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Sector Based Decarbonization

Oregon Clean Energy Jobs Bill: An Economic Engine And A Decarbonization Catalyst
Forbes
The state's economy depends on industries like agriculture, forestry, fishing, and outdoor recreation; more than 40% of its total electricity supply comes ...

Sustainable Investing

The State of Socially Responsible Investing
Harvard Business Review
In 2007, the European Investment Bank issued its first green bond, a EUR 600 million equity index-linked security, whose proceeds were used to fund ...

How to Evaluate Socially Responsible Investing

U.S. News & World Report
Finding socially responsible investments is easier than ever before, but questions still remain around just what impact these investments are actually ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

The future of business? Purpose, not just profit
World Economic Forum (blog)
For Polman, the incentive is clear: businesses cannot thrive in a world in ... by the GRI (The Global Reporting Initiative, established in October 2016).

Del Monte Foods Releases 2018 Sustainability Report
Manufacturing.net
The Del Monte Foods 2018 Sustainability Report reflects the company's ... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Standards were ...

Uzbekistan edging toward gold producer privatisations
bne IntelliNews
Uzbekistan is the world's seventh largest gold producer. ... Finally, the enterprises will rely on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards to publish ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Google expands renewable energy investments into Taiwan
ZDNet
Gary Demasi, Google's Senior Director of Data Center Energy and Location Strategy, gives President Tsai Ing-Wen a tour of our Taiwan data center.

In Minneapolis, low-income neighborhoods see influx of clean energy investment
Energy News Network
The city's “green zones” program aims to encourage solar and energy ... an early result of a new program to target investment in those areas without ...

Investec, UK Climate Investments kickstart renewable energy vehicle with R1bn
Creamer Media's Engineering News
Investec Bank and UK Climate Investments have committed a combined R1-billion to a dedicated renewable energy investment vehicle Revego Africa ... 

CDP Sustainability:

Reducing Transport Emissions in Electronics Supply Chains, the 'SmartWay'
Sustainable Brands
Electronics manufacturers are asking for more sustainability data from ... assessment of global emissions for CDP and other sustainability reports.

CDP, Fincantieri and Snam Partner on Ports Innovation
The Maritime Executive
Cassa depositi e prestiti (CDP), Fincantieri and Snam have signed a ... for the development of sustainable technologies applied to maritime transport, ...

CDP, Fincantieri and Snam to jointly innovate port facilities in Italy
Your Shipbuilding News (press release)
Cassa depositi e prestiti (CDP), Fincantieri and Snam have signed a ... Fincantieri CEO, Giuseppe Bono, declared: “Environmental sustainability is fast ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

PG&E bankruptcy: California's tough choices for nation's biggest utility
CBS News
PG&E bankruptcy: California's tough choices for nation's biggest utility ... they're owed and rethink California's energy picture in the face of climate change. ... Newsom and legislative leaders carefully avoided laying out potential ...

Climate change is taking our cities away
Curbed
California's deadliest, most destructive fire in history leveled a city of 26,000 residents within a matter of hours. “Completely destroyed,” read the ...

PG&E to file for bankruptcy following devastating California wildfires
Washington Post
... the effects of climate change, Ralph Cavanagh, a California-based energy ... “In our opinion, [PG&E] has significant organizational and leadership ...

Impact Investing:

The Economist to Host Third Annual Impact Investing Conference in New York
Business Wire (press release)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Now that impact investing has moved from the fringes of the investment world to the focus of many strategies, the ...

How Impact Investing Can Amplify Philanthropic Efforts
Financial Advisor Magazine
Impact investing, which seeks to generate social and/or environmental benefits while delivering a financial return, is expanding as a promising tool for ...


F1 Champion Rosberg on Impact Investing
Bloomberg
Nico Rosberg, an investor in green technologies and the 2016 Formula One world champion, speaks to Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders at The Year ...

Energy Storage:

What Changed In The Solar & Energy Storage Industries In 2018?
CleanTechnica
Scrolling back through our What Changed archives, below is a lengthy rundown of notable changes within the solar energy and energy storage ...

