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Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonizing the Power Sector with Renewable Gas
POWER magazine
One way to help decarbonize the electric grid is through the use of renewable hydrogen, that is, hydrogen produced from renewable power resources.

Decarbonizing the Buildings Sector: What Utility Executives Must Know
Transmission & Distribution World
The buildings sector must decarbonize by decreasing energy intensity by at least 80% by 2030 and be climate neutral by 2050 if we are to meet the ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI opens in Singapore to boost ESG in regional capital markets
IR Magazine
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – the international body that helps companies organize and communicate their ESG data to wider stakeholders ...

Can Asean launch of popular sustainability reporting standard nudge firms beyond box-ticking?
Eco-Business
The world's most widely recognised sustainability reporting standard, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), has launched in Southeast Asia, with ...

ECI Publishes New Sustainability Report: The Future is ELASTIC
PRNewswire (press release)
This is ECI's eighth annual report written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, Core Option. The report outlines how ECI ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

3 Top Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Right Now
Motley Fool
In the world of energy stocks, green energy investments may be the trickiest to figure out. Since many of these companies are based on emerging ...

Mexico's investment in green tech, renewable energies declines
CGTN America
With the Paris Agreement deadline of 2024 fast approaching, countries around the world are looking to bring their renewable energy sources up to ...

Shell Leads Big Oil in the Race to Invest in Clean Energy
Bloomberg
Major oil companies are poised to do a record number of clean-energy deals this year, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc leading a group of European ...

CDP Sustainability:

Top CEOs must act on commitment to transparency and sustainability
The Hill
For nearly 20 years, CDP — formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project — has been the bedrock of corporate accountability on sustainability, creating a ...

PPL Corporation releases EEI environmental, social and governance report
Yahoo Finance
... annual sustainability report, CDP response and Climate Assessment Report. Together, these disclosures highlight our strategy to grow and innovate ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

How Kamala Harris would address climate change
Politico
And the plan would amplify international climate leadership by rejoining the Paris ... over the next decade to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. ... But the   
   
PELOSI: 'Hell to pay' if McConnell blocks gun legislation — Calif. sues TRUMP again — DiFi 'torn ...
Politico
... was the sole world leader to skip climate change forum at the G-7 over the weekend, a move that she said suggested “we don't support science.”.

Climate Change Emergency
Harvard Political Review
But a little over a week later, the Committee on Climate Change, an ... impacts and place the United Kingdom at the forefront of climate leadership. .... In 2017, California alone had a higher GDP than the United Kingdom as a whole.

Impact Investing:

Impact investing: Aligning financial and impact investment risk
Generocity
Michael Cosack and Jeremy Bach examine the reasons for the slow adoption of impact investing in this guest post from ImpactPHL Perspectives.

India Delivers a Case Study in Successful Impact Investing
Open Society Foundations
Aspada had itself just been established by the Soros Economic Development Fund, the impact investing arm of the Open Society Foundations.

What's slowing a wider adoption of impact investing?
Technical.ly
Michael Cosack of ImpactWise LLC and Jeremy Bach of Bach Capital Advisors examine the challenges of aligning financial and impact risk.

Energy Storage:

Energy Storage Enjoys Another Record Year
Forbes
The energy storage market enjoyed another record year for deployment in 2018, according to a new study by Navigant Research. The news is not so ...

e-On Batteries, Inc., the Energy Storage Projects Leader, is cited for Leadership by Energy CIO ...
Yahoo Finance
Programs enable solar contractors to provide complete energy programs, enable utilities to build energy resiliency with microgrids and peak load ...

Energy Storage Systems Market Jumps to $500 Billion by 2025
Energy Manager Today
The global energy storage systems market is estimated to grow at CAGR above 6% over the next several years, reaching $500 billion by 2025, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Top CEOs must act on commitment to transparency and sustainability
The Hill
For nearly 20 years, CDP — formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project — has been the ... a unique X-ray into corporate environmental performance and ambitions. ... its suppliers set science-based carbon emissions reduction targets, or Google, ... These CEOs have committed to purpose and transparency.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change has created more bird winners than losers in England
New Scientist
Climate change appears to have helped far more English bird species than it has hindered over the past 50 years. Out of 68 species that breed in ...

Climate change 'has affected a third of UK bird species'
BBC News
Climate change has affected the numbers of about a third of the bird ... "There are some winners that are doing better and some losers that are not ...

Bananas Aren't Going to Do Well Under Climate Change, Scientists Warn
Newsweek
Bananas Aren't Going to Do Well Under Climate Change, Scientists Warn .... There will be winners and losers in coming years, and our study may ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Should investors buy marijuana stocks?
The Conversation US
Socially responsible investments experienced a 38% increase between 2016 and 2018. At the beginning of 2018 alone, $11.6 trillion was invested in ...

Responsible investing makes good sense ... even in these uncertain times
taosnews
In spite of the current unrest, Knight remains a firm advocate of what's become known as socially responsible investing. In the late 1980s, progressive ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Pulling CO2 out of the air and using it could be a trillion-dollar business
Vox
With CCS, CO2 is treated as a waste product that has to be disposed of ... So how, in the absence of a carbon price, can the carbon capture industry get .... of the use of captured CO2 in industrial processes is too small, the storage ...

Carbon capture: What you need to know about catching CO2 to fight climate change
CBC.ca
This story is part of a CBC News series entitled In Our Backyard, which looks at the effects climate change is having in Canada, from extreme weather ...

Manchin decides against running for West Virginia governor, will stay in Senate
WTVD-TV
"From advanced nuclear to renewables to carbon capture utilization and storage, we are going to build an energy base that protects jobs, keeps prices ...

Sustainability Investing:

Investing With Impact: Can We Measure Up To Our Sustainability Mantra?
Forbes Middle East
It is no longer enough for investors to simply allocate assets with environmental, social and governance factors in mind. There is a growing need to ...

Green Bond Funds:

The Conservation Fund Announces Commencement Of Green Bond Offering
PRNewswire (press release)
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conservation Fund (TCF) announced today that it is commencing an offering of taxable Green ...

How About a Mash Up of Green Bonds and Century Bonds?
Washington Post
Sweden is considering selling 100-year bonds to take advantage of the ... investor base that sees debt designed to fund environmentally friendly endeavors as ... At $121 billion, worldwide green bond sales this year are already 57% ...

The Original Green Bond ETF Gets a Lower Fee
ETF Trends
That means a $10,000 stake in the green bond fund will now cost investors $20 per year. The issuer also announced an index change for GRNB, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Low-carbon technology fund is tonic for Scottish gin maker
The Guardian
The Orkney Distillery has secured a slice of the government's £390m fund to help develop low-carbon technologies that could reduce carbon ...

Government sets aside funds to explore low-carbon hydrogen
edie.net
Climate change minister Lord Duncan said: “Developing hydrogen technology has the potential to not only reduce emissions from industry but could ...

Big Oil venture funds target green investments
Los Angeles Times
Big Oil venture funds target green investments ... Chevron and Saudi Aramco are increasingly investing smaller sums in low-carbon technologies and ...

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