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Sector Based Decarbonization

Costa Rica Presents Its Decarbonization Plan
The Costa Rica Star
The plan is based in four areas: Transportation and Sustainable Mobility; Energy, Sustainable Construction and Industry; Comprehensive Residue ... 

Sustainable Investing

Most managers see sustainable investing as essential to thrive — survey
Pensions & Investments
Most U.S. money managers view sustainable investing as a strategic business imperative and have adopted such investment practices, said results of ...

JP Morgan Asset Management adds global head of sustainable investing
Pensions & Investments
Ms. Wu is based in London and leads J.P. Morgan's sustainable investing leadership team focused on sharing best practices for sustainable investing ...

Sustainable Investing Segues From Niche to Mainstream
ThinkAdvisor
Nine of out of 10 asset managers agreed that sustainable investing was no longer a fad, and nearly two-thirds said they expected it to continue to grow ... 

Global Reporting Initiative:

Clean Energy Sustainability Goals Outline Road to 100% Renewable, Zero-Carbon Fuel 20 Years ...
Clearfield Progress
The Corporate Sustainability Report was prepared according to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the most widely recognized framework for ...  
   
CHEP Europe maintains top corporate social responsibility rating for fourth year in a row
SHD Logistics
EcoVadis' methodology is built on international Corporate Social Responsibility standards including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations ...  
   
Beko awards its MENA media to OMD
ZAWYA
The Gunn Report for Media has rated it as the 'Most Creative Media ... its GRI G4 Content Index has been confirmed by the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

IPP tariff 'renegotiations' will threaten green energy investments
Smart Energy (press release)
The recent stance by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to 'renegotiate' contracts with companies that won the first two rounds of renewable ... 
   
The green new deal that the market loves
Axios
Why it matters: That's got market analysts at UBS betting on renewable energy. They expect cumulative investment in renewable energy will exceed ...
   
Etsy Will Spend Less Than $1 Million Annually to Offset Its Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Fortune
Etsy is planning to invest in three renewable energy projects that the company hopes can offset its shipping-related carbon dioxide emissions.

CDP Sustainability:

Macerich: Only US Retail Real Estate Company On Prestigious CDP Climate 'A' List, Among Top 2 ...
PRNewswire (press release)
In all, just 29 U.S. companies made the CDP Climate A List. ... Not only is sustainability important to the future of the planet, but our properties are ...   
   
EDF Unveils Crowdsourced Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Brands
EDF Unveils Crowdsourced Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Supply ... CDP, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, The Sustainability Consortium, ...
   
CDP: Consumer goods giants prioritising plastic alternatives over low-carbon innovation
edie.net
CDP has claimed that companies like Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble ... prioritising any one sustainability issue over another places them at risk of ...  

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California Republicans hope their next leader can make them relevant again
San Francisco Chronicle
They don't think the party needs a new approach to immigration or climate change, issues where polls say the GOP is out of step with California voters.
   
Dianne Feinstein's climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated
CNN
Apocalypse, another youth climate-change advocacy group based in the San ... The California Democrat argues that the policy is unworkable and says she ... your leadership is so beautifully, beautifully possible," the senator replies, ...
      
Californians drive energy and environment debate
E&E News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, both of ... Raul Ruiz of Palm Desert on Environment and Climate Change.

Impact Investing:

Impact investing: a new way to fund cures for cancer
STAT
Impact investors can choose from an array of sectors and causes. Yet the Global Impact Investing Network reports that just 5 percent of impact ...

Oscars Are A Celebration Of Social Entrepreneurship And Impact Investing
Forbes
The Academy Awards are and always have been awarded to social entrepreneurs and impact investors. We haven't always had those terms available ...

Impact Investing and Racial Equity: Foundations Leading the Way
Stanford Social Innovation Review
It has been inspiring to be part of the rapidly growing impact investing movement over the last several years, as foundations and their partners have ...

Energy Storage:

Utility, partner roll out home energy storage incentives
vtdigger.org
The home energy storage pilot program is the latest effort by Green Mountain Power to draw on stored energy to reduce peak demand, which is when ...

CellCube Partnership With Immersa Paves the Way For 80MWH Energy Storage Deployment
PRNewswire (press release)
CellCube and Immersa formed a strategic partnership to deliver renewable technology solutions to the grid using energy storage systems (see press ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Investa lays claim to first Science Based Target in Australian real estate
The Fifth Estate
Science Based Targets, devised by the CDP, the UN Global Compact, the World ... Tenant emissions – which have long posed a challenge for most office ... enabling our tenants to join us in transitioning to a low carbon economy and ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The Climate Science Behind The Green New Deal - A Layperson's Explanation
Forbes
It means there is an actual conversation about climate change and its .... There are perceived "winners" and "losers" in a move from the status quo ...