Texas regulators defer to legislature on utility ownership of energy storage
Utility Dive
The market for energy storage in Texas is in limbo, in part because key issues regarding utility ownership of energy storage have yet to be resolved.

New UK Energy Storage Idea Is As Dumb As A Box Of Rocks
CleanTechnica
The renewable energy revolution will depend on many kinds of energy storage. Some will be short term — store electricity from solar panels during the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Indian companies take bold emission reduction targets: CDP report
Business Standard
In India, 25 companies committed to science-based targets in alignment ... for total reported emissions of 299.7 MtCO2e or metric tonnes of carbon ...

Stora Enso Rated a Global Leader for Climate Action by CDP
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Stora Enso Rated a Global Leader for Climate Action by CDP ... science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout our ... the quality of greenhouse gas management and carbon performance by the Transition ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The climate change winners and losers in Antarctica's animal kingdom
CNN
(CNN) Climate change creates many "losers" on this planet, but there could be a few "winners" in the animal kingdom, too, according to a new study in ...

Inside the Botanic Garden's Fort Knox of Pressed Plants
Santa Barbara Independent
Under a new climate regime, there will inevitably be winners and losers, ... and habitats is too niche in the context of climate change,” said Knapp.

Rob Black's Winners & Losers: Weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
KRON4
Crazy weather and the housing industry: The mortgage industry isn't ready for a foreclosure crisis created by climate change. The threat to real estate ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially conscious investing has quadrupled in the past decade
Quartz
Investors like their money to make money. But increasingly, according to a new report from the Harvard Business Review, they expect it to do good, too ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

How to Do Sustainable Investing Right, According to a Pension Fund Manager
Barron's
Michael Sabia has one of the most enviable jobs in investing. The chief executive officer of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, or CDPQ, helps ...

Sustainable Investing ETFs Cut Costs
Morningstar
As fees continue to tumble, there has never been a better time to put your money where your mouth is and invest responsibly with exchange-traded ...

BlackRock plans environmentally conscious money market fund -filing
CNBC
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc is planning a new fund for ... social and environmental shortcomings of companies held by his funds.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Colorado power companies bet big on net-zero emissions as state debates 100% renewable ...
The Colorado Sun
“But we should not dismiss this technology—in fact, carbon capture utilization and storage is going to be critical to the global clean-energy transitions.”.

Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Market 2019 Precise Outlook – Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy ...Bitcoin Journal
This market report categorizes the global and regional Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) market segment by region, type, and applications. Carbon ...

Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Market Competitive Analysis and Forecasts till 2025
Bitcoin Journal
A market study on the”Global Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) ... price, capacity, capacity utilization rate, gross, production, production rate, ...

Sustainability Investing:

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Philanthropic Investing:

Investing Prophet Jeremy Grantham Takes Aim at Climate Change
Bloomberg
A small, nondescript room in GMO's main offices on Boston Harbor serves as headquarters for all the Granthams' philanthropic and investing work.

SMIF funding help out local businesses
KIMT 3
... regional development and philanthropic organiztion "southern minnesota initiative foundation" invested over 1 million dollars in southern minnesota ...

Green Bond Funds:

Lyxor Lists Green Bond ETF On Nasdaq Stockholm
Exchange News Direct
Stockholm, January 15, 2018 – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) Stockholm today announced the listing of the Lyxor Green Bond ETF, a UCITS fund issued ...

Glasgow council gives initial OK to bond funding for rec improvements
Bowling Green Daily News
GLASGOW – After considerable debate, the Glasgow City Council moved closer Monday to funding a new aquatic center and general upgrades to the ...

Nigeria raised N1.16trn from NSE to finance projects – Onyema
Daily Sun
Nigeria raised N1.16trn from NSE to finance projects – Onyema ... in Lagos, said the funds were raised through various bonds including Green Bond, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Westpac targets tech, low carbon start-up debt funding in emerging industry push
The Australian Financial Review
Westpac will increase its backing of the emerging start-up sector through a Silicon Valley-style approach to debt financing, which has so far been ...

Govt part-funds low-emissions transport projects
Newsroom
The government is helping to fund another 31 new low-emissions transport projects to the tune of $11 million, taking total funding dished out by its Low ...

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