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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

How the coronavirus will shift sustainability transformation
ITProPortal
When it comes to the most discussed, existential risks of our time, climate change has reigned supreme. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Shares.

Why COVID-19 is a wake-up call for sustainability
Fortune
Why COVID-19 is a wake-up call for sustainability. By. Surendra Patawari. June 13, 2020 8:00 AM PDT.

Honolulu mayoral candidates talk post-coronavirus sustainability
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Half a dozen candidates for Honolulu mayor have promised to make a sustainable and livable Hawaii, but Friday at a forum gave only broad, general ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

LanzaJet Takes Off for Decarbonization of Aviation Sector
SteelGuru
With its approach to commercialization of SAF, LanzaJet is creating regional jobs while enabling global decarbonization of the aviation sector.

Fostering #BiogasSector is essential to ensure decarbonization of the EU
EU Reporter
To decarbonize all economic sectors, a holistic approach to carbon pricing and the phasing out of subsidies for ... opportunities at local level and fosters the concept of circular and bio-based economy, in particular in rural areas.

Workboat Industry Sets Out to Accelerate Decarbonization
MarineLink
The group aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of the workboat sector, ... to decarbonization, while highlighting the importance for the industry to ... His impressive contact base from years of collaboration throughout the industry is ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Air Products Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report
The Delaware County Daily Times
... environmental and social performance data from the prior year, in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards "Core" option.

NOVA Chemicals Reports Progress on its Sustainability Strategy
GlobeNewswire (press release)
The report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI®) Standards: Core option. Creating a Plastics Circular Economy

MetLife Releases Annual Sustainability Report
Odessa American
MetLife's 2019 Sustainability Report references internationally recognized reporting frameworks created by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Danish Fund Raises $1.7 Billion for Green Energy Investments
Bloomberg
... 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for a new fund that it aims to be the biggest in the world dedicated to renewable energy infrastructure investments.
PensionDanmark commits to latest renewable energy infrastructure fund - Pensions & Investments

Renewable Energy Capacity at Record Level Worldwide in 2019
Resilience
The share of renewable energies in global electricity generation increased ... Investment in renewable energy capacities in Europe also fell last year ...

Green energy revolution powered by global South
Tech Xplore
A solar field at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. Developing countries made record renewable energies investments in 2019. Credit: ...

CDP Sustainability:

Garanti BBVA reaffirms its environmental commitment on the 10th anniversary of CDP
BBVA
“We contribute with 42 sustainable products and services to move beyond just raising awareness among our customers and actively promote actions,” ...

Take sustainability action where you are
ASU Now (press release)
Sarda is also the president of CDP North America, an international nonprofit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas ...

Partner Spotlight: Community Development Partners
Daily Journal of Commerce
Since CDP was founded in 2011, it has successfully built a portfolio of 24 ... “One of the unique aspects of CDP is that we've historically taken a ... sustainable developments, CDP partnered with the Native American Youth and Family ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

UC chief Janet Napolitano leaving office with a mended legacy
Los Angeles Times
But the new University of California president had no experience in academic ... Napolitano called climate change “the existential issue of our time.

California legislators ask Congress to include clean energy in COVID-19 relief efforts
Solar Power World
... of climate change, this week a bipartisan group of California State Legislators led by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) sent a joint letter to ...

How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change
Forbes
... of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with the support of the United Nations. Its mission is empowering women in the fight for climate change. ... more women leaders in tech, which includes the growing space of climate change.

Impact Investing:

Impact-Investing Market Expands to $715 Billion, Survey Says
Barron's
Impact investing has been a growing corner of the sustainable investment universe, and investors lately have been especially interested in financing ...

Covid-19 Crisis Unlikely to Affect Impact Investing
Barron's
Most impact investors recently surveyed by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) expect to maintain or boost their commitment to impact ...

Impact Investors Optimistic Amid Pandemic: Survey
ThinkAdvisor
The maturing global impact investing market has grown to $715 billion in assets under management, with investors generally optimistic even amid the ...

Energy Storage:

Stem Named Top California Commercial Energy Storage Installer
AltEnergyMag (press release)
Stem, Inc., the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy storage services, led commercial storage installations in California during 2019, ...

Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance
Phys.Org
This new strategy ensures high performance for lithium-oxygen batteries, acclaimed as a next-generation energy storage technology and widely used in ...

Fluence unveils sixth-generation of large-scale energy storage stack
Solar Power World
Fluence, a Siemens and AES company, today unveiled its sixth-generation energy storage technology stack combining factory-built hardware, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Associate Director, Carbon Intelligence – London
Carbon Pulse
Associate Director, Carbon Intelligence – London ... Investors need to measure the carbon emissions across their fund portfolios. ... Net Zero and Science Based targets for finance businesses and investment funds; TCFD and climate ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Study tracks decades of life cycle changes in nonwoody plants
Science Daily
"This suggests that there may be winners and losers in the plant community as a result of climate change, where some plants can respond more, some ...