Here's Trump's EPA Pick, Talking Climate Change. And Yes, We Fact-Checked Him
KQED
It's not the job of the EPA -- the authority of the EPA -- to pick winners and losers between the different fuel sources. That would be either Department of ...

Doug Ford's Ontario: Who's winning, and what it means for the province's future
The Conversation CA
The list of losers under the Ford regime is now expanding beyond the energy and climate change themes that were the early targets of his government ... 

Socially Responsible Investing:

Why Impact Investing's Time Has Come
ETF.com
[This article appears in our March 2019 issue of ETF Report.] Environmental, socially responsible and governmental (ESG) investing has evolved over ...

Tortoise Becomes Signatory to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment
Associated Press (press release)
“Tortoise recognizes the importance of responsible investment,” said ... competitive returns for our clients seeking socially responsible investments.”.

Nurturing Korea's embryonic socially responsible investing market
The Asset ESG
This in turn will contribute to developing a domestic socially responsible investing (SRI) market by attracting more SRI investments within Korea.

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

Investing With Impact: How To Make Your Money Work For You And For Society
Forbes
Impact investing has become more than just a passing trend, with millennials being the most interested in investment opportunities that align with their ...

1 Fund Avoided the Kraft Heinz Stock Bloodbath and It's Because of ESG Investing
Barron's
But one fund manager steered clear of this week's Kraft Heinz bloodbath: ... investing philosophy that looks at, and is short for, environmental, social, ...

As Sustainable Investing Goes Mainstream, More May Turn to Socially Responsible ETFs
ETF Trends
As Sustainable Investing Goes Mainstream, More May Turn to Socially ... exchange traded funds that track categories like environmental, social and ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon capture could be key to decarbonizing US fossil fuels
Axios
Approximately 49 million tons of CO2 could be cut via carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) in the power sector — equivalent to removing 7 ...

Companies look to build carbon capture project at Dave Johnston Power Plant
Gillette News Record
The FUTURE Act (the acronym is a bit of a stretch, it stands for Furthering carbon capture Utilization, Technology, Underground storage and Reduced ...

Thursday University Delves into Low-Carbon Future for Campbell County
County 17
On the plus side, Wyoming currently leads the pack when it comes to carbon capture storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilization and storage ...

Sustainability Investing:

Survey Finds Sustainable Investing a Business Imperative among Asset Managers
Environmental Leader
Three-quarters of US asset managers say their firms now offer sustainable investing strategies, up from 65% in 2016, according to new survey results ...

Philanthropic Investing:

Bridgespan Group Releases Wide Ranging Analysis on Big Bet Philanthropy in Stanford Social ...
GlobeNewswire (press release)
It guides them to identify ways to position themselves to better attract and effectively deploy large philanthropic investments, ultimately creating more ...

SDGs blurring the boundary between philanthropy and impact investing
The Asset
Philanthropy by common consent means making donations to promote the welfare of others without expecting any profits in return. Impact investing ...

Group investing $300M in local news
The Columbian
NEW YORK — The Knight Foundation says it will invest $300 million in local journalism over the next five years, seeding several programs designed ...

Green Bond Funds:

The green bond market looks east
Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance: Nomura has a long history of involvement in the green bond and wider sustainable investing market. Can you explain how the ...

New report: 2018 Canadian green bond issuance reached $5.5bn, as Canada hits major ...
GlobeNewswire (press release)
New report: 2018 Canadian green bond issuance reached $5.5bn, as Canada hits major sustainable finance milestones, issues first ever green bond ...

Access Bank Plc is raising first ever corporate Green Bond in Africa worth $41.4 million
Pulse Nigeria
The funding of commitment will begin on Friday, March 1, 2019, according to a ... Green bonds or climate bonds are designated bonds intended to ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Scott Morrison flags more funds for renewables and low emission energy sources
The Australian
Scott Morrison has flagged more government funds for renewables and low emission energy sources — including investments in Snowy 2.0, electric ...

Innovation Fund Delegated Regulation - Frequently Asked Questions
EU News
The Fund will support the demonstration of low-carbon technologies and processes in energy intensive industries (including products substituting ...
   
Opinion: Take these 3 steps to climate-proof your investments
MarketWatch
Consider a low-carbon mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Morningstar introduced a “Low Carbon Designation” in 2017, and estimated in ...

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