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Sector Based Decarbonization

Committing to decarbonization in the Caribbean maritime sector
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The MTCC-Caribbean is seen as having a key role in propelling the Caribbean forward with decarbonization in the shipping sector, in line with the ...

EU HVACR sector criticises 'political inaction' on decarbonisation
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
A network of specialists working across the heating, cooling and energy sectors have queried a lack of clear political consensus to support meaningful ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

ABT ASSOCIATES RELEASES REPORTS ON MISSION IMPACT, GLOBAL OPERATIONS ...
Yahoo Finance
In reference to the GRI standards for organization, economic, environmental and social practices, we report on 60 disclosures, including mechanisms ...

Kimberly-Clark Issues Annual Report on Sustainability
Yahoo Finance
Kimberly-Clark Issues Annual Report on Sustainability ... in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Standards.

GOJO Powers Manufacturing Operations with Renewable Energy Ahead of Schedule
Yahoo Finance
... with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The report follows the Global Reporting Initiative's Sustainability Reporting Standards.

Renewable Energy Investments:

How GE invested in fossil fuels, and missed the opportunity to be a clean energy giant
Fast Company
In late June 2019, General Electric announced it would close a California gas plant 20 years ahead of schedule. The Inland Empire Energy Center in ...

Foreign investors pumped $1.02 bn equity in India's clean energy space in FY19
Livemint
New Delhi: The foreign investors' interest in India's emerging green economy continues; with around $1.02 billion equity investment made by them in ...

Chinese Renewable Investment Plunges 39%, Pulls Global Renewable Investment Down 14%
CleanTechnica
New figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published Wednesday, show that renewable energy investment in China plummeted 39% in the ...

CDP Sustainability:

'Start taking bold action': Food companies urged to step-up deforestation efforts
FoodNavigator.com
Calling on food makers to disclose their impacts, risks and opportunities to their customers or investors through CDP, the sustainability expert stressed: ...

CDP: Food and retail giants failing to disclose forest impacts
edie.net
The document also hints at slow progress on sustainable forestry among the 306 firms that are disclosing through CDP, with almost one-quarter (24%) ...

Most big companies fail to report role in deforestation, charity says
KFGO News
CDP, a charity which says it works with institutional investors with assets of $96 ... CDP has emerged as a leading voice in a broader push by investors ... to its questions on forests said they were committed to greater sustainability.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

A major Kern County oil spill in environmentally conscious California
Los Angeles Times
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. ... “We can't be a leader in climate change and protecting the environment if we're ...

Will wildfires derail California's clean energy goals? Let's get back on track
Sacramento Bee
California's leadership and commitment to action on climate change have attracted significant clean energy investment in our state. In fact, renewable ...

Smoller and King: California Should Have its Own Solar Decathlon
VoiceofOC
Smoller and King: California Should Have its Own Solar Decathlon ... As the U.S. surrenders its leadership position on fighting climate change, other ...

Impact Investing:

A Home for Impact Investing in Academia
Northwestern University NewsCenter
More than 80 professors from universities around the world came together at Northwestern University on June 26 and 27 for the third annual Impact ...

Pioneering Impact Investing Platform Pushes for Widespread Change
Triple Pundit (blog)
The company's platform enables customization, direct indexing and impact investing at scale for financial advisers, institutions and individual investors ...

Impact investment favours expats over African entrepreneurs. Here's how to fix that
World Economic Forum (blog)
The impact investment field is now valued at $502 billion per year, according to the Global Impact Investing Network, and is a growing source of ...

Energy Storage:

$55 Million for Energy Storage
East Hampton Star
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on July 3 announced $55 million for commercial and residential energy storage projects on Long Island. The program is ...

Montana energy storage project lines up financial partner
Phys.Org
Construction on a $1 billion energy storage system in central Montana could start as soon as next year after its sponsors said Friday they reached a ...

Energy Storage Research Center opens in Birmingham
AL.com
It will test chemical, mechanical and thermal energy storage systems. It will also allow research and development from the electric utility industry, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Tips for making CO2 a KPI for freight transportation
GreenBiz
Tips for making CO2 a KPI for freight transportation ... have adopted the GLEC Framework to collect and share data on logistics carbon emissions. ... Set a Science-Based Target: Once you have your annual emissions and emissions ...

How to Make CO2 a KPI for Freight Transportation
Supply Chain Management Review
How can you use the GLEC Framework to make CO2 as a KPI in your freight ... Science-Based Targets are based on decarbonization pathways for the ... We are researching how companies calculate carbon emissions and create ...

How Burberry joined the business elite in setting a 1.5C science-based target
edie.net
The new commitment, approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), will see Burberry strive to reduce its operational emissions by 95% by 2022, ... the Co-op and Carbon Credentials have since set 1.5C targets, and many ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change surprise: It is helping grow more corn and soybeans in the Upper Midwest
Minneapolis Star Tribune
“I was expecting there would be winners and losers, but I was expecting the ... Whether the changes to the climate will continue to benefit farmers in ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially responsible investing: is it a thing in 2019?
Capital.com
Socially responsible investing, or SRI, is an investment strategy that has been gaining popularity over the past 20 years. An investment is considered ...

Money talks: Why Derrick Morgan, other NFL players are making social investments
The Undefeated
Morgan and other athletes are taking that investment one step further and turning to socially responsible investors to channel their funds to ...

New Research Looks into Rising Investor Interest in 'CSR'
The Bentley University Newsroom
But do companies with a track record of corporate social responsibility have “insurance” against negative investor reactions to such events? Research ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Energy R&D Legislation Takes Shape in House
FYI: Science Policy News
The legislation recommends funding increases — particularly for carbon capture, storage, utilization, and removal — and outlines a broad portfolio ...

DOE official accepts Hoeven's invitation to learn about carbon capture technology in ND
Ripon Advance
DOE official accepts Hoeven's invitation to learn about carbon capture ... around the development of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) ...

Capturing carbon and conservatives' climate-change hopes
The Globe and Mail
Dave Jobe, director of carbon capture at SaskPower's Boundary Dam power ... The idea behind carbon capture and storage is simple in theory, but it has .... in carbon capture, utilization and storage,” the minister said in a statement.

Sustainability Investing:

How Sustainable ETFs Let Small Investors Make A Difference
Knowledge@Wharton
Durreen Shahnaz, CEO of the Impact Investment Exchange, and Aniket Shah, head of sustainable investing at OppenheimerFunds, discuss the ...

A Home for Impact Investing in Academia
Northwestern University NewsCenter
More than 80 professors from universities around the world came together at Northwestern University on June 26 and 27 for the third annual Impact ...

Green Bond Funds:

Open-ended Prologis European logistics fund raises €450m via green bond issue
IPE Real Assets
Global logistics specialist Prologis has raised a further €450m for its European property fund via a green bond issue. The Prologis European Logistics ...

Amundi: Building a global green bond market
Environmental Finance
Last year, French asset management giant Amundi closed the world's largest green bond fund at $1.42 billion*; a year later, it's beating its ...

Green finance: Calls for transition bonds gain traction
Euromoney magazine
Green finance: Calls for transition bonds gain traction ... “The green bond market has been helpful in encouraging those companies that wanted to be ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Swansea pension fund switches £500m to low carbon strategy
www.businessgreen.com
The City and County of Swansea Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) will swap around a quarter of its assets to a low carbon fund by the end ...

Climate change prompts Nordea fund to make its biggest investment shift
Reuters
HE) Swedish pension fund moved 22 billion Swedish crowns ($2.34 billion) into investments with a lower carbon footprint and strict sustainability ...

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