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Sector Based Decarbonization:
Eni, CNR create R&D partnership for energy sector decarbonizationWorldOil
At the operational and research centers, lab researchers will work in four key areas, all crucial to the decarbonization of the energy sector, sustainable ...
Deep decarbonization of industry is possible with innovations
Chemie.de (press release)
Deep decarbonization of industry is possible with innovations ... however, the rising CO2 price will make today's standard technologies that are based ...
Top challenges in the gas sector on the agenda of Romanian International Gas Conference
Energy Industry Review (press release)
However, decarbonization strategies based on gas are less costly than those based on electrification. “Romania has a balanced energy mix, which ...
Sustainable Investing:
UBS Reports Progress in Sustainable Investing and PhilanthropyBarron's
UBS Group made significant progress in 2018 toward meeting its targets in sustainable investing, and in the field of philanthropy, the Swiss-based ...
UBS Tightens Coal Financing Standards & Strengthens Sustainable Investments
CleanTechnica
Specifically, as of the end of 2018, the bank's total sustainable investment (SI) assets represented $1,110 billion and core SI assets amounted to $313 ...
Green investing in marine activities is 'pretty exciting': Credit Suisse
CNBC
Green investing in marine-related activities such as sustainable fishing and ocean-based tourism is a "pretty exciting" opportunity, according to one ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
30 years later, investors still lead the way on sustainabilityForbes
Ceres then co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), setting the standard for corporate sustainability reporting, now a mainstream practice ...
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Just a Potemkin Village?
ThinkAdvisor
The Global Reporting Initiative, an international standards organization that has developed one of the most comprehensive frameworks for CSR and ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
EverSource Capital to invest $1 billion in India's renewable energy sectorLivemint
Mumbai: EverSource Capital, the joint venture between private equity firm Everstone Capital and global solar project developer Lightsource BP, ...
Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here
Environmental Working Group
“We must increase renewable energy investments, expand efficiency standards and create a level playing field,” said Cook. “Instead, Republican ...
GE Sells 650MW of Renewable Energy Assets to Enel, Despite Plans to Grow Renewables Arm
Greentech Media (blog)
GE Sells 650MW of Renewable Energy Assets to Enel, Despite Plans to ... and GE Capital's Energy Financial Services, GE's energy investing arm.
CDP Sustainability:
The GCEOA and CDP Bring Climate Disclosure to the UAEPRNewswire (press release)
The GCEOA and CDP will work with UAE policymakers and multi-lateral agencies to expand sustainability disclosure, support regional climate change ...
Concrete steps: Inside the building pressure to make climate-friendly cement
GreenBiz
CDP notes, "A majority of the sector's emissions are inherent to its ... cement production, announced the industry's first Sustainability Guidelines in ...
ASE Technology Holding Takes a Spot on CDP Climate A List 2018
Business Wire (press release)
ASE Technology Holding Takes a Spot on CDP Climate A List 2018 ... To effectively implement and fulfill corporate sustainability, ASE established a ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Why Housing Policy Is Climate PolicyNew York Times
California has long been seen as a leader on climate change. The state's history of aggressive action to reduce air pollution, accelerate the use of ...
Energy regulation, climate change policy, is impacting local firms, LA County business leaders say
LA Daily News
Energy experts and business leaders gathered at OUE Skyspace above downtown Los Angeles Thursday to discuss the impact of California energy ...
Report: Climate change could make insurance too expensive for most people
Grist
Insurers have warned that climate change could make coverage for ... Ernst Rauch, Munich Re's chief climatologist, told the Guardian that the costs could ... The lion's share of California's 20 worst forest blazes since the 1930s have ...
Impact Investing:
Why impact investing is 'attractive' in volatile timesCNBC
Marisa Drew of Credit Suisse says there is an "enormous" amount of investment going into green technology, and there are compelling opportunities ...
The Rise Fund – and impact investing – tries to move beyond scandal
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha, March 21 — Managers of TPG Growth's $2 billion impact fund fanned out to touch base with limited partners, prospects and influencers ...
