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Sustainable Investing:
Legislation On Sustainable Investing ProgressesMarkets Media (press release) (blog)
US legislators have scheduled hearings on sustainable investing for the first time according to Meg Voorhees, research director for US SIF, the forum ...
Socially responsible investing: How to make a difference
Bankrate.com
If you want to make your voice heard, but at the same time, need to find a way to benefit your portfolio, socially responsible investing could be your ...
5 Things All Investors Can Learn From Sustainable Investing
ThinkAdvisor
Sustainable investing, an investment approach that incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, is a rapidly growing but often ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Billetdeaux builds sustainbility at AmcorPlastics News
"My first big job was to write Amcor's GRI [Global Reporting Initiative] Sustainability Report, which definitely encouraged some rapid assimilation.
Gold Fields Publishes 2018 Integrated Annual Report
PRNewswire (press release)
These are the statutory Annual Financial Report 2018, including the ... Meeting (AGM) and Gold Fields' Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Report 2018.
Asanko Gold Publishes 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
GlobeNewswire (press release)
Asanko Gold Publishes 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report ... recognized Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) standards and the first report to ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Here's why Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma and other investors are pouring billions into clean-tech ...CNBC
According to reports from the International Energy Agency, electricity investments are flowing toward renewables, networks and flexibility, while at the ...
DOE Catalyzes Clean Energy Innovation in All 50 States
Natural Resources Defense Council
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made clean energy research and development (R&D) investments in every U.S. state over the past two ...
Shell New Energies Director on Investing in Clean Energy: 'It's About Survival'
Greentech Media
Royal Dutch Shell is taking the clean energy transition seriously. So seriously, in fact, that Maarten Wetselaar, director of Shell's integrated gas and ...
CDP Sustainability:
Ardagh Group continue its sustainability journeyPRNewswire (press release)
Based on a rating scale from A to F, Ardagh's 2018 CDP rating places ... management," said Annelene Ikemann, Ardagh Group CSR & Sustainability ...
Report Report: Food waste, investing, transportation, systems change, plastic pollution
GreenBiz
The Report Report is a monthly wrap-up of recent research on sustainable ... Cultivate collaboration between sustainability, investor relations and ... Fast Moving Consumers (CDP) assesses 16 publicly listed companies in the ...
“A Sense of Tomorrow”: Givaudan highlights responsible sourcing and climate action progress in ...
FoodIngredientsFirst
Reinforcing this new tactic towards sustainability, the flavor house has reported “steady ... Position on the CDP's Supplier Engagement Leaderboard.
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
With Tropical Forest Standard, California can think globally and act locallySacramento Bee
California's leaders stand in stark contrast: They've made their state a global leader on climate change and a shining example of the economic ...
Rep. Jared Huffman becoming key Democratic leader on the environment
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
For Huffman, who has fought oil drilling off the California coast since 2013, ... Climate change, a topic that elicits scorn and disbelief from Trump and ...
Developers Face New Climate Change Initiatives to Decarbonize Buildings
JD Supra (press release)
California is one of several states pursuing this evolution in energy efficiency ... In the absence of federal actions to address climate change, the states are ... and major urban areas that traditionally follow California's leadership role.
Impact Investing:
Impact Investments Under Management Total $502 BillionBarron's
The impact investing market has grown exponentially since the term was coined in 2007 to describe investments that lead to social and/or ...
Global impact investing market soars above $500bn - Pioneers Post (press release) (blog)
Investing for impact doubles as savers seek to do good - Reuters
Full Coverage
Here's how to track how well your impact investments are performing
CNBC
Enter the new world of sustainability ratings, which allow you to track how well the impact investments stack up when it comes to their stated goals.
Defining the impact investing market
Devex
WASHINGTON — Investors, market watchers, and development experts have collectively wondered about the size of the impact investing market ...
Energy Storage:
Italy Seen Needing Energy Storage to Deliver on Pollution PledgeBloomberg
“This is an opportunity not only for the energy sector but also for agriculture,” Ferraris said. “We need sites to store water for agriculture. There could be ...
Another breakthrough for energy storage? Innovative auctions made prices plummet.
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
Rapid and low-cost development of renewables can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a lack of affordable energy storage is one factor ...
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Poised For Global Domination
CleanTechnica
For those of you new to the topic, pumped hydro energy storage refers to pumping water uphill to a reservoir. After that, gravity does all the work.
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Big names are shamed over climate secrecyThe Times
Companies that want to improve their grade can do so by “making commitments on reducing carbon emissions through the science-based targets ...
