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Sustainable Investing

Tell us what you think: Why invest sustainably?
CNBC
Sustainable investing has come under the spotlight in recent years, with a UBS expert telling CNBC earlier this year that the space is seeing more ...

Why Socially Responsible Investing Skepticism Is Healthy
Forbes
This may sound like heresy coming from someone who's spent his entire professional life in the sustainable finance space, but I think it's increasingly ...

ASEAN Storm Resilience Fund idea wins sustainable investing challenge
ReliefWeb
JAKARTA, 13 April 2018 – ASEAN Storm Resilience Fund, an idea aimed at helping farming communities withstand extreme weather events, won the ... 

Global Reporting Initiative:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative Launch 'A Culture of ...
Markets Insider
Stemming from the Culture of Health vision where everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life, RWJF is working with GRI to improve the health ...

Court Investors with Better Climate-Risk Reporting, Says Ceres
Energy Manager Today
While 70% of companies analyzed in the Ceres report used disclosure frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, just 23% ...
   
Southwire Launches 2017 Sustainability Report
Markets Insider
This online report details Southwire's progress toward its sustainability ... Southwire released its first GRI report in 2015, detailing the company's ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Swiss Bid to Boost Renewable Energy Investments in Asia
finews.asia
A Swiss manager of investments into renewable energies is expanding to Asia and has appointed a local expert to lead its team in Singapore.

Why Warren Buffett Is Right About China
Forbes
One of China's key initiatives is investment in clean tech and renewable energy. According to the IEA, China accounted for 40% of global renewable ...

IEA Report Shows Falling Global Investment in Energy, Record Spending on Solar
IISD Reporting Services
24 July 2018: The International Energy Agency (IEA) report titled, 'World Energy Investment 2018,' finds a decline in global investment for renewables ...

CDP Sustainability:

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California's biggest environmental challenges? Water. Climate change. Political hot air.
Sacramento Bee
Angie Wei – Chief of Staff, California Labor Federation. “Climate change. How it affects our ecosystems, our plant and animal life, nature's balance.

Trump reignited his war with California, but his bizarre tweet got burned
The Guardian
California has also long been a leader in developing laws to clean and protect the environment, and Trump ... Anthropogenic climate change accounted for ∼55% of observed increases in fuel aridity from 1979 to 2015 across ...

The flood management revolution in California you've never heard of
Sacramento Bee
... rivers – even more crucial with a warming climate increasing flood flows. ... Nevertheless, California is emerging as a world leader in this new ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing: The Intersection Of Funding Founders Of Color
Forbes
In the past couple of years, lots of capital has poured into social impact businesses, taking pages out of the original black investors playbook.

So, An Impact Investor, A Social Entrepreneur And A Sea Turtle Walk Into A Bar...
Forbes
You can download an audio podcast here or subscribe via iTunes or Google Play. Okay, an impact investor, a social entrepreneur and a sea turtle ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Grant Thornton joins Science-Based Target drive to slash CO2
www.businessgreen.com
"This is a bold move, since science-based targets require steep reductions in ... system to save 2,800 tonnes of carbon emissions between 2015 and 2017, ... Now we've signed up to further decrease those emissions by 2020-50.".

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

California plain shows surprising winners and losers from prolonged drought
Science Daily
It shows surprising winners and losers, uncovering patterns that may be relevant for climate change. The findings are published Aug. 20 in Nature ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially Responsible Investing: Is It for You?
ValuePenguin
Enter socially responsible investing, or SRI investing, a trend that helps investors who want to make a social impact put their money where their ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

CEI gets 4-star Aeris rating for its fund management, community impact
Mainebiz
Aeris, the independent rating and information service for community investment funds, has given strong ratings to Coastal Enterprises Inc. for its fund ...

Sustainability Investing:

Seg. 1: The Mission Continues After Greitens Scandal. Seg. 2: Socially Responsible Investing.
KCUR
Since socially responsible investing can mean different things to different people, we invited the Smart Money Experts to explain how folks can best ...

CoPeace™ PBC Launches As a New Impact Investing Alternative
Markets Insider
Often referred to as "impact investment," this modern approach has proved extremely valuable to millennials, women, and disadvantaged populations.

Philanthropic Investing:

Social Impact Investment to Break the Cycle of Homelessness
Pro Bono Australia
SHM has partnered with government and philanthropic investors, working on an outcome-basis based on health costs and the number of people ...

NFPs Need the Basic Building Blocks to Survive in the Digital Age
Pro Bono Australia
Donors and funders should consider how their philanthropic investments should be directed to support the development of the infrastructure, culture ...

Green Bond Funds:

New York's MTA plans $220 million green bond sale one week after downgrade
Bond Buyer
... of Series 2018B transportation revenue refunding green bonds this week. ... The MTA said the transportation revenue bond resolution provides for a ... annually from the New York City Transit Assistance Fund, supported by new ...

Growth forecast for global green bond market eases
The Asset
Moody's Investor Service (Moody's) has cut its green bond forecast to ... capital markets with a EUR1 billion green covered bond aimed at funding a ...

Port Authority, MTA deals offered to municipal bond buyers
Bond Buyer
... the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a green bond deal from the ... Long-term tax-exempt municipal bond funds saw an inflow of $723 million in ... Tax-exempt money market funds saw outflows of $1.35 billion, lowering ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Caribbean nations and businesses launch $1bn low carbon development drive
www.businessgreen.com
Caribbean nations and businesses launch $1bn low carbon development ... The IDB's $1bn funding comes in addition to an existing portfolio of over ...

A climate for green funds
The Indian Express
Banks and financial institutions are key intermediaries between investors who are keen to put more of their cash into low-carbon, sustainable projects ...

Council secures £670000 for Stromness low-carbon travel project
The Orcadian
Orkney Islands Council has secured £670,000 in funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for a low carbon travel project in ...

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