In the News

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

How California Undercuts Its Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Pacific Standard
How California Undercuts Its Efforts to Combat Climate Change ... Brown told CalMatters in 2017, "the mantle of leadership falls on California, and we ...

Will Trump's pick to run the EPA office in San Francisco show up for work?
Los Angeles Times
He questions the scientific consensus on climate change. ... rules and other federal environmental protections that are riling California's leaders.

Alaska takes first step toward a state-level climate policy
Juneau Empire
You don't have to look far to see the effects of climate change in Alaska. ... California and New York are considered leaders in state-level climate policy ... 

Sustainable Investing:

Al Gore: why sustainable investing makes financial sense
Financial Times
He tells FT US managing editor Gillian Tett which market forces he believes are driving a sustainability revolution, even as significant obstacles could ...

The art of sustainable investing
Prospect
Why do investors invest, and companies do business? To make money, obviously. It's an answer that keeps life simple and makes it easy to tell ...

Sustainable investing in blockchain with carbon coins
Brave New Coin
Alongside craft beer and organic Fairtrade coffee, “conscious capitalism” is a millennial phenomenon; a secular trend away from the disposable ... 

Global Reporting Initiative:

Trinseo Adopts GRI Standards for Annual Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility ...
Business Wire (press release)
The Global Reporting Initiative is the leading independent organization that provides a common language and framework for public sustainability ...

The Order in Disorder: Aligning Environmental Disclosure frameworks
Carbon Clear (blog)
For example, the GRI and SDGs are intended for global audiences, the DJSI, CDP and SASB are investor focused. DJSI and GRI span a wide range of ...

By ignoring sustainability reporting, the government is out of step with investors and corporations
Forbes
By ignoring sustainability reporting, the government is out of step with ... using the internationally recognized Global Reporting Initiative standards, ... 

Renewable Energy Investments:

Officials warn of 'collapse' in renewable energy investment
E&E News
Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are warning about a "dramatic and worrying collapse" in clean energy investments in Britain in the last ...

A 'hostile environment' for renewables: Why has UK clean energy investment plummeted?
The Independent
Critics say the government has created a “hostile environment” for renewable energy that scares away potential investors and prevents the UK from ...

Renewable energy investment surges as Australia on track to exceed RET
The Australian Financial Review
The rush to invest in renewable projects past 2020 is also likely to result in a big drop in the price of large-scale generation certificates. Reuters.

CDP Sustainability:

NSF becomes third-party verification provider of CDP
just-style.com
Sustainability certification and testing organisation NSF International has extended its capabilities to become a third-party verification provider of ...

Why Carindale Property Trust (ASX:CDP) May Not Be As Efficient As Its Industry
Simply Wall St
Metrics such as financial leverage can impact the level of ROE which in turn can affect the sustainability of CDP's returns. Let me show you what I ...

The Order in Disorder: Aligning Environmental Disclosure frameworks
Carbon Clear (blog)
There are a wide range of frameworks, standards and benchmarks that can be reported to: CDP, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the Global ...

Impact Investing:

One Key To Impact Investing: Start Big
Forbes
Robert Rubinstein, 66, founder and chairman of the TBLI Group, has been advocating for sustainable, responsible or impact investing since the ...

Impact investing and dividends — just one combo that uncovers rare alpha
MarketWatch
In a world of elusive alpha and passive index investing, the path to enhanced returns lies through combining socially responsible and impact investing ...

A new multibillion-dollar investment revolution is being led by this woman
CNBC
Money is pouring into a new kind of investment strategy — impact investing — aimed at finding and reaching companies like Bosire's, with ideas that ...

Resource Conservation Investments:

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Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially responsible funds dump or rethink Facebook over data privacy
Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Several socially conscious investment firms are selling or rethinking their Facebook Inc holdings, unsatisfied by the company's ...

Letter: Fine with socially responsible investing
CT Post
Fine with socially responsible investing. I never thought a column on pensions would move me to write a letter to the editor, but some statistics cited ...

What is socially responsible investing?
Benzinga
Socially responsible investing (SRI), or impact or ethical investing, refers to an investing practice that looks beyond the ups and downs on financial ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Place-based impact, talking system-change at MIE, Rise Fund's first Africa investment, Michigan ...
ImpactAlpha
Hewlett's grants support efforts (including ImpactAlpha) to educate private impact investors, as well as to explore ideas to move economic thinking ...

The Brief's Big 9: Climate finance tipping point, place-based investment, first-loss protections ...
ImpactAlpha
Climate finance. Lloyds launches £2 billion loan plan to support sustainable businesses… European investors back funding of Mongolian solar plant.

Sustainability Investing:

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Philanthropic Investing:

Kaiser Permanente Puts $200 Million Into Low-Cost Housing
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kaiser's interest in housing comes as one of the biggest philanthropic investments in that cause winds down. Since 1999, the MacArthur Foundation ...

Men More Likely To Substitute Impact Investing For Charitable Giving, Study Says
Financial Advisor Magazine
Impact investors tend to be younger, better educated and wealthier than the general population, according to the latest report from the Women's ...

How to Meet Client Demand for Impact Investing
ThinkAdvisor
Investors are among those who are driving this conversation and ... can be used to combine impact investing with charitable giving and tax planning, ...

Green Bond Funds:

Bank of America Raises $2.25 Billion in Largest Green Bond Deal
BloombergQuint
Bank of America Raises $2.25 Billion in Largest Green Bond Deal .... Ambit Capital pits two funds against each other, assuming an investment of Rs 1 ...

NYK Line's Green Bonds Terms and Conditions Determined
MarineLink
A green bond is one in which the proceeds are used solely for the purpose of funding environment-friendly projects. NYK's new medium-term ...

UK must secure billions in investment to meet climate targets, MPs warn
The Guardian
Funds going into renewable energy, the mainstay of the low-carbon ... Sovereign green bonds, recommended by the EAC, are financial borrowing ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Screening for Low-Carbon Medalist Funds
Morningstar.com
The new Morningstar Low Carbon Designation is given to funds that exhibit low overall carbon risk and have lower-than-average exposure to ...

5 Best Low-Carbon Mutual Funds Focused on Clean Energy
Nasdaq
In this context, it is essential to pick those mutual funds that have invested a considerable amount of their assets in low carbon mutual funds. These are ...

Saskatchewan seeks climate change funds, despite carbon tax objections
680 News
“Saskatchewan's climate change strategy will reduce greenhouse gas emissions without a carbon tax,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said in ...