Private Equity and Impact Investing: Rethinking Exit Opportunities
Law.com
One of the principal challenges is that the modest size and liquidity of the sectors in which impact investors work increase the risk of a longer hold ...
Energy Storage:
New England Grid Operator Puzzles in Microgrids and Energy Storage: Regional OutlookMicrogrid Knowledge
While battery storage may be a challenge, it is also an opportunity: In the past, New England has benefited from two pumped-hydro facilities that have ...
Con Edison pilots new approach to increasing battery storage on its grid
Utility Dive
The project takes a new approach to developing energy storage for peak shaving and other grid benefits: rather than search for customers with the ...
Repsol Invests in Storage Startup Ampere Amid Shift to Cleaner Energy
Greentech Media
Madrid-based Repsol this month put an unspecified amount into Ampere, a residential energy storage player from Valencia with a presence in Spain, ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Spearheading sustainability: Alpro-WWF pilot project seeks science-based targets for land, water ...FoodIngredientsFirst
The project applies science-based targets for Alpro's almond and soy drink supply chains that go beyond carbon emissions to develop targets for ...
Alpro and WWF explore science-based targets for nature
www.businessgreen.com
The first study from the initiative, entitled Setting Science Based Targets for ... farms on water efficiency, soil nutrient loss, and carbon emissions.
Target Sets Its Sights on Scope 3 Emissions with New Climate Goals
Sustainable Brands
Target Sets Its Sights on Scope 3 Emissions with New Climate Goals ... The new goals will reduce the retail giant's carbon footprint from source to ... will set science-based reduction targets on their Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2023.
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Gaetz drafting 'Green Real Deal' climate resolutionPolitico
The resolution acknowledges climate change as a threat to national ... steps to “affirm that the government should not pick winners and losers” and “to ...
Stronger hurricanes could decimate forests and accelerate climate change, warns study
CNN
And the research suggests this could be a portent of changes that could come to forests across much of the Atlantic Tropics, as climate change drives ...
Scoping the Future Risk from Climate Change in China's Greater Bay Area
Urban Land
There will be climate winners and losers among the world's cities, with temperate climates and proximity to water key advantages, she said.
Socially Responsible Investing:
Where Are You on Socially Responsible Investing?Newsmax
At the end of 2017, one in four dollars under professional management in the U.S., or $12 trillion, was invested using socially responsible investment ...
Painstaking Progress for Funds That Aim to Do Good
Wall Street Journal
ESG is a contemporary offshoot of socially responsible investing that tries to deliver a feel-good flavor of investing without sacrificing diversification or ...
Levi's takes social responsibly seriously, and it's paying off with investors
Quartz
By treating its employees generously and investing in social responsibility initiatives, Levi's was early to realize happier employees stay longer and try ...
Funds for Sustainable Investing:
Funds Are Flowing From Philanthropy to Investments; Is This A Good Thing?Forbes
Few would argue that putting money into sustainable investments is a bad thing. But what if the rise of these funds come at the expense of charity?
Are you seeking top-rated responsible investing funds? There's a rating for that
CNBC
If you want to see how the funds you're invested in fare when it comes to environmental, social and governance factors, there's a rating for that.
Vanguard Gets It Mostly Right With Actively Managed ESG Fund
Morningstar.com
I thought Vanguard missed the mark with the two environmental, social, and governance exchange-traded funds it launched last September.
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Global carbon dioxide emissions reached record high in 2018Axios
Global carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation climbed for the ... including in carbon capture, utilization and storage," IEA chief Fatih Birol ...
Government expands tax credit for carbon capture tech
Wyoming Business Report
Carbon capture, use and storage technologies can capture more than 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial ...
Trump Ended War on Fossil Fuels, but Focus Needed on CCS [PODCAST]
POWER magazine
... that the most important technology that we need to focus on where we're not adequately focusing is carbon capture utilization and storage,” he said.
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