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Sustainable Investing: 

Tech Takes Sustainable Investing Mainstream
Seeking Alpha
With better technology comes advances in nearly all areas of life and investing. One you may not have thought of? Sustainable investing. Brian Deese ...

The Risks and Poor Returns from Sustainable Investing (Guest: Martin Hutchinson)
The Heartland Institute
Former investment banker, Martin Hutchinson's Heartland Institute report, “Fallacies of So-Called 'Sustainable' Investments,” highlights portfolio ...

Sustainable Investing Will Be Focus Of 2019
Markets Media (press release) (blog)
Marie Dzanis, head of Northern Trust Asset Management for Europe, Middle East, Africa said this year will bring a focus on sustainable investing, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Are we any different?
manilastandard.net
In principle, submission of sustainability reports is voluntary. Most adopt the popular Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. Using this template ...

Del Monte Invests in Technology to Reduce the Gap between Farm & Table
Environmental Leader
The company aligned its report with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, Del Monte says. The report covers fiscal year 2018 for its entire ...

How Guess is weaving sustainability into the fabric of fashion
EuropeanCEO
We report against the Global Reporting Initiative standards and have our data reviewed by a third-party auditor. It is important that the information and ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

A Look at Chevron's Dip Into Clean Energy Investing
Greentech Media
While no major has made investments in clean energy that come close to rivaling the money it spends on oil and gas, companies like Equinor, Total ...

INTERVIEW - Market-parity renewable energy investments gain momentum in Italy
Renewables Now
A: The appetite of renewable energy investors on market parity in Southern Europe and arriving into Italy is very strong at the moment, supported by ...

Investec, UK Climate Investments commit R1bn for renewable energy in Africa
CNBCAfrica.com
One billion rand has been committed towards Africa's renewable energy. Investec Bank and UK Climate Investments are equally putting this billion ...

CDP Sustainability:

L'Oréal, Firmenich Top CDP's A-Lists for Climate, Water, Deforestation
Sustainable Brands
Designed to harness the competitive spirit of business to raise ambition and spur action on corporate sustainability, CDP's annual rankings score the ...

UPM gains valuable sustainability recognitions by Corporate Knights and CDP
GlobeNewswire (press release)
(UPM, Helsinki, 22 January 2019 at 11:00 EET) - UPM has today been ranked on the 23rd place in the list of 100 most sustainable corporations by the ...

General Mills Recognized As Global Leader In Corporate Sustainability
VendingMarketWatch
... General Mills announced it has been recognized as a global leader in corporate sustainability by environmental impact non-profit CDP (formerly the ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

Misaligned Hiring Priorities Risk Taking The Impact Out Of Impact Investing
Forbes
Venture capital funds specifically directed towards 'impact investment' - that is, investing in ventures with tangible social good at their core - are ...

U2's Bono throws star power behind impact investing
Financial Planning
What do classic rock and investing have in common? In the case of Bono, the lead singer of 80s rock juggernaut U2, they both depend on ...

Private equity giant TPG is launching a new company that measures the social impact of a $228 ...
Business Insider
Impact investing, one of Wall Street's hottest strategies in private equity, purports to make money while improving the world. But while financial returns ...

Energy Storage:

Costs are falling for renewable energy stored in batteries
Marketplace.org
One of the major challenges of using renewable energy sources like wind or solar is that there's overproduction when the sun is shining and the wind ...

Energy storage in multifunctional carbon fiber composites
CompositesWorld (blog)
A need for lightweight energy storage technology is fueling the development of carbon fiber composite materials for car batteries and other electronics.

Sodium ion battery research could power up renewable energy storage
UAH News (press release)
Longer life and increased capacity for a new technology battery that could be the workhorse of a renewable energy grid are the goals of a study of the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Hershey Aims to Cut the Carbon Footprint of its Chocolate with New Science-Based Target ...
Triple Pundit (blog)
A lot of companies are joining the Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi). ... Scope 3 emissions often account for the majority of a company's GHG ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

There Were No Real Winners Of The Shutdown, Only Losers And That Includes Everyone
Forbes
There Were No Real Winners Of The Shutdown, Only Losers And That ... to say nothing of, during global climate change, the reality of burning more ...

Some Fish Win, Others Lose As Gulf Warms
WWNO
So there's likely going to be winners and losers in this scenario with climate change. Unfortunately, many of the commercial species like shrimp don't ...

US-China trade flap has more losers vs. winners: Bill Gates
Fox Business
US-China trade flap has more losers vs. winners: Bill Gates ... whether it's fight climate change, grow the economy, drive innovation, those are positive ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

All about growing wealth while being socially responsible—a guide on ESG funds
Moneycontrol.com
This led to the origination of the Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) that further came to be known as ESG investing since the platform was based ...

Fund Family Puts ESG Investing At Investors' Fingertips
Financial Advisor Magazine
Newday Funds is targeting millennials with a new mobile app featuring socially responsible portfolios designed to allow younger investors to align ...

Investing With A Conscience Or The Problem With Socially Responsible ETF's
Seeking Alpha
Three ETF's within the 'social' and 'ethical' ETF space are analyzed for applicability of investment. Holdings are reviewed to ensure compatibility with ...

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

UW's Saturday University Focuses on Carbon Capture Research in Northern Wyoming
University of Wyoming News
UW scientists are researching carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology to discover ways to address the issue. UW leads research ...

Global Carbon Capture and Storage Market 2018 : Regional Industry Segmentation and Analysis ...
TOP Tribune
The Carbon Capture and Storage market report provides an in-depth ... of large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere (from fossil fuel use in power ...

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Market 2018 Rising Status of Regions Like North America ...
Daily Updates (press release)
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) market report (Request Sample Copy) focuses on market trends, leading players, supply chain trends, ...    

Sustainability Investing:

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Philanthropic Investing:

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Green Bond Funds:

Climate Investment Funds to issue $500 mln green bond this year or next
CNBC
RABAT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) plans to raise $500 million this year or next by issuing a green bond to finance ...

Investors are pouring billions into bonds that aim to do good. That may not be for the best
CNBC
Green bonds are debt instruments designed to raise funds for projects and ... green bonds as the best solution to sustainable finance going forward.

CPPIB poised to be first global pension fund to issue euro green bond
Financial Post
CPPIB was the first global pension fund to issue a green bond last summer. That 10-year $1.5 billion bond offering was also the largest single ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Rotterdam port launches low carbon fuels incentive scheme
Seatrade Maritime News
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched an Incentive Scheme Climate-Friendly Shipping with a pot of EUR5m ($5.7m) to promote projects and ...

Another Swedish Pension Fund Makes Huge ESG-Focused Divestment
Chief Investment Officer
Another Swedish Pension Fund Makes Huge ESG-Focused Divestment ... harder to achieve the low-carbon climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

Investa Commercial Property Fund closes $170m green loan, first for Australia
EcoGeneration
To align with its green debt framework and maximise impacts, the fund tagged its entire portfolio against the CBI Low Carbon Building Criteria carbon ...