Enlarging Outreach to Stakeholders. Changing the Climate via Urgent Actions.
Eco-Business
Enhanced Validation of CDL's Carbon Emissions Reduction Target by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). In 2018, CDL was the first ...
Target's new climate goals include reductions in supplier emissions
The Strategic Sourceror (press release) (blog)
And for the first time the company also set a new carbon reduction target for its ... the Science-Based Target initiative, which requires companies to set emissions ... Target says its holistic approach to carbon reduction will require the ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
While Washington Fiddles, Many States Facing Up to Threats of Climate ChangeVoice of America
We will meet winners and losers in the energy transition. ... Trump, by contrast, has called climate change a hoax and sees unfettered production of ...
WVU's 2019 Academic Media Day focuses on climate change effects
WV News
WVU's 2019 Academic Media Day focuses on climate change effects .... "In all these cases, it's a matter of climate; there are winners and losers," she ...
Are our cities effectively planning for climate change?
World Economic Forum (blog)
At the same time, adaptation measures may benefit some communities and not others; losers and winners of climate change adaptation need to be ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Socially Responsible Investing Has A Politics ProblemForbes
As a topic up for public discussion, socially conscious investing comes with some political touchiness, mostly thanks to its inherent interconnection with ...
The Faithful Have an Opportunity to Use Their Investment Dollars to Promote Christian Values
LifeZette
For years, social activists have been using their power as stockholders to impact corporate policy. Now, Christians have an opportunity to use their ...
Funds for Sustainable Investing:
Legislation On Sustainable Investing ProgressesMarkets Media (press release) (blog)
US legislators have scheduled hearings on sustainable investing for the first ... Commission has also launched an action plan on financing sustainable ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
DOE Announces $20 Million for a Regional Initiative to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization, and ...Energy.gov (press release)
... $20 million in federal funding for cooperative agreements that will help accelerate the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) ...
DOE announces $20M for regional initiative to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Green Car Congress (blog)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $20 million in federal funding (DE-FOA-0002000) for cooperative agreements that will help ...
Stanford energy and environment experts examine strengths and weaknesses of the Green New ...
Stanford University News
Specifically, carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage, and nuclear power should be considered, in addition to renewable energy resources.
Sustainability Investing:
Impact investing assets reach $502 billion, plus or minus $50 billionImpactAlpha
The Global Impact Investing Network estimates that 1,340 organizations managed just over a half-trillion dollars at the end of last year, with more than ...
Sustainable investing makes a real difference
Investors' Corner BNP Paribas
The relentless advance of sustainable investing is easier to understand if you debunk two stubborn myths: that it's only about idealism and that it ...
Philanthropic Investing:
The Bond Between Impact Investing And PhilanthropyFinancial Advisor Magazine
As a philanthropy advisory firm, we are seeing a substantial uptick in the number of clients exploring and pursuing all the tools in the philanthropic ...
Can Collaboration Fuel Asia's Philanthropic Power?
Forbes
As one of the world's oldest family established philanthropies, we at The ... intervention, or one philanthropic actor, no matter how big the investment.
eBay founder's Omidyar Network invests in Baltimore-based Terbium Labs
Technical.ly
Federal Hill-based Terbium Labs raised $2 million in new funding from the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm started by eBay founder ...
Green Bond Funds:
NNIP expands €1bn green bond range with short duration fundCitywire Selector
NN Investment Partners (NNIP) has strengthened its growing expertise in the green bond territory with the launch of a short-duration green bond fund.
NN IP launches short duration green bond fund - Investment Week
What Are Green Bonds and How 'Green' Is Green?
Bloomberg
A cumulative $580 billion of green bonds were sold through 2018, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Another $170 billion to $180 billion ...
China to cut coal from new green bond standards: sources
Reuters
“If confirmed, ending the policy of financing coal with green bonds would be a much-needed step in the right direction,” said Liu Jinyan, senior ...
Low Carbon Funds:
CDPQ Raises Low Carbon Asset Target to C$32 Billion in 2020Chief Investment Officer
Canada's C$309.5 billion ($230.2 billion) pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) added C$10 billion in low-carbon assets in ...
The role of carbon finance in greening global supply chains
UNDP (blog)
Only a mutually reinforcing combination of low-carbon development and resource efficiency can shift our world economy to a low carbon pathway.
House votes to double heating fuel tax to fund low-income home weatherization
vtdigger.org
Expanding funding for the state's weatherization program, which helps Vermont homeowners optimize energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions ...
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