediaries consider important when selecting funds, says Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency notes that nine funds with combined assets ...
More companies prefer green bonds, carbon taxes
GreenBiz
Apple and other companies are increasingly turning to green bonds and innovative financing to fund clean energy and efficiency. ... This past June, Apple issued $1 billion of green bonds to fund renewable energy, in a demonstration of “how a tech company can make huge commitments to clean energy ...
Coming Soon: India's First Municipal Green Bond
CleanTechnica
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced plans to issue green bonds valued at ₹200 crore (~$31 million) in the financial year 2018-19. The proposal opens up a completely new avenue for municipal bodies in India to attract foreign funding. Indian municipal bodies have been issuing ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Why low-carbon advocates large and small should speak upGreenBiz
Why low-carbon advocates large and small should speak up ... About 40 percent of the companies that have "graduated" Greentown Labs the past several years have leveraged funds through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, a seed fund offered by the U.S. Small Business ...
Saskatchewan needs a new low-carbon economic strategy
Regina Leader-Post
But if Saskatchewan fails to develop a carbon pricing plan, it also loses out on hundreds of millions of federal dollars earmarked for clean economic development through the Low-Carbon Economy Fund. That fund, combined with carbon tax revenues, could help lay the foundation for a lower-carbon, ...
Ofgem: Reconsider suppliers' role as primary route to low carbon funding
Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy
Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, suppliers with more than 250,000 household customers are obliged to help them with energy efficiency measures, cutting carbon emissions and tackling fuel poverty. The regulator believes the way in which the obligation is set incentivises suppliers ...
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