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Microgrids:
Grids on Skids: Modular Microgrids Moving Into The MarketplaceForbes
A recent story in Microgrid Knowledge (yes, there is such an online publication and it's one of the best places to go for information on the topic) ...
Military Microgrids: Four Examples of Innovation
Microgrid Knowledge
It's not surprising that military microgrids in the US demonstrate some of the most sophisticated and innovative uses of distributed energy. After all, they ...
Microgrids, Solar Panels And Batteries: Is Electricity Becoming A Luxury For Californians?
Bisnow
Many Northern Californians are worried about what the future holds for their state's ecosystem and are increasingly determined to do something about ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
The challenges and opportunities of Chile's decarbonization planBNamericas English
Chile's plan to retire coal-based plants by 2040 to achieve carbon emission ... The financial sector, he said, is looking at the power sector with great ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Toolkit to Advance Reporting on Modern SlaveryCSRwire.com (press release)
Tim Mohin, Chief Executive of GRI, added: “There are growing expectations on companies to identify any incidence of modern slavery in their ...
Avalon Publishes Annual Filings and Eighth Sustainability Report
Yahoo Finance
Avalon's 2019 Sustainability Report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Standards, core option. This year, Avalon ...
Improving understanding of sustainability disclosure by aligning taxonomy
WebWire (press release)
Carrots & Sticks – from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), UN Environment Programme and the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Stagnant In 2018, Investments For Renewable Energy Must Run FasterForbes
At nearly 180 gigawatts, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that net global power generation capacity additions for renewables in 2018 ...
5 Renewable Stocks To Watch In 2020
Yahoo Finance
Not too long ago, renewable and alternative energy investments were considered a wildcard with the sector regarded as unchartered territory. But with ...
Re-negotiation of contracts with renewable energy players discourages investment in sector: WWF ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
The renegotiation of contracts with renewable energy players is impacting the viability of investments in the sector according to a report by WWF-India.
CDP Sustainability:
ASIA PACIFIC: NYK secures Japan's first sustainability-linked loanBunkerspot
ASIA PACIFIC: NYK secures Japan's first sustainability-linked loan ... CDP, formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international non-profit ...
NYK Granted Japan's First Sustainability Linked Loan
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
As long as high CDP ratings are maintained, the company's CDP score will not cause the loan's interest rate to change prior to the repayment deadline ...
Cargill expands commitments on climate change, fortifies support for Paris Agreement goals
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Still, Cargill says, this commitment has been approved by the Science Based Target initiative, which is a collaboration between the CDP (formerly ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi can play a big role in climate-change legislationSan Francisco Chronicle
California is experiencing the devastating impacts of a changing climate every ... Thankfully, California policymakers are showing bold leadership and ...
Pacific Ocean: California's secret weapon against climate change
San Francisco Chronicle
California has long been a world leader in working to address the impacts of climate change. California agencies are working to address sea level rise ...
Gavin Newsom wants to use pension and road funds to fight climate change. How will that work?
Sacramento Bee
It touts the state's “$700 billion investment portfolio,” and instructs the government to use it to “advance California's climate leadership.” ...
Impact Investing:
Nuveen, Bank of America, GIIN Execs on Impact InvestingBloomberg
GIIN Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Amit Bouri; Nuveen Managing Director for Impact Investing Rekha Unnithan; and Bank of America ...
Inside the impact investing start-up led by Geneva's ESG VIPs
citywireselector.com
There's a clear excitement about the year to come; it's a passion project. Asteria Investment Managers is not about ESG, she stressed, impact investing ...
Social Impact Investing within the UK Real Estate Sector
Lexology
Social Impact investments, investments which generate financial returns alongside positive social outcomes, are moving into the mainstream and have ...
Energy Storage:
How Energy Storage's Growth Trajectory Differs from the Early Days of SolarGreentech Media
DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago.
Watch Energy Storage Summit 2019 Right Here On December 3 & 4
Greentech Media
GTM Squared will livestream two full days of Energy Storage Summit on December 3-4 from Denver. For less than the cost of one night at a hotel, ...
Report Shows Massive Growth in UK Energy Storage Projects
Transmission & Distribution World
RenewableUK's recently published statistics show the number of applications to build battery storage projects in the United Kingdom is continuing to ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Kingspan promises net zero carbon manufacturing by 2030www.businessgreen.com
The fresh pledges build on Kingspan's Science-Based Target to cut its absolute emissions by 10 per cent by 2025, against a 2017 baseline.
