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Sustainable Investing: 

Sustainable Investing Assets Hit $12 Trillion — Thanks to Donald Trump
Barron's
Sustainable investing is growing—fast. U.S.-domiciled assets invested sustainably rose 44% in the past two years to $12 trillion, surpassing growth ...

GIIN investor forum, tallying US sustainable investing assets, pathways to work, Ethos's raise ...
ImpactAlpha
System-change is in the air as impact investors press to move beyond deals and funds to the reform of finance itself. The Global Impact Investing ...

Why Faith-based Organizations are Shifting to Impact Investing
Knowledge@Wharton
A 2010 global study of faith institutions showed that 77% of 103 respondents practice impact investing. At the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, or FSM, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global reporting groups plan to align standards in 2 years
Accounting Today
Global reporting groups plan to align standards in 2 years ... Accounting Standards Board, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Carbon Disclosure ...

Aurecon South Africa becomes an Implementation Partner for GRI
Consultancy.co.za
Aurecon has made a major stride towards improving its sustainability profile, having attained the status of Implementation Partner in the Competitive ...

A Debate At The Oxford Union: Should FASB And IASB Set Standards For Nonfinancial Information?
Forbes
Most of the rest of the world uses International Financial Reporting ... such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable energy investments not thwarted
NEWS.com.au
State-based renewable energy targets and cheaper technologies are driving investment in the sector despite a lack of policy certainty from the federal ...
CEFC marks year of record investment, as industry embraces clean energy - RenewEconomy

Dominion Energy Moving Swiftly Toward Renewable Energy Goal
PR Newswire (press release)
"We are wasting no time moving forward on our plans for clean energy investments, including solar, natural gas and nuclear as part of a generation ...

Norway's Equinor Pursues Oil, Gas, Renewable Investments In India
OilPrice.com
India is expected to overtake China some time next decade as the largest growth market for energy, so Equinor has set its sights on investing in India.
Equinor seeks oil, gas, renewable investments in India: CEO - ETEnergyworld.com
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CDP Sustainability:

VMware achieves carbon neutrality two years early
DataCenterNews Asia
“CDP recognizes VMware's strong sustainability performance having earned an A- on their 2016 and 2017 CDP Climate Change disclosures, ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

With Gov. Brown Leaving, California Businesses Need Another Clean Energy Champion in ...
Forbes
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent report makes it clear ... That makes California's climate leadership more important than ever.

My turn: How to meet the new climate change challenge
CALmatters
My turn: How to meet the new climate change challenge ... In almost every respect, California is demonstrating global leadership. We have bold ...

Google-City Address Climate Change At Monday MeetingPatch.com
Google-City Address Climate Change At Monday Meeting ... into the tech giant's civic leadership program to come up with climate change solutions. ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- The city of Mountain View and Google will be hosting a ...

Impact Investing:

Gender and Ethnic Diversity Make Impact Investing Profitable
U.S. News & World Report
Impact investing is hot and only getting hotter. From reducing the carbon footprint of your portfolio to fostering women's empowerment through gender ...

Donor-advised impact investing, NYC opportunity zone opportunities, working capital in Colombia ...
ImpactAlpha
Donor-advised impact investing, NYC opportunity zone opportunities, working capital in ... Five ways to boost the impact of donor-advised funds.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

'Living With Water': Facing Climate Change, Cities Trade Sea Walls for Parks
The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
As climate change forces cities to grapple with rising sea levels and .... You're picking winners and losers, and that has to be done with a lot of care.”.

Nevada ballot proposals asks voters whether state should use more clean energy
Fox News
His organization disputes the influence of fossil fuels on climate change. ... "Eventually you end up with government picking winners and losers in the energy sector, government banning the energy that works, and you're gonna have ...

A Course from Imperial College on edX to Help Investors Understand Climate Risk
IBL News
... insights into potential winners and losers in the ongoing energy transition. ... While much of the discussion about climate change focus on risks, the ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Enthusiastic ESG Investing Measured Among US Institutions
PLANSPONSOR
The U.S. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. SIF) has published an extensive report on the state of environmentally and socially conscious investing ...

How To Generate Tax Savings By Making Impact Investments In Opportunity Zones
Forbes
Opportunity Zones are worth your time if you are an investor who wants to minimize realized gain taxes, maximize the social impact of your ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Sustainable Investing Is at a “Tipping Point,” BlackRock Says
Barron's
... as it unveiled a suite of seven sustainable core exchange-traded funds. ... moment for sustainable investing,” says Brian Deese, head of sustainable ...

How to Use Donor-Advised Funds to Make Impact Investments
Stanford Social Innovation Review
There's a vast missed opportunity to use DAFs for making impact investments in support of market-based solutions to the UN Sustainable ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

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Sustainability Investing:

Why I don't believe in the SDGs (and how impact investing is changing my mind)
Eco-Business
I've never been overly convinced of the value of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Where the previous iteration, the ...

The two tools you need to measure impact investing properly
Citywire Selector
The task of measuring the true impact of responsible investing could be markedly improved by putting 'engagement' and 'intentionality' into core ...

Impact Investing Firm Aavishkaar Wins Sustainability and Operational Excellence Challenge
THE WEEK
(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same ...

Philanthropic Investing:

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Green Bond Funds:

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Low Carbon Funds:

Carbon Fund Lists On NZX In New Zealand First
Exchange News Direct
In a New Zealand first, NZX welcomes the inaugural Carbon Fund (CO2) to be listed on the Main Board today by Salt Funds Management. The Carbon ...

Ottawa blames Manitoba for holdup, confusion over $67M in carbon retrofit funds
Winnipeg Free Press
McKenna also suggested Manitoba hasn't gotten its share of the Low Carbon Economy Fund because the province hadn't send its list of proposed ...