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Sector Based Decarbonization

ABS Draws Industry and Academia Leaders to Greece to Analyze Decarbonization and ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
As our industry grows, we also diverge across all sectors. ... servicing on an as-needed basis rather than being held to a calendar-based timeframe.”.

Can Solar Bring the Heat Big Industry Needs to Decarbonize?
Solar Magazine
Energy-intensive industries in Europe can achieve net-zero emissions by ... Decarbonizing energy use in industrial and manufacturing processes figures .... based on designs by the global greenhouse industry over many decades, ...

Diesel Decarbonization Brings Transformative Opportunities for Next-Generation Biodiesel ...
openPR (press release)
Diesel Decarbonization Brings Transformative Opportunities for ... from sustainable “energy feedstocks” entering the bio-based diesel and biojet pools. ... and long-term trends and developments in the renewable diesel sector.

Global Reporting Initiative:

New Strategy Highlighted in Union Pacific's Annual Sustainability Report
Union Pacific (press release)
Union Pacific today released its 2018 Building America Report, the ... Union Pacific uses the Global Reporting Initiative's global sustainability reporting ...

Top 5 reasons why sustainability reporting is relevant to every business
San Francisco Business Times
Nearly 80% of the world's largest companies use Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, which provides transparency to consumers, investors ...

Iron Mountain Publishes Sixth Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
Yahoo Finance
The full report is available for download on Iron Mountain's Corporate ... Corporate Sustainability Report follows the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

The Latest Risk in Renewable Energy Investing: Wind Droughts
Motley Fool
It's expected to snatch the crown from hydropower as the nation's top renewable-energy source -- a title hydroelectric dams have held since the days ...

Is China Renewable Energy Investment Limited's (HKG:987) Balance Sheet Strong Enough To ...
Yahoo Finance
Help shape the future of investing tools and you could win a $250 gift card! While small-cap stocks, such as China Renewable Energy Investment ...

Solar energy investments heating up for European banks
The Banker
Banks in Europe have been going big on green investments over the past two years. Solar energy projects in particular have been on the rise, thanks ...

CDP Sustainability:

ASU faculty member Bruno Sarda named head of high-profile sustainability outfit
Arizona State University
Bruno Sarda, an established leader in sustainability, was recently named president of CDP North America, an international nonprofit that drives ...

Press Release: President, CDP North America, joins Responsible Business Summit West 2019
Ethical Corporation Magazine
He will be joined by Tim Ring, Chief Sustainability Officer, MetLife and Betty Yee, State Controller, the State of California. Business leaders also ...

CDP: World's Biggest Companies Face US$1T in Climate Change Risks
Sustainable Brands
Study finds that financial sector companies see the most potential revenue (US$1.2T) from sustainable products & services, while also being exposed ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers
Los Angeles Times

California set two renewable energy records last week: the most solar power ever flowing on the state’s main electric grid, and the most solar power ever taken offline because it wasn’t needed.

California Democratic Party elects new chair to lead an organization pushing further left
Los Angeles Times
California Democratic Party elects new chair to lead an organization pushing ... Labor leader Rusty Hicks was elected the next chairman of the California .... finding “middle ground” on issues such as climate change and immigration.

How California became far more energy-efficient than the rest of the country
Vox
The Trump administration is currently attempting to stop California from ... credit for the effects of a temperate climate and copious natural resources, ... But it's fair to compare the rate of change in the state's per capita fossil fuel .... but part of it is also California's aggressive leadership on clean energy, ...

California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker to step down
San Francisco Chronicle
... leadership role in the state's efforts to quell wildfires and combat climate change. Picker, the president of the California Public Utilities Commission, ...

Impact Investing:

Scaling Impact Investing Using Blockchain Technology
Entrepreneur
Impact investing, the channeling of investments towards socio-environmental initiatives, has seen considerable growth over the last few years.

Energy Storage:

'World's Biggest' Energy Storage Project Planned For Utah
Forbes
Mitsubishi is leading an ambitious project to develop what it claims will be the world's largest energy storage project. The venture will take advantage ...

Energy Storage Batteries May Help Reduce Coal Pollution
WUWM
He's had the battery storage system for about three years. Gibeau says it provides his household more energy independence, and far lower utility bills ...

