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Sector Based Decarbonization

Eurogas: Gas is efficient low-cost solution for quick decarbonization in all areas
AzerNews
Gas is an efficient low-cost solution for quick decarbonization in all areas, said Eurogas commenting on European Commission's strategic long-term ...

Sustainable Investing

The Feds' 2000-Page Prod for Sustainable Investing
Barron's
A nearly 2,000-page climate-change report issued by federal agencies predicts that, unless greenhouse-gas emissions are significantly reduced, we ...

Blake Pontius Named Director of Sustainable Investing for William Blair Investment Management
Business Wire (press release)
As Director of Sustainable Investing, Blake will provide leadership in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and direct the firmwide ...

Impact investing: doing well by doing good
MoneyWeek
Goals affect all aspects of our daily lives, adding serious momentum to the strategy of impact investing, where the aim is to have a measurable ... 

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI updates occupational health and safety reporting standard
Safety+Health magazine
Amsterdam — The Global Reporting Initiative has updated its occupational health and safety reporting standard, GRI 403, in an effort to address ...

Sustainable finance: Danske Bank 'shows need for bigger accounting picture'
Financial Times
At the end of the 20th century, the Global Reporting Initiative was founded, and many companies deliver sustainability reports based on the GRI ...

Environmental, Social, Governance - Volvo Cars Use Case
Forbes
As part of their Annual Report, Volvo Cars presents a Sustainability ... the international reporting guidelines from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Renewable Energy Investments:

How to Invest in Solar Energy Stocks
Motley Fool
Solar power is set to play a massive role in delivering clean energy to billions of people around the world, and savvy investors should be able to profit ...

Orsted to invest $30 billion in green energy by 2025
Business Insider
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Orsted will invest $30 billion in green energy up to 2025, it said on Wednesday, as it seeks to become one of a ...

Private players plug in to the green energy revolution
Financial Times
More than $2.3tn of annual investment in the energy sector is needed to meet the “sustainable development” conditions that will help avoid ... 

CDP Sustainability:

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Roundtable: California And Climate Change
KPBS
Confronting climate change will require local communities to find solutions for affordable housing, ... California's leadership on climate change.

California Gov. Jerry Brown Was a Climate Leader, but His Vision Had a Fatal Flaw
The Intercept
But as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report makes clear, California's best may not be good enough. That document, which ...

Trump's Right About California's Fires: It Wasn't Climate Change; Two New California Laws Prove It
Forbes
Trump's Right About California's Fires: It Wasn't Climate Change; Two New .... The fire chief might have added that the opposite is true as well—fire ...

Impact Investing:

Why Venture Capital Is The Original Impact Investing
Forbes
With its focus on 'doing good', 'Impact investing' is currently one of the hottest areas amongst the broader investment community. But as I'll elaborate ...

Impact Investing and Human Rights: Can We Talk?
Forbes
Impact investors are good talkers. We talk about economic empowerment, sustainability, “doing well by doing good,” and in general the idea that our ...

Impact investing can be next growth and job engine for India: Amit Bhatia, Global Steering Group
Economic Times
Impact investment can solve problems that governments and philanthropy cannot. In a country like India, the government can make use of impact ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

'Value Change' Program to Help Companies Handle Tricky Scope 3 Emissions
Sustainable Brands
... Gold Standard — along with the Science Based Targets initiative partners, ... more robust data on which to base targets and performance tracking. ... Beyond sequestering carbon for climate mitigation, these interventions help ...

BOSSES MUST DO MORE TO CUT CARBON AND REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE, SAY WORKERS
FM World
The energy performance and carbon management firm's study, The Carbon ... Science-based targets demonstrate a company's commitment to a ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Time To Take The Blinders Off, Climate Change Is A Clear Threat To The Bottom Line
Forbes
Leaders and laggards, winners and losers, will all be defined by how they respond to climate change. The leaders will surface based on their ability to ...

For insect impersonators, timing is everything
Anthropoce
Climate change brings earlier springtimes that can knock organisms out of sync with their environment and other species they depend on. ... When it comes to mimicry, climate change isn't a story of simple winners and losers.

COP24 climate change conference 'must succeed', UN Chief tells G20
The Eagle Online
COP24 climate change conference 'must succeed', UN Chief tells G20 ... because globalisation has divided the world into winners and losers.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Women rule: key drivers of socially responsible investment
Financial Times
FT asset management correspondent Owen Walker and FT wealth correspondent Alice Ross join Helen Watson of Rothschild & Co, and Marisa Drew, ...

New app targets socially responsible investors
Citywire Financial Publishers
Tom McGillycuddy was frustrated that there was no convenient way to invest his money and have a positive impact, which is what led him to set up ...

Education 'main barrier' to engaging in responsible investing
International Adviser
A lack of education is the biggest issue preventing greater engagement in socially responsible investment (SRI) among millennials, a survey by First ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

An Underutilized Approach for Combating Climate Change
Forbes
But mostly I will focus on potential methods for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, or for ... Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

UK 'summit' aims to kick-start carbon capture projects
S&P Global Platts
London — The UK government aims to get the country's first carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project up and running by the mid-2020s, ...

The Progress of A Commercial Carbon Capture Technology
Wyoming Public Media
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has been a source of hope ... U.S. Senator John Barrasso is also moving forward with the USE IT act ...

Sustainability Investing:

The Independent Investor: Sustainability Investing and Millennials
iBerkshires.com (blog)
The demand for sustainability investments is growing. Companies that offer measurable social and environmental impacts that address issues like ...

Philanthropic Investing:

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Green Bond Funds:

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Low Carbon Funds:

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