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Microgrids:

SCE Delays Pilot Microgrids after Tight Schedule Drives up Costs
Microgrid Knowledge
The utility spelled out its new microgrid plan in a filing with California Public Utilities Commission (R.19-09-009 ). The postponement came in response to ...

Turns out Democrats and Republicans Agree on Something: Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
In an era of bipartisan wrangling, it turns out microgrids are one thing US voters agree upon — at least once they understand them. survey.

Eye on Augusta: Coronavirus Shutdown and Testing, Right to Food, Microgrids, Safeguards on ...
Freepress Online
The Maine House voted 85-54 last week to pass LD 13, which would allow communities to establish microgrids. A microgrid is a localized grouping of on ...    

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Sound investments to decarbonize the world's industries
GreenBiz
Sound investments to decarbonize the world's industries ... induction furnace or Electric Arc Furnace-based mini-mill scrap-based steel plants. Recent ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

'Thanks Larry!' Green Accounting Project Says BlackRock Plug Gave It a Boost
The New York Times
SASB counts 139 companies worldwide that report data in accordance with its ... SASB rival GRI asks for a wider range of details in its sustainability ...

Here Is How To Set Global Standards For Nonfinancial Information
Forbes
Especially important for standard setting in the public markets are Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), led by Chief Executive Tim Mohin, and the ...

US senator calls for action on forced labor in China's Xinjiang
Nasdaq
GRI CEO Tim Mohin said he worries investors and companies are going to lean toward SASB's narrower reporting guidelines, instead of GRI's more ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Amazon Continues Renewable Energy Investments with Wind and Solar Projects in Australia ...
Valdosta Daily Times
Amazon is investing globally to enable new renewable energy projects as the company works towards net zero carbon by 2040. Amazon's first ...


Coronavirus could weaken climate change action and hit clean energy investment, researchers warn
CNBC
The International Energy Agency is urging governments to offer economic stimulus packages that invest in clean energy technologies. “If the lesson ...

Amazon Continues Renewable Energy Investments
Supply and Demand Chain Executive
Amazon Web Services data centers will now see power coming from renewable energy services, as it begins four projects for wind and solar. March 17, ...

CDP Sustainability:

Schneider Electric Partners with CDP to Provide Global Sustainability Consulting
CSRwire.com (press release)
... has announced that it has renewed its partnership with CDP as an Accredited Provider of global sustainability consulting services and sustainability ...

CDP, Eni and Fincantieri Committed to Spread a Culture of Environmental Sustainability
Energy Industry Review (press release)
... (CDP), Eni and Fincantieri confirm their shared commitment on the energy transition path to decarbonisation and environmental sustainability: the ...

Melco awarded for environmental protection efforts by CDP
Casino Beats
Melco received an A-score earlier this year from the CDP as they were ... resorts and sustainable sourcing for key procurement categories by 2030.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California is a climate leader. But here's why it needs to move even faster
Los Angeles Times
California is aiming to slash planet-warming emissions faster than ever over the next decade — and critics say state officials aren't acting with nearly ...

California should reset its ambition and unleash the next wave of clean energy to combat climate ...
CALmatters
Such tremendous potential invites us to think bigger about climate change. ... Now, many are beginning to call on leaders, like California, to further ...

Coronavirus: Was California slow to respond? Here's one lesson for future pandemics
Sacramento Bee
... in the future, thanks in part to climate change. And in lieu of strong leadership from Washington, California must plan to lead the response with every ...

Impact Investing:

The three dozen investors putting Chicago on the impact investing map
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha, March 11 – Chicago's 36 impact investing funds and intermediaries comprise one of impact investing's most active local ecosystems.

The Week in impact investing: Resilience
ImpactAlpha
The growth in impact investing and sustainable finance corresponded to an historic bull market. As markets tumble into bear territory, investors want to ...

KKR appoints head of global impact investing for Asia
Pensions & Investments
KKR announced in February the final closing of its first Global Impact Fund at $1.3 billion, to invest in private companies "where financial performance ...

Energy Storage:

Global Advanced Energy Storage Industry
GlobeNewswire (press release)
Advanced Energy Storage market worldwide is projected to grow by 5. 2 Thousand Megawatts, driven by a compounded growth of 7. 7%. Thermal ...

Global Advanced Energy Storage Industry
Yahoo Finance
Poised to reach over 6.3 Thousand Megawatts by the year 2025, Thermal Energy Storage will bring in healthy gains adding significant momentum to ...

