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Sustainable Investing

7 Sustainable Investing Strategies You Should Know
Barron's
My conversations with CEOs, Chief Investment Officers, senior portfolio managers, and others confirmed how mainstream sustainable investing has ...

Impact Investing, Just A Trend Or The Best Strategy To Help Save Our World?
Forbes
Impact investing is growing with some significant investors getting involved and setting up their own impact investment funds, and yet the sector is still ...

Fallacies of So-Called 'Sustainable' Investments
The Heartland Institute
This paper shows that fiduciaries have a moral obligation—and, in some cases, a legal obligation—to avoid sustainable investment practices. 

Global Reporting Initiative:

Baku Higher Oil School developed Sustainable Development Report
Trend News Agency
It should be noted that the report was developed in line with standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its content was verified and ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

BP: Investing For A Clean Energy Future
Seeking Alpha
BP recently announced a favorable FID on their Tortue Ahmeyim project in West Africa. In this article we look at some details of this project, and how it ...

3 Top Renewable Energy Stocks to Watch in December
Motley Fool
With renewable energy growing at staggering rates, we asked three Motley Fool contributors to highlight a stock they think investors should have on ...

2018 Was Key To Australian Clean Energy Industry, 2019 Has To Continue That Growth
CleanTechnica
“Only Labor will deliver our ambitious renewable energy targets, creating new jobs and investment for the future, and driving down power prices for ...

CDP Sustainability:

Report Report: Diversity, Disclosure, CDP and the SDGs
GreenBiz
The Report Report is a monthly wrap-up of recent research on sustainable business and clean technology, produced by Corporate Eco Forum, ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

From the 1970s to today, Jerry Brown defined modern California. What his legacy means depends ...
CNBC
He also urged high-tech executives to get involved in politics as Silicon ... Then, Brown spent his last few years in office focusing on climate change, ...

California should step up as US retreats from world stage
Sacramento Bee
The Trump administration's lack of leadership in the international ... UNESCO has more than 30 distinct programs addressing climate change.

FF Union Wants Chief to Head CAL FIRE
Firehouse.com (press release) (blog)
The union that represents California state firefighters is leaning on Gov. ... and planning for the potential environmental impacts of climate change.

Impact Investing:

Geeta Goel Shares Changing Aspects of Impact Investing
Entrepreneur
Geeta Goel has been heading the impact arm of Michael and Susan Dell Foundation from almost a decade in India. From investing in microfinance ...

The Year In Impact Enterprise and Investing
Forbes
As the year draws to a close, let's pause to consider what took place in the world of social enterprise and impact investing. Here are five noteworthy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

2018 Year In Review: Divestment from fossil fuels tops $8 TRILLION
Red, Green, and Blue
... carbon budgets for the 21st century in order to reduce CO2 emissions. ... this transition point to investments that meet science-based targets (SBTs) and ... For example, investment in coal storage, meant to improve the condition of ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Two decades of wasted time on climate change
The Sydney Morning Herald
It was in his time that we began our long failure to address climate change, achieve ... Nor even a winning tennis backhand. ... Kind of says it all; clumsy language, blokey, aggressive, all about winners and losers, very Trumpian.

Green New Deal Part 1: Disparate Viewpoints Over Impact on Oil & Gas Industry
Natural Gas Intelligence
... lead the federal government into adopting a national energy policy that "picks winners and losers." Point: 'Shining a Light' On Climate Change.

What we know about climate change in 2018
Yahoo Entertainment
America's own government report stated that climate change could cost the .... 2018's biggest box-office winners and losers, from 'Black Panther' to ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

How do-good DIY investors can bring ESG into their stock portfolios
MarketWatch
There's no magic that goes into socially responsible investing. The secret sauce isn't really a secret: You just figure out what criteria matter most to you ...    

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Viewpoint: New year critical for coal sector innovation
Argus Media
While Congress failed to pass most legislation aimed at supporting carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and other advanced coal ...

Sustainability Investing:

How Trump's Climate Change Stance Has Triggered Surprising Growth in Certain Investments
Financial Advisor IQ
Have Donald Trump's election and his policies denying climate change counterintuitively boosted socially responsible investment? A rash of recent ...

Philanthropic Investing:

TransPerfect Makes Philanthropic Investment in Girls Who Code's Mission to Close the Gender ...
PRNewswire (press release)
NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language services and technology, today announced it has ...

Green Bond Funds:

Tata Cleantech Capital raises Rs 180 crore via maiden green bond
Economic Times
"The green bond market plays a key role in funding projects that contribute to environmental sustainability. Our maiden green bond issue will finance ...

IREDA scraps proposed green bond sale amid tepid response
Financial Express
IREDA scraps proposed green bond sale amid tepid response ... Mutual Funds bought papers maturing in 2020 and 2021 segment for their fixed ...

Namibian bank first to issue green bond in Southern Africa
The Southern Times
Windhoek – Namibia's Bank Windhoek has announced its issuance of the first green bond in the Southern African market as it seeks to fund clean ...

Low Carbon Funds:

NYS's $10B Common Retirement Fund's Sustainable Investment Program
Commercial Property Executive
$4 billion for the low emissions index, which eliminates or reduces the Fund's public equity investments in companies with high emissions of ...

Citadel Advisors LLC Invests $1.87 Million in iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF ...
Fairfield Current
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also ... iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF has a 52 week low of $98.60 and ...

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