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Microgrids:
How Microgrids Offer Electric Reliability With Valuable Arbitrage OpportunityForbes
As our energy economy continues to evolve, it's becoming increasingly clear that the growth of assets on the customer side of the meter is going to ...
Microgrids as Non-Wires Alternatives
Microgrid Knowledge
S&C Electric's Erik Svanholm discusses the potential of microgrids as non-wires alternatives, which use distributed energy resources and microgrids to ...
Some Small Towns Received Electricity From Microgrids During Power Shutoffs
The Epoch Times
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), which has faced widespread criticism from state leaders and residents, is experimenting with new methods for ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Getting the carbon out of the electricity sectorThe MIT Tech
Titled “Decarbonizing the Electricity Sector,” the symposium centered on ... including the use of perovskite-based solar cells with potential for much ...
IAEA Event at COP25 Climate Change Conference Explores Decarbonization Strategies
International Atomic Energy Agency
How can the world rapidly decarbonize the energy sector to meet both ... Executive Director of Energy for Humanity, a UK-based environmental group.
Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy
The American Prospect
Major challenges remain in decarbonizing certain industrial sectors, ... would permit the natural retirement of most carbon-based power generation, ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
International Tax Reporting Standard Is FinalizedCFO Magazine
Under the Global Reporting Initiative's new standard, thousands of companies will be voluntarily reporting tax information on a country-by-country ...
GRI launch the first global standard for tax transparency
GlobeNewswire (press release)
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Tax Standard is the first global standard for comprehensive tax disclosure at the country-by-country level.
GRI issues international corporate tax reporting standard
Accounting Today
The Global Reporting Initiative has issued a new international tax reporting standard that aims to ensure multinational companies are much clearer ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
How AI Can Reshape The Post-Subsidy Renewable Energy MarketForbes
How should investors prepare? A post-subsidy world means the renewable energy sector needs to successfully harness and utilize AI and smart data ...
India assures global investors of payment security for green energy investments
Livemint
NEW DELHI : India on Tuesday assured global investors that a payment security mechanism has been put in place to protect green energy ...
Proposed budget puts millions toward clean energy, environmental investments
CBS19 News
"These significant investments in environmental protection, environmental justice, clean energy and clean water will combat climate change and ...
CDP Sustainability:
NYK takes out Japan's first “sustainability-linked” loanFreightWaves
Firstly, sustainability performance targets must be linked to a borrower's ... that NYK has set CDP's scores as its sustainability performance targets.
Carbon conscious suppliers are high performers across the board: CDP
Supply Chain Dive
CDP's 125 supply chain members are a self-selected group predisposed to engaging in highly-prized sustainability efforts, but the names and buying ...
NYK Takes Out Japan's First "Sustainability-Linked" Loan
Yahoo Finance
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is a ... did confirm that the loan to NYK conforms to the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles.
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
California Brings Blue Leadership to COP 25Natural Resources Defense Council
California Brings Blue Leadership to COP 25 ... Utilizing the power of the oceans to combat climate change and protecting the ocean and coastal ...
The Energy 202: It's the birthplace of Earth Day. Now it's one of the fastest warming spots in the US
Washington Post
That local political fight is part of a broader reckoning within California when it comes to cars and climate change. Leaders of the car-crazy state ...
Another California Republican defection: Former party leader bails on the GOP
CALmatters
A former California Republican leader left the party this week, the latest ... with Democrats to pass landmark legislation combating climate change.
Impact Investing:
$12.5 million Tipping Point Fund, A Coalition Of High-Profile Donors, Will Finance Impact Investing ...Forbes
Public advocacy and a shared system for measurement are critical to building a solid infrastructure for impact investing. But they haven't received a lot ...
Foundations and Family Offices Create a Fund to Support Impact Investing
Barron's
Key investors and philanthropic supporters of impact investing have joined forces to announce a new grant-making vehicle intended to strengthen the ...
As Impact Investing Reaches a Tipping Point, a Fund to Scale the Market with Integrity
Inside Philanthropy
A powerhouse coalition of impact investors hopes to help build out the field through a donor collaborative launched last week with an initial $12.5 ...
Energy Storage:
Mix Mountains and Gravity for Long-Term Energy StorageIEEE Spectrum
To provide uninterrupted power, grid operators must store extra energy ... Lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the energy storage market, but ...
Overheard at GTM's Energy Storage Summit 2019
RTO Insider
“Energy storage is spreading across the United States in a way we haven't seen other technologies do,” he said. “Storage has a value in whatever ...
FERC Tariff Approvals Open Way for Energy Storage in Wholesale Markets
Microgrid Knowledge
US regulators gave energy storage a boost with recent approvals of tariffs filed by grid operators that create standardized ways of offering the resource ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
VF Corporation Announces New Science-Based Targets to Accelerate Social and Environmental ...Business Wire (press release)
“Our workforce of 50,000 performance-driven people share a commitment to be more than ... VF's science-based carbon emissions targets include:.