The Pentagon Can't Afford All of the Weapons It Wants, New Report Says
Defense One
... weapons it wants to buy and will be forced to choose winners and losers, ... The Obama administration considered climate change a national security threat. ... That projection is likely to change as it was forecast well before the ...

In troubled times, climate change is the 'black elephant'
The Hill
Climate change is the new “black elephant,” an obvious, predictable event with ... Its decentralized architecture is applicable, in part, to climate change. ... power structures, and propel a new set of economic winners and losers.

Microgrids:

PG&E installing microgrids to power essential services during wildfire power shutoffs
KRCRTV.COM
The microgrid proposals are designed to reduce the number of customers affected by PSPS events and mitigate the impacts to those who remain ...

Monash researchers propose new approach to energy management in microgrids
pv magazine Australia
For instance, in preparation for the deployment of a smart microgrid platform, an enabling IoT hardware installation has to be performed on all DERs in ...

Sustaining the future of indoor vertical farming with microgrids
pv magazine USA
Schneider Electric's Don Wingate discusses how microgrids can help the indoor vertical farming movement realize its full potential. June 16, 2020 Don ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Virtual Conversation on Socially Responsible Investing
Episcopal News Service
Virtual Conversation on Socially Responsible Investing. Webinar (Church Pension Group). June 25 @ 1 p.m.. Back to Events ...

Church Pension Group to Host Virtual Conversation on Socially Responsible Investing
Business Wire (press release)
... announced that it will host a virtual conversation featuring experts on socially responsible investing and shareholder engagement on Thursday, ...

Pitt quietly releases socially responsible investment criteria
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Pitt quietly released a socially responsible investment policy statement in March, delivering another win to student activists pushing for fossil fuel ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Saudi Aramco exec: Capturing carbon emissions can help combat climate change
CNN
Deep reductions in these emissions can be achieved through a new suite of technologies known as Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS).

'COVID-19 will accelerate investments into Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage': interview
The Sociable
“Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage is a collection of technologies that work towards using CO2 as a feedstock” — Moji Karimi. Microbe ...

INSIGHT: Impact of Proposed IRS Regulations Under Section 45Q for Carbon Capture Credit
Bloomberg Tax
... long-awaited proposed regulations under tax code Section 45Q, which provides the credit for carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS).

Sustainability Investing:

Serious About Sustainability
coastalbreezenews.com
State Street Global Advisors found that 35% of pension fund investors ... These Principles for Responsible Investment and Sustainable Investment ...

Impact investing on the rise
Politico
Impact investing has grown into a $715 billion market, and investors in the space have found reason for optimism even amid the pandemic.

Value Xd Changes the Face of Impact Investing With the Launch of Value Xd Impact Platform
PRNewswire (press release)
Firm has created the first analytical ecosystem for sustainable impact investment. EXETER, England, June 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Xd, the ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering will buy us time
Trinidad & Tobago Express Newspapers
Human beings respond well to a crisis that is familiar, especially if it is also imminent. They don't do nearly as well when the threat is unfamiliar and ...

Letter: False premise
The Rocky Mountain Goat
They have been actively geoengineering through the use of HAARP and chemtrails since decades. Governments are even starting to admit to the ...

Andrew Yang Can Teach Trump and Biden a Thing or Three
National Review
From his proposal to tackle climate change with geoengineering to his statistical analyses of automation tendencies, Yang demonstrated a proficiency ...

Green Bond Funds:

Brazil launches green bond program for railways
Yahoo Finance
... Brazil's government on Tuesday launched the first program in Latin America to fund infrastructure projects with the sale of so-called "green bonds".

Oil Spill Taints Kremlin Plan to Sell $4 Billion of Green Bonds
Yahoo Finance
RF, which has been used in the past to help finance President Vladimir Putin's infrastructure projects, plans to set up guidelines for green bonds by the ...

Daily News 12 / 06 / 2020
EU News
Sustainable Finance: Commission consults on EU Green Bond Standard. The European Commission has today launched a targeted consultation on ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Fossil fuel's answer to climate change just got less expensive
Duluth News Tribune
Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm that specializes in project funding, held an online seminar last week about tax-equity for carbon capture, a financing ...

The Brief: Building community wealth, alt-home-financing, curbing construction carbon, employee ...
ImpactAlpha
The pandemic-induced pause in greenhouse gas emissions has provided a glimpse of a low-carbon future. And long-term, steady yields have rarely ...

Sustainable Investment And The Race to Zero Emissions During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Forbes
For instance, WHEB Asset Management — a global listed equities fund focused on the low carbon transition — grew their FP WHEB Sustainability ...