Your company needs to do more to curb emissions - Consumers demand it - Sustainability Spotlight
just-drinks.com
Underlining again how expectations are rising, the Science Based Targets ... "We've been on a journey to reduce our absolute carbon emissions for ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Whaling and climate change led to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguinsPhys.Org
"Given that gentoo penguins are commonly thought of as climate change winners and chinstrap penguins as climate change losers we wanted to ...
BANK OF AMERICA: 10 main themes will define the next decade. Here are the winners and losers ...
Business Insider
The next 10 years will be unlike anything seen before as climate change and ... along with winners and losers for each, according to Bank of America.
Antarctic penguins' diet affected by climate change and human activity
BBC Focus Magazine
Penguins in the Antarctic have seen climate change and human activity ... climate change winners and chinstrap penguins as climate change losers ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
ESG ETF Strategies Are Backed by Years of Research and ExperienceETFdb.com
At Nuveen, the fund provider has tapped into its expertise in socially responsible investment strategies with a suite of exchange traded funds that track ...
Socially responsible investing and next generation set to drive growth in Islamic finance
Wealth Adviser
In addition, the report finds that socially responsible investing (SRI) and products offering environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards are ...
Why ESG investing is starting to grow on your financial adviser
MarketWatch
As more investors express interest in socially responsible investing, investment advisers are turning to exchange-traded funds and mutual funds ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Three companies are setting the pace in an emerging green-energy industryCrain's New York Business
It is the first high-profile consumer product of any kind to come out of a budding new industry known as carbon capture, utilization and storage, which ...
ROZ research finds answers to unconventional shale issues
Midland Reporter-Telegram
There is a little momentum headed into this year's workshop, which focuses on carbon capture, utilization and storage issues, Melzer said. He was ...
Spanish Oil Giant Repsol Sets Net-Zero Emissions Target for 2050
Greentech Media
... linked to the decarbonization effort, which may include carbon offsets. ... currently on the horizon, including carbon capture, utilization and storage.
Sustainability Investing:
Investing in sustainability is imperative for a successful futureInternational Airport Review
New terminals and runways require long-term traffic forecasting and careful consideration of changing technologies, but they also provide the chance ...
Our Sustainability Rating Methodology Got an Upgrade
Morningstar.com
Jon Hale: Hi everyone, I'm Jon Hale, head of sustainable investing research at Morningstar. Starting this month, we've made some enhancements to ...
What you need to know about 'gender lens' investing
CNBC
Investing with a purpose has never been more popular. So-called impact investments are holding more money than ever, and some 85% of individual ...
Geoengineering:
CO2-eating bacteria made in the lab could help tackle climate change, scientists claimThe Independent
Bacteria which normally survive on sugar have been genetically altered to make them capable of surviving through consumption of carbon dioxide ...
Plans to geo-engineer Earth's atmosphere could actually be SAFE
Stock Daily Dish
A new study has eased fears that this 'solar geoengineering' process could have disastrous consequences. Harvard researchers say limited ...
Cambridge scientists are building a new research centre to develop radical ways to 'save the Earth'
Stock Daily Dish
The Centre for Climate Repair will explore radical geoengineering schemes designed to directly tackle the effects of climate change. Among such ...
Green Bond Funds:
Commentary What's in a municipal green bond?Bond Buyer
For example, a money manager may launch an “Impact or ESG Fund,” which may contain green bonds or other assets believed to have positive ...
A Greener Future for Finance
International Monetary Fund
Along those dimensions, the founders of the green bond movement have undoubtedly succeeded. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) stated in its 2018 ...
6 Nordic funds invest $1.9 billion in World Bank green bond
Pensions & Investments
Six asset owners have invested in a 20-year 3 billion Danish kroner ($1.9 billion) green bond issued by the World Bank. The 933 billion Danish kroner ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Saudi Aramco pitches itself as the low-carbon investors' choiceWorldOil
Saudi Aramco pitches itself as the low-carbon investors' choice ... investors, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Singapore's Temasek, ...
Nordic group to grill external funds amid carbon neutral push
citywireselector.com
Notably, within the real estate space, the group aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by switching to fossil-free heating and electricity by 2030 and ...
Finland's Varma joins effort to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2030
Pensions & Investments
Varma will focus on low-emission companies that promote renewable ... In index funds, the share of low-carbon funds will increase to 35% by 2025.
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