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Sector Based Decarbonization:

Green is the new black: Asia's decarbonization drive
Power Engineering International
Based in Hong Kong, he has seen the Asia sector change and has his ... their countries away from coal in a bid to decarbonize their energy supply.

Sustainable Investing: 

State treasurer plans local summit on sustainable investing
Portland Tribune
Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read is convening a Sustainable Investing Summit in Portland next month, bringing heavy hitters from some of the ...

Sustainable Investing Added At Founders Financial
Financial Advisor Magazine
Founders Financial Securities, an RIA and broker-dealer in Towson, Md., is adding internally managed sustainable investment strategies to its ...

Going green with sustainable investments could help grow returns
Independent.ie
Irish investors could also suffer lower returns on their assets if they fail to consider sustainable investing - where environmental, social and corporate ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Cherry-picking undermines sustainability reporting
Scoop.co.nz
They found that none used all 91 GRI indicators, with the regional average for reported indicators varying from 1 to 40. Oceania – which includes New ...

Nexeo Solutions Releases 2017 Sustainability Report
Nasdaq
Nexeo Solutions Releases 2017 Sustainability Report ... first sustainability report which follows the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards.

Mastercard Sustainability Report Highlights Progress Towards a More Inclusive and Resilient World
Odessa American
The report was prepared according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the most widely recognized framework for sustainability ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

The Developing World Is Taking Over Renewable Energy
Sustainable Brands
Last year, the leading economies in renewable energy investment growth were not to be found in North America or even Europe — the leaders in ...

REI 2018 expo to attract USD 1 bn investment in clean energy
Business Standard
India's clean energy sector is expected to attract additional investments worth USD 1 billion (Rs 6,987 crore) during the renewable energy expo in ...

Report: Clean energy stocks no longer outpacing fossil fuel investments
edie.net
Clean energy investments by 200 of the world's leading corporations have underperformed compared to fossil fuel energy stocks over the past year ...

CDP Sustainability:

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

My turn: Here's how CA can lead the climate change fight
CALmatters
As President Donald Trump surrenders American leadership in the global fight to combat climate change, California can ensure that the United States ...

Here's one clean energy policy California shouldn't miss
GreenBiz
This success is due to California's leadership in embracing strong, ... as Californians are literally living through the daily impact of climate change.
 
The Victims of Climate Change Are Already Here
The Atlantic
The largest wildfire in California's history is now raging almost a year after the ... The mainstream paradigm often views climate change as a collective risk, and ... leaders and groups across the country to spread the gospel of climate ...

Impact Investing:

American Century Investments Research Shows The Appeal Of 'Impact Investing' Growing, With ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The "appeal" of impact investing reached 49 percent among 2018 survey participants, compared to 38 percent in 2016. At 56 percent, Millennials find ...

What's Next: Building a trusted identity for the impact investing movement
ImpactAlpha
How can impact investing's “brand” inspire that kind of trust? Trust has to be grounded in the shared purpose of impact investors to drive social and ...

How Will Walmart's Flipkart Acquisition Impact Investors?
Motley Fool
Prorated for the actual closing date, August 18, Walmart investors can expect a loss between $0.22 and $0.27 per share for fiscal 2019. Next year ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change is interfering with internal clocks of birds, and humans should take heed
Vancouver Sun
But what happens when climate change interferes with these clocks, putting the ... “There'll be winners and losers,” said Cassone, noting this is also a ...

The Energy 202: Trump's new CO2 rule may help coal plants run for years longer
Washington Post
“This administration is blatantly picking winners and losers,” David Doniger, .... “Climate change is here, and the United States has accepted it.

An Adorable Rodent Gives a Glimpse Into Earth's Climate Chaos
WIRED
In 2012, a once-in-a-millennium drought, exacerbated by climate change, ... For all the winners and losers, nearly three quarters of species weren't ...

Socially Responsible 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 ...

Time For a Socially Responsible Investing and Banking Wave to Sweep Virginia
Blue Virginia (press release) (blog)
by Austin Sachs, director of Protect US, a group whose goal is an economic system that “benefits all members of society and lives in harmony with ...
   
Why 'Good Guy' Stocks Can Help You Beat the Market
Fortune
A low-cost socially responsible mutual fund—or exchange traded funds like Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock and Vanguard ESG International Stock, both of ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

UBS Launches Impact Mutual Funds for US Private Clients
Barron's
The UBS Engage for Impact Fund will invest in companies that integrate sustainability factors into their business model—by building sustainable ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sustainability Investing:

One man's quest to make socially responsible investing more responsible
The Globe and Mail
It's an age-old investing question. Can you do good and do well at the same time? Ethan Powell is on a mission to prove that you can. The 43-year-old ...

Stuart Kinnersley from AIM talks impact investing
Climate Action (press release)
How would you describe impact investing? Impact investments are investments in companies, agencies or projects with the intention to generate ...

American Century Investments Research Shows The Appeal Of 'Impact Investing' Growing, With ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The "appeal" of impact investing reached 49 percent among 2018 survey participants, compared to 38 percent in 2016. At 56 percent, Millennials find ...

Philanthropic Investing:

Donor-Advised Funds Are an Untapped Source of Impact Capital
Conservation Finance Network
A DAF, defined by NPT as a “philanthropic giving vehicle [that is] administered by charitable sponsors,” acts as a personal charitable investment ...

Green Bond Funds:

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Low Carbon Funds:

Beware this rising risk in client portfolios
Financial Planning
Of the 30,000 funds Morningstar has measured, only 6,500 received its low-carbon designation and earned the little green leaf icon. These funds have ...

St. Louis to receive funds for low-emission public buses through DOT grant program
KMOV.com
St. Louis will receive part of the $84.45 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, the U.S. Department of ...

How a Big Bank Fueled the Green Energy Boom
Fortune
... essential business of steering investor capital into the low-carbon economy. ... That makes bonds hugely appealing to the risk-averse pension-fund ...