COP25 news and views: What's happening in Madrid (part 2)
EURACTIV
In this edition: ambition, carbon pricing, dunce cap, and getting mad for climate. ... They commit to setting science-based targets through the Science Based ... The index aims to assess and ...
First wood-based fiber producer with approved science-based targets
Knitting Industry
For 2050 Lenzing has announced a vision towards net-zero CO2 emissions. ... Now a further milestone has been reached: The Science Based Targets ... from sustainable forests and plantations that sequester carbon is a good thing.
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Polluting firms 'will be hit by climate policies'BBC News
By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst ... of their value thanks to policies designed to combat climate change, a report says. ... But the PRI study suggests major winners and losers will emerge between, and within, big sectors.
Europe's Green Deal Is Great, Unless It's a Backdoor to a Planned Economy
Washington Post
For the challenge is not only to limit warming, but also to align this massive state ... allegedly necessary to fight climate change and to compete with China and ... All change creates winners and losers, and this is the biggest since the ...
COP25: Who are the biggest climate winners and losers?
The Indian Express
The Climate Change Performance Index published today shows which industrial countries are in the lead, and which are the biggest losers. A ranking ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
7 Apps for Socially Responsible InvestingU.S. News & World Report
Socially responsible investing continues to expand in popularity as a way to invest with your values. From socially responsible mutual and ...
Coca-Cola CEO: Wall Street plays catch-up rewarding firms for socially responsible investments
CNBC
Investors are increasingly paying attention to the company's sustainability efforts, Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey told CNBC on ...
What is a Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC)?
Yahoo Finance
It can also impact which companies you choose to invest in, and many investors choose to pursue a socially responsible investing (SRI) strategy.
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Wyoming Ramps Up Carbon Capture Research EffortsCounty 17
Governor Mark Gordon reiterated his support today for a joint study to explore carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCSU) at two of Wyoming's ...
TGS Makes First Sale of Multi-Client Seismic Data for use in Carbon Capture Project
WebWire (press release)
Net Zero Teesside is a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project, based in Teesside in the North East of England. In partnership with ...
Secretary Brouillette To Deliver Remarks To National Petroleum Council
Energy.gov (press release)
... development, as well as the importance of making our traditional energy sources cleaner through carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Interested ...
Sustainability Investing:
A Decade For Sustainable Investors To Prove Economic And Sustainability ReturnsForbes
Investing in environmentally-driven businesses over the past fifteen years has been a roller coaster. Once known as "Cleantech" investing, it has been ...
Impact investing is the future of sustainability
Gulf News
Just over two years ago, after a 25-year executive career in the film & television business in North America, Europe and Asia, I decided it was time to ...
Coca-Cola CEO: Wall Street plays catch-up rewarding firms for socially responsible investments
CNBC
Investors are increasingly paying attention to the company's sustainability efforts, Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey told CNBC on ...
Geoengineering:
Geoengineering is no climate fix. But calling it a moral hazard could be counterproductiveBulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Why geoengineering is not a real fix. Proponents of geoengineering often describe it as a rather quick technical fix for climate change compared to ...
Geoengineering no longer a conspiracy theory
The Pioneer
Harvard Professor David Keith has been dubbed the father of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) or more commonly known as Geoengineering.
Turns Out a Wild Geoengineering Plan to Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn't the Best Idea
Gizmodo
As the world spins closer to climate catastrophe, fringe ideas are inching toward the mainstream. Geoengineering is among the topics that were once ...
Green Bond Funds:
CDC, Laerernes commit to Amundi, EIB green bond programPensions & Investments
Launched by Amundi and EIB in July, the program is aimed at enhancing the green debt market through financing of small scale green projects for ...
Green bonds set for shake up as EU agrees rules for sustainable financial products
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The $200 billion green bond market is set for a ... the world in sustainable finance,” said Green EU lawmaker Bas Eickhout, ...
California pension fund financing its $281 million riverfront tower with green bonds
Sacramento Bee
California's teacher pension fund wants to pay for a $300 million office tower on the Sacramento River with green bonds, a type of investment used to ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?Yahoo Finance
Making its debut on 12/08/2014, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) provides investors broad ...
Chevron Technology Ventures invests in Infinitum Electric as part of its low-carbon initiative
WorldOil
“The purpose of the Future Energy Fund is to invest in breakthrough energy technologies that reflect Chevron's commitment to lower emission energy ...
Nine Countries “Take Flight” With Green Banks for Climate Action
Natural Resources Defense Council
Green banks finance a broad array of projects such as large-scale offshore wind, small-scale solar, low-carbon transport, building energy efficiency ...
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