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Coronavirus and Sustainability:
The coronavirus hit the fashion industry hard. Here's how eight LA designers are getting byLos Angeles Times
A look from sustainable L.A. brand Back Beat Co.'s spring and summer 2020 collection by creative director Isadora Alvarez. (Brian Overend). By Susan ...
Coronavirus Effect on Sustainable Fashion: 'We Can't Keep Feeding a Beast We Know Will Be the ...
WWD
Even as designers such as Eileen Fisher, Gabriela Hearst and Mara Hoffman struggle to stay in business, they see opportunity for sustainable fashion ...
Coronavirus: we're in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future
The Conversation US
Coronavirus: we're in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future. April 27, 2020 4.12am EDT. Paul Chatterton, University of Leeds ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Can electricity decarbonize the energy sector?World Economic Forum (blog)
That could vary significantly based on how fast we embrace this trend of global electrification. Let's take the example of electric vehicles (EVs).
Rhode Island Should Pursue an "All of the Above" Approach to Decarbonizing the Heating Sector ...
PRNewswire (press release)
Based on the projected range of average annual heating costs in 2050 for a representative single-family home in Rhode Island, the study provides the ...
DPUC and OER issue report on Heating Sector Transformation needed to combat global warming
Uprise RI (blog)
The letter lays out four ideas that can and must be implemented immediately to begin the path towards decarbonizing the heating sector: Science-based, ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
We Need a Green Transition After COVID-19CSRwire.com (press release)
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the independent international organization that helps businesses, governments other organizations understand ...
KB Home Releases Its 13th Annual Sustainability Report
Olean Times Herald
The report also includes extensive information on KB Home's ESG practices and references Global Reporting Initiative™(GRI) guidelines and ...
Boston Properties Releases 2019 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Report
Rome News-Tribune
The report is aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and outlines the Company's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), achievements and ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
This High-Yielding Renewable Energy Stock Has the Wind at Its BackMotley Fool
Clearway Energy is moving forward with several wind-related investments that will power fast-paced cash flow growth. Matthew DiLallo. (TMFmd19).
Investing In Renewable Energy Could See A Return Of To Up To 800%
CleanTechnica
Governments in thrall to fossil fuel interests, such as the United States, see the virus as a chance to roll back advances in renewable energy. After all, the ...
MacWilliams joins Apollo to push renewable energy investment
IPE Real Assets
... an energy executive with 25 years' industry experience and expertise in renewables. Ford has 25 years of experience operating and investing in the ...
CDP Sustainability:
Fifth Third Earns A- for Climate Leadership from CDPYahoo Finance
... a Leadership score of A- in the CDP's 2019 Climate Change assessment," said Fifth Third's Director of Environmental Sustainability Scott Hassell.
Now Is a Good Time for Brands to Press Pause and Create a More Sustainable Path Forward
Adweek
Amazon disclosed in its September 2019 sustainability report that it contributed 44.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. According to CDP, ...
Vericast Receives an "A-" Rating for Climate Change and Supply Chain Engagement Efforts
Yahoo Finance
"The CDP results provide assurance that our enterprise sustainability goals are aligned with planetary success as we plan for the future. Our team is ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Why fixing climate change may not take the sacrifice that COVID-19 requiresKCRW
She says addressing climate change isn't like addressing COVID-19 ... “California is a leader not just in the United States, but globally in terms of how ...
On housing, as with coronavirus and climate change, California must follow the evidence
Sacramento Bee
California's leaders are earning their place in history for strong leadership in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. By acting quickly on the scientific ...
These two programs will help California reach its carbon-neutral goals
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
California is continuing its leadership on climate change by eliminating carbon from the economy and our daily lives. In fact, California has a law to ...
Impact Investing:
The Brief: 10x'ing impact investing, Repsol's solar farm, agri-business fund, digital vocational ...ImpactAlpha
Yet for all its pre-pandemic momentum, impact investing is the dog that has yet to bark. The examples of private investors stepping up are notable ...
How social impact investing initiatives are leading by example
Finextra
Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute (III), and I sat down across a virtual desk last week to discuss her role, who the III are what they plan to ...
Tideline Report Highlights Best Practices In Impact Investing Through Verification Of Impact ...
PRNewswire (press release)
Investors make their impact intentions clear by defining specific goals that are: aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or another ...
Energy Storage:
Spot the difference: Europe and North America's energy storage marketsEnergy Storage News (blog)
We've already spoken with Baschet about the energy storage market in France, which, after the success of solar-plus-storage tenders on its island ...
COVID-19 Impact on Battery Energy Storage Market - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets
Yahoo Finance
The major factors driving the battery energy storage industry include the growing need for continuous power from critical infrastructure sectors and the ...
The global liquid air energy storage market is evaluated to reach a CAGR of 40.57% during the ...
PRNewswire (press release)
The liquid air energy storage is a high-end cold store technology that uses a low-pressure device, a cost effective and largely available material, granite ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
First things first: To meet climate goals, we can't skip lower steps of mitigation hierarchyPhys.Org
First things first: To meet climate goals, we can't skip lower steps of ... Reflected in the number of companies setting science-based targets (SBTs) in ... Corporation's Performance Standard 6 for clients to manage environmental ... the need for fossil fuel emission reductions before carbon dioxide removal ...
