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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Prop. 70 will undermine California's climate investments
Sacramento Bee
... that are improving health, cleaning the air and fighting climate change. ... vulnerable communities and California's climate leadership are on the line.

Try Everything? Really?
Energy Institute at Haas (blog)
GHG policy leadership and technology development matters, but such ... Yes, California has a global leadership position on fighting climate change, ...

Time for California to Deliver on the Human Right to Water
News Deeply
But just as we have seen California demonstrate leadership to the world in combating climate change, we see cause for hope that the state will solve ...

Sustainable Investing:

ESG: What Institutional Investors Are Saying About Sustainable Investing
Seeking Alpha
According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, by 2016 more than $22 trillion of assets, around a quarter of all investments globally, ...

How Passive and Sustainable Investing Can Intersect
Morningstar.com
Jeremy Glaser: For Morningstar, I'm Jeremy Glaser. We recently published a survey of the passive sustainable investing landscape. I'm here today ...

Impact in China, KL Felicitas' portfolio performance, gender approaches to impact investing, Kaiser ...
ImpactAlpha
Letter from Shenzhen: Can impact investors find a role in China's impact initiatives? China has something some other countries are missing: national ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Atos reaffirms its position as a leader in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
GlobeNewswire (press release)
The GRI is an international independent standards organization widely used for its CSR reporting guidelines. For the sixth consecutive year, Atos has ...

Creating the technology to connect the world sustainably and responsibly - Nokia publishes its ...
Nasdaq
The People & Planet report is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative GRI Standards, and it is also compliant with the advanced ...

Businesses Encouraged to Show They Are “Walking the Talk” on Sustainability
IISD Reporting Services
The SDG Compass was developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the UN Global Compact and GRI in 2015.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Resource Plans Show Some Utilities Are Still Cautiously Investing in Renewables
Greentech Media
... Biofuels · Mobility · Water · Finance & VC · Policy · Efficiency · Other Energy. Recommended News. Highlighted Research. View All · Solar May 2018 ...
   
Investments in solar energy Brazil hope
ANSA
The use of solar energy, one of the main objectives of the 21st edition of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), is a trend ...

Boosting Distributed Solar, Distributed Clean Energy Investment among Institutional Real Estate ...
Solar Magazine
Black Bear provides clean energy advisory services to institutional real estate investors that own and manage commercial, industrial, residential and ...

CDP Sustainability:

Colgate-Palmolive Commits to Recyclability of Plastics in All Packaging
Business Wire (press release)
Colgate's 2017 Sustainability Report, titled “Building a Future to Smile ... and earning placement on the CDP Climate A List and CDP Water A List, ...

Impact Investing:

The Impact Alpha: Pushing impact investing 'beyond neoliberalism'
ImpactAlpha
Among impact investing geeks, the main event was the fireworks over whether to direct foundation-endowment investment toward “mission.

Inside Swell, Pacific Life's in-house impact investing startup
Digiday
“It was a nights and weekends passion of mine,” said Fanger, CEO of Swell, the impact investing platform owned by Newport Beach, California-based ...

Resource Conservation Investments:

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Socially Responsible Investing:

The Rise of the Socially Responsible ETF
Investopedia (blog)
Led by socially conscious investors who are often of a younger age than their peers, socially responsible investments (SRIs) are an area of the ...

Responsible investing, clean companies and John Prine
Walton Sun
"Socially responsible investing" is a phrase garnering lots of attention in the financial world. Some investors exhibit great concern over the type of ...

401(k) Plans Get Socially Conscious
Bloomberg
Forget 401(k)s. Millennials' retirement strategies are moving toward “socially responsible investing” #tictocnews (Source: Bloomberg).

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Beyond neoliberalism, 100% impact network, Abraaj health fund in play, longevity economy
ImpactAlpha
As investors move money, data and market mechanisms are following. As impact worms its way into the machinery, the markets are shifting.

Sustainability Investing:

Interview: Investing For Returns Can Support Sustainable Development
Seeking Alpha
At the recent Neuberger Berman ESG Investing Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, I was joined by leading sustainability academic Robert Eccles.

Philanthropic Investing:

Why Savvy Philanthropists Are Investing Big in Miami's Cultural Boom
Observer
It is no secret that Miami has always served as a tropical escape for the country's celebrities and wealthy elite—both the good and the notorious.

Community Foundation Invests in Muncie Schools
Inside INdiana Business
The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County will be investing up to $200,000 in a program to help Muncie Community Schools.

Green Bond Funds:

Green bond use signals growing environmental focus says Imperial report
Imperial College London
The growing use of green bonds signals that sustainable economic ... investors, either by purchasing directly or by investing in green bond funds.

Bank analysts estimate $600bn of green bonds from Asia by 2023
IPE.com
Major European pension funds were among the backers of a $1.42bn emerging market green bond fund recently launched by Amundi and the ...

Kenya mulls sovereign green bond to plug 2018/2019 budget deficit
Xinhua
"We are still yet to determine the time and size of the green bond but its proceeds will be used to fund the green infrastructure projects that have been ...

Low Carbon Funds:

EU tables ground-breaking 'low-carbon benchmark' for green finance
EURACTIV
The European Commission presented on Thursday (24 May) a set of proposals aimed at boosting private investment in low-carbon technologies like ...   
   
Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Hot ETF Right Now?
Nasdaq
Launched on 12/08/2014, the iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to ...

The Bank of Canada could lead the way to a prosperous low-carbon economy
National Observer
The Bank of Canada could lead the way to a prosperous low-carbon ... and the low-carbon transition presents a fundamental challenge for finance, ...