Energy storage project in Utah described as world's largest of its kind
Tech Xplore
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) announced an ambitious energy storage project to develop what it claims will be the world's largest energy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Scope 3 emissions and science-based targets: Your key questions, answered
edie.net
Scope 3 emissions and science-based targets: Your key questions, ... In association with consultancy Carbon Credentials, edie therefore hosted an ...

Iron Mountain Publishes Sixth Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
Yahoo Finance
Significant reductions in GHG emissions, improved employee safety metrics and ... Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Approval – Additionally, Iron ... its commitment to set an aggressive science-based target for carbon reduction ...

Sponsored content: Who will top the ranks of sustainability in 2019?
Ethical Corporation Magazine
Recognition was given for outstanding performance in the following areas: ... reviewed its science-based targets (SBT, now the gold standard in emissions reductions ... M&S is one of five carbon neutral companies in the FTSE 100.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Toward an Understanding of Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Water, Energy, and Food SDG Targets
Frontiers in Environmental Science
Achieving the targets set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will require committed efforts by nations and organizations over the coming decade. To determine which actions work most harmoniously within funding, infrastructure development, and implementation of three closely aligned goals, we conducted an assessment to identify where the greatest synergies may occur and where conflicting resource needs create trade-offs that may threaten SDG success.

Combating Climate Change With Artificial Intelligence
Columbia University (press release)
Combating Climate Change With Artificial Intelligence ... There were winners and losers—those that were resistant to storms and others that were not.

Effects of climate change likely already being felt in global food production
AGDAILY
However, new research shows climate change has already affected ... “There are winners and losers, and some countries that are already food ...

Climate change is already affecting global food production—unequally
Phys.Org
Climate change is already affecting global food production—unequally ... "There are winners and losers, and some countries that are already food ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Strategy Shares EcoLogical Strategy ETF (HECO): Socially Responsible Investing Backed By ...
Equities.com
HECO: Socially Responsible Investing Backed By Strong Earnings. Socially responsible investing combines the ambition to make money with the ...

'Socially responsible' investors may have unwittingly backed police-state surveillance in China
MarketWatch
Some rank-and-file investors who thought they were putting money into socially responsible companies may in fact have been funding parts of an ...

Investing opportunities are expanding for the LGBTQ community
CNBC
The term used for many years to describe investment options that are socially screened has been socially responsible investing, which is described as ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Coalition releases blueprint for federal policies to further carbon capture technologies
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Carbon capture "is a very important topic for your region," said Brad ... policies and investments in carbon capture, utilization, removal and storage and ...

Conference: Met coal strong; not so steam
Coalfield.com
The event, held in Kingsport, Tenn., included presentations on carbon capture storage and utilization, coal uses and the state of environmental ...

Once an Emission, Always an Emission?
Santa Barbara Independent
The benefit of the “carbon capture and utilization” (CCU) process would be to capture and store that emitted CO2 in products again. It also created an ...

Sustainability Investing:

How to Ensure ESG Investing Isn't Whitewash
U.S. News & World Report
As people's interest in socially responsible investing grows, mutual fund and exchange-traded fund issuers are introducing more investment vehicles ...

Politicians Walk The Walk, When It Comes To Financial Investments
NC State News
“Socially responsible investments refer to investments in companies that reflect traditionally liberal values, such as environmental sustainability, good ...

Green Bond Funds:

IFC upbeat on green bond funding in India
The Hindu BusinessLine
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) sees immense opportunities to finance projects through green bonds in India especially in areas like ...

Chile to issue $1.5 billion green bond
pv magazine International
The funds will be used for renewable energy facilities and projects associated with the bond have already obtained Climate Bond Initiative certification ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Elizabeth Warren Just Added a Green Marshall Plan to Her Long List of Proposals
Mother Jones
... a year over the next decade on low-carbon technology, increases energy research funding tenfold and funds a $100 billion Green Marshall Plan to ...

Elizabeth Warren Adds $2 Trillion And A Green Marshall Plan To Climate Vision
HuffPost
... over the next decade on low-carbon technology, increases energy research funding tenfold and funds a $100 billion Green Marshall Plan to aid the ...

Land, air and sea: Canada funds clean-energy transport R&D
Sustainability Times
The program focuses on specific challenges such as retrofitting ship propellers to increase efficiency, increasing rail connections to reduce emissions ...

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