Global Residential Solar Energy Storage Market 2020-2024 | Evolving Opportunities with East ...
Yahoo Finance
The global residential solar energy storage market is poised to grow by USD 26.59 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of about 37% ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Demand for green offices will soar to meet carbon targets
The Times
Demand for green offices will soar to meet carbon targets ... JLL, the property advisory firm, analysed science-based carbon emission ... and carbon emissions and mandated sustainability performance will become more defined.

Legal & General : Group TCFD report 2019
marketscreener.com
... the Paris Agreement,3set carbon emission intensity targets for our own assets, ... The science is clear and we can see the change with our own eyes. ... Change recommendation for a UK 2050 net zero GHG emissions target and to ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

4 winners and 2 losers from the March Democratic debate
Vox
4 winners and 2 losers from the March Democratic debate ... and Biden tried to draw distinctions between their approaches to climate change. But as ...

The climes they are a-changing
Press Herald
As with most technology and innovation evolutions, there will be winners and losers. But the alternative is that we all lose eventually — so it's best for ...

A Pandemic, an Oil Rout and Market Turmoil: Weekend Reads
Bloomberg
The Changing Winners and Losers From Oil's Historic Plunge Oil price ... Now it's a staging post in the inexorable advance of climate change. By 2050 ...    

Socially Responsible Investing:

BLOG: Why 'green' investments aren't all the same
Your Money
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) covers a range of strategies adopted by funds that address specific requirements of investors. Fund names may ...

Millennials' Passions Haven't Affected How They Invest
Wall Street Journal
... that many millennials simply aren't familiar with socially responsible investing or don't want to commit to it until they become more financially literate.

OpenInvest Named To Fast Company's 2020 List Of Most Innovative Companies
Yahoo Finance
Wins "Best Retail Investment Platform" at 2020 FinTech Breakthrough ... and socially responsible investing at scale, was named to Fast Company's List ...    

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

How Saudi Aramco is working toward climate targets
CNN
... most prolific oil field, a pilot program is capturing carbon emissions through a system called CCUS, or carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Red Trail Energy to begin drilling well for carbon sequestration
Ethanol Producer Magazine (press release)
... Committee and Energy and Water Appropriations Committee to advance the research and development of carbon capture, utilization and storage ...

UW Survey Finds Support for Renewables Along with Oil, Gas, Coal
University of Wyoming News
Regarding carbon capture utilization and storage, 37.8 percent of respondents feel it is important to keep fossil fuels competitive; 30 percent say it ...

Sustainability Investing:

Japan's GPIF, World's Largest Pension Fund, Joins US, UK Funds to Adopt Sustainability Practices
Karma
... funds are taking a $2 trillion stand in favor of sustainability investing. The leaders of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, the California ...

Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers ink $400 million sustainability-linked loan
Which-50 (blog)
Investors are telling us that sustainable businesses are going to be better-run businesses as they focus on the long-term and also on all of their ...

Geoengineering:

Delayed Senate Energy Bill Promotes LNG Exports, 'Clean Coal' and Geoengineering
DeSmog (blog)
Delayed Senate Energy Bill Promotes LNG Exports, 'Clean Coal' and Geoengineering. Read time: 7 mins. Steve Horn | March 11, 2020.

Sci-fi tech tackles climate change with fake trees
Fortune
These out-there technologies are part of a scientific field called geoengineering, which is aimed at manipulating the environment to offset the effects of ... 

Green Bond Funds:

EU Green Bond Standard could hit the starting line in 2021
Expert Investor
Jochen Krimphoff, Teg member and deputy director sustainable finance at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) France, explained that the Teg ...

Nedbank join green funding line
Namibian
He also indicated that they had disbursed all funds raised from the issuance of the green bond in the Namibian market within 12 months after issuance.

County Vets Ideas to Fund Green Energy Projects
North Coast Journal
Bonds of this type are known as general obligation bonds and most Humboldt property owners are familiar with them through funding measures for local ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
If you're the kind of investor who would rather try and beat the market through good stock selection, then smart beta funds are your best choice; this fund ...

Australian super fund wants to change polluting firms, not sell them
Pensions & Investments
Divesting from certain stocks and setting targets wouldn't achieve an orderly transition to a low-carbon economy, she said. "We certainly are ...

Swedish pension fund with billions of assets under management to stop fossil fuel investments
CNBC
The Stockholm-based fund explained that the move toward a low-carbon economy less reliant on fossil fuels represented “a substantial uncertainty for ... 

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