In the News

Sector Based Decarbonization:

World Cement Association Urges Industry to Embrace Decarbonization
ForConstructionPros.com
The World Cement Association (WCA) is urging the global cement industry to more effectively embrace decarbonization and to increase efforts to ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Democracy Now! Joins “Covering Climate Now” Global Reporting Initiative
Democracy Now!
Over 250 news outlets from across the globe — including Democracy Now! — have pledged to focus on the climate crisis in the lead-up to the United ...
   
GRI, CDP Report Urges Businesses to Align Sustainability Objectives with NDCs
IISD Reporting Services
11 July 2019: The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), with support from the Government of Sweden, have ...

JBG SMITH Achieves 4-Star Rating from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark for ...
Yahoo Finance
These goals are aligned with international reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Principles for Responsible ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Foresight launches renewable energy investment income fund
SmartCitiesWorld
Foresight Group, a global infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has announced a first fund of loans for renewable energy ...

This clean energy invention runs on nothing but cold, night air
PBS NewsHour
That's because a 25 milliwatt generator isn't likely to turn the heads of many clean energy investors, said David Victor, co-chair of the Cross-Brookings ...

TransAlta (TAC) Announces New Clean Energy Investment Plan
Yahoo Finance
TransAlta Corporation TAC recently announced its Clean Energy Investment Plan. The company will invest $2 billion under this plan, which includes ...

CDP Sustainability:

GRI, CDP Report Urges Businesses to Align Sustainability Objectives with NDCs
IISD Reporting Services
11 July 2019: The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), with support from the Government of Sweden, have ...

50 Leading Mobile Operators Now Disclosing Climate Impacts Through CDP
SB News
Hear insights from Astrid Kaag, Social Resilience & Sustainability Advisor for the Netherlands' Noord-Brabant province, on applying global thresholds ...

NH Hotel Group To Cut Its Carbon Emissions 20% By 2030
Hospitality Net
Sustainability is one of NH Hotel Group's most important pledges and a key strategic value. ... alliance mobilising the world of business to take action against climate change, championed by CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California trumpets its climate leadership. But wildfires and flying could stymie its goals
San Francisco Chronicle
The state does not include every source of gases that contribute to climate change when measuring its progress against the 2020 goal of 431 million ...

The world is watching as California weighs controversial plan to save tropical forests
Los Angeles Times
California is a leader on climate change, and approving the TFS could inspire other states, countries and companies to adopt a similar approach.

Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
TIME
Given their position on the front line of the climate-change battle, women are ... It worked: Figueres successfully steered world leaders to reach the Paris .... director of global governance at CalPERS, California's public pension fund.

Impact Investing:

Financial Advisors Lag Behind Clients on Impact Investing
Barron's
More investors in the U.S. want to generate positive social or environmental impacts, as well as financial returns, with their assets, but a study out ...

Impact investing is hot right now. Here's why
MIT Sloan News
That pivot should catch the eye of a growing number of organizations committed to impact investing, the practice of investing in companies, ...

Study: 77% of Millennials Have Made an Impact Investment, but Only 53% of Advisors Say They ...
Yahoo Finance
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--. Impact investing sees tremendous growth, but room exists for advisors to engage the next generation of investors and ...

Energy Storage:

How Inexpensive Must Energy Storage Be for Utilities to Switch to 100 Percent Renewables?
IEEE Spectrum
Last week, the city of Los Angeles inked a deal for a solar-plus-storage system at a record-low price. The 400-MW Eland solar power project will be ...

Report Tracks Global Energy Storage Developments
Transmission & Distribution World
A recent report from Navigant Research tracks global energy storage developments, providing a database of projects sorted by country, region, market ...

Solar developer Nexamp takes on 51 MWh of energy storage projects
Solar Power World
Responding to the increasing demand and need for battery systems, Nexamp is deploying its first energy storage projects, representing more than 51 ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Here are the winners and losers on climate policy in 2019
GreenBiz
Here are the winners and losers on climate policy in 2019 ... growth and investments — and helping all of us in the fight against climate change.

Who Won The Debate Among Voters Who Prioritize Electability? Health Care? Climate Change?
FiveThirtyEight
Part of the difficulty of picking winners and losers in a debate is that each voter brings a different rubric to the task. For example, a Democrat whose top ...

Climate Change Could Significantly Impact Global Banana Yields [Video]
SciTechDaily
According to new research, climate change could negatively impact banana ... There will be winners and losers in coming years, and our study may ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Fact Check: Socially Responsible Investing Is Noble, But Is It Profitable?
Investing.com
Socially responsible investing, for those unfamiliar with the concept, takes into account not only the potential financial returns of an investment but its ...

Francis G. Coleman, CBIS Vice-Chair, and nationally recognized expert in CRI (Catholic ...
PRNewswire (press release)
CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS), a Catholic, socially responsible investment manager ...

Marquette to host Socially Responsible Investing Symposium, Sept. 19
urbanmilwaukee (press release)
He is a leader in faith-based socially responsible investing. He has served as the chair of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility board of ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

US Department of Energy Announces $110M for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Energy.gov (press release)
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is increasingly becoming widely accepted as a viable option for fossil-based energy sources—such ...

US$110 Million for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Projects
Transmission & Distribution World
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is becoming widely accepted as a viable option for fossil-based energy sources—such as coal- or ...

DOE announces $110M for carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects
Green Car Congress (blog)
A recent study by Science of the Total Environment found that DOE is the most productive organization in the world in the carbon capture and storage ...

Sustainability Investing:

To Be A Smart Investor, Be An ESG Investor
Forbes
Climate change is real and is having a sizable, immediate impact on how investments are evaluated. ESG — environmental, social and governance ...

Dow named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the 20th year
Yahoo Finance
Today, Dow (DOW) was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, the investment ...

GRESB Names Kilroy Realty North American Office Leader in Sustainability for Fifth Time; Kilroy ...
Yahoo Finance
Established in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are a family of best-in-class benchmarks for investors who have recognized that ...

Green Bond Funds:

China expected to allow green bonds to fund clean coal projects in potential blow to climate ...
South China Morning Post
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), which oversees green bond issuance on the interbank market in China, is expected to officially allow coal ...

Wall Street's New Battleground Is $136 Billion Green-Bond Market
Yahoo Finance
That's left banks moving to expand their green bond businesses quickly. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. created a “sustainable finance group” earlier this ...

Green is good – green bonds continue growth
JD Supra (press release)
Green bonds finance a broad range of assets with a majority going to energy, building, transportation and water-related projects. Issuers of green ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
This particular fund, before fees and expenses, seeks to match the performance of the MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target Index. The MSCI ACWI Low ...

UK Maritime Minister announces funding for low carbon targets
Riviera Maritime Media
UK maritime minister Nusrat Ghani committed £1M (US$1.23M) as part of a raft of shipping-friendly measures revealed during London International ...

Index Funds Face Heightened Risk From Climate Change
Forbes
Low cost has helped index funds outperform managed funds since their ... invested in climate solutions, created low-carbon investment products, ...