Legal giant CMS sets out its case for net zero emissions by 2025
www.businessgreen.com
Legal giant CMS sets out its case for net zero emissions by 2025 ... today announcing plans to set science-based emissions reduction targets in ... "also exploring options to go 'net negative' and address its historical carbon debt".
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
This Earth Day, let's focus on global recovery — not special interestsThe Hill
Even for people who care deeply about the climate crisis, priorities have changed, and rightfully so, in the face of a major health crisis and economic ruin ...
UN chief: Use pandemic to 'rebuild our world for the better'
cbs4local.com
The U.N. chief warned that just like the pandemic, climate change can't be ... some businesses are making out as clear winners, and gains for Amazon, health ... The losers in the coronavirus pandemic, meanwhile, took yet more hits.
Stephen Gottlieb: No Time To Be Stingy
WAMC
They will happen again because a warming climate will nurse new pathogens. And they ... And one extra step – all changes have winners and losers.
Microgrids:
PNNL issues RFIs on DC-powered SSL and building microgridsLEDs Magazine
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is gathering data on DC-powered, LED-based lighting and on building microgrids that will guide DOE activity ...
Struggling Distributed Wind Sector Eyes Role in Microgrids Market
Greentech Media
Makers of small wind turbines have been crushed by solar energy. New R&D funding and a possible role in microgrids keep the sector hopeful. Justin ...
New Jersey Regulators Urged to Include Microgrids, Storage in Efficiency Plan
Microgrid Knowledge
The Sierra Club is urging New Jersey regulators to include microgrids as part of the state's strategy for supporting energy efficiency and peak demand ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
The S&P BSE 100 ESG Index: A Socially Responsible Investment StrategyS&P Global
In recent years, socially responsible investing has gained importance worldwide. There has been a paradigm shift in investment strategy globally, ...
[Market Close-up] Socially responsible investments draw limelight in pandemic-hit global market
The Korea Herald
Individual investors' stronger appetite for ESG investing is likely to pressure companies to carry out corporate social responsibilities as part of ...
CEOs Changing The Way We Invest, Trade, And Manage Our Money During COV-19
Forbes
There are many socially responsible investment portfolios, including one designed on Islamic law. Wealthsimple also creates access for those ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
US Department of Energy Announces $131 Million for CCUS TechnologiesEnergy.gov (blog)
However, capture and storage of CO2 from industrial sources is also vitally ... “Carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies are key to ...
DOE funding $131M in carbon capture R&D projects
Power Engineering Magazine
“Carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies are key to addressing global emissions issues, particularly important in developing nations, ...
By The Numbers: How Carbon Capture Could Contribute To Decarbonization [Infographic]
Forbes
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) can significantly cut emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants and a variety of industrial ...
Sustainability Investing:
Digital Realty CEO says sustainability efforts are 'table stakes today'CNBC
The data center real estate investment trust announced a new sustainability plan to outfit its properties in the Dallas area with wind power. “We are ...
Downturn signals opportunity for climate-aligned investing
GreenBiz
As described, sustainable investing — otherwise known as ESG investing, socially responsible investing or impact investing — is a strategy that ...
Geoengineering:
Geoengineering won't unlock the politics of climate changeOpen Democracy
Geoengineering won't unlock the politics of climate change. It is not merely a matter of learning from scientists and modellers, but of generating new ...
Geoengineering not a climate change quick fix
Griffith News (press release)
... essential for any climate change mitigation or adaptation strategies to work long-term but untested 'techno-fixes' such as geoengineering are not the ...
GeoEngineers adds Hoffman as senior geotechnical engineer
Daily Journal of Commerce
ENGINEERING. Ben Hoffman has joined GeoEngineers Inc. as a senior geotechnical engineer. He has 18 years of professional experience – mostly ...
Green Bond Funds:
Green Bond Rebound Could Print Green For InvestorsETF Trends
Green bonds can be an integral piece of financing that recovery.” Going Green With GRNB. Green bonds are debt securities issued to finance projects ...
Demand For Green Bonds Exceeds Vanilla Equivalents
Markets Media (press release) (blog)
Cost of green bond funding. Source: CBI. The study continued that the costs of funding for green bonds were lower than for vanilla bonds for larger ...
ATP's green bond allocation hits 3.9% as it buys into new NIB issue
IPE.com
Denmark's statutory pensions giant ATP has invested in a new seven-year green bond issue from Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), as the fund's total ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Is your low-carbon portfolio destroying the planet?Responsible-Investor.com
If an investor chooses a low-carbon fund with the intention of helping the environment, this portfolio is unlikely to be fit for purpose. By itself, the ...
10 Stocks for a Low-Carbon Economy
Morningstar.com
10 Stocks for a Low-Carbon Economy ... and fossil-fuel involvement methodology behind our Morningstar Portfolio Carbon Metrics for funds.
Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
Launched on 12/08/2014, the iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to ...
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