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Coronavirus and Sustainability:
Navigating beyond coronavirus – how could sustainability evolve?IGD
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed many aspects of our lives in the past ... This report takes a deeper dive into the specifics of sustainability.
Plastic waste surges as coronavirus prompts restaurants to use more disposable packaging
CNBC
“The environmental fallout is definitely real,” said Sandra Noonan, chief sustainability officer of Just Salad, a popular chain that shifted away from ...
Six unexpected connections between Coronavirus & Environment
Forward Kentucky (blog)
He has served as a consultant for over a decade, helping companies and governments become more sustainable. He is also an illustrator who does ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Maersk Heads Drive to Decarbonize Shipping SectorMarineLink
Maersk Heads Drive to Decarbonize Shipping Sector ... Danish crowns ($60.36 million) towards building the Copenhagen-based research hub set to ...
New Research Center Will Lead The Way For Decarbonizing Shipping
CleanTechnica
The industry has made a firm commitment to reduce this to zero within this ... The center, which will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is made ...
Decarbonization: the role of gas in MENA's energy future
Utilities Middle East
“Gas-based power generation is poised to serve a critical role in helping to ... THE ROLE OF GAS IN DECARBONIZING THE ENERGY SECTOR.
Global Reporting Initiative:
SITE Centers Issues 2019 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability ReportBusiness Wire
This report was completed in alignment with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) ...
Milliken & Company Publishes Second Annual Corporate Sustainability Report
Valdosta Daily Times
Their efforts shape this annual report, which aligns with the Global Reporting Initiative framework and is a standard way for forward-leaning companies ...
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Introduces Region's First Comprehensive Sustainability ...
Odessa American
The report reinforces guiding principles on Sustainable Finance and ... index indicators, which are aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Covid-19 and the oil crash: a new dawn for clean energy investment?Power Technology
The traditional thinking is that investment in renewable energy sources suffers during an oil price slump, as cheap petrol undercuts electric vehicles and ...
Zambia seeks consultants for renewable energy investments
Renewables Now
Zambia seeks consultants for renewable energy investments. Solar panels. Photo by: World Bank Group (www.scalingsolar.org). June 25 (Renewables ...
Coronavirus - Africa: Renewable energy investments crucial in Africa's efforts to build back better ...
Africanews English
. It is essential for African governments to build back strong from the coronavirus crisis by placing investments in sustainable energy among the central ...
CDP Sustainability:
HeidelbergCement publishes Sustainability Report 2019World Cement
... the 'Climate Change A List', achieving the top grade A in the CDP sustainability rating (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) in the reporting year.
Chinese companies urged to ramp up actions to decouple deforestation risks across the palm oil ...
WebWire
Companies with robust sustainability measures would also be able to avail of emerging financial instruments such as ESG linked loans. CDP's data ...
Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right
GreenBiz
... a widely adopted set of metrics that companies use to report (including to CDP). The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has — you guessed ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
California re-evaluating its landmark climate strategyCBS News 8
California re-evaluating its landmark climate strategy ... air board leadership to weigh “the extent to which the state's climate strategy should rely ... “Because climate change is a shared challenge,” she said, it's essential to include the ...
Amid Pandemic, California Re-evaluating Landmark Cap-and-Trade Climate Strategy
Times of San Diego
Now, in a letter obtained by CalMatters, California EPA Secretary Jared ... board leadership to weigh “the extent to which the state's climate strategy should ... “Because climate change is a shared challenge,” she said, it's essential to ...
Climate-change research provides tools for farmers to adapt
YubaNet
Climate-change research provides tools for farmers to adapt ... The study “Climate Change Trends and Impacts on California Agriculture” was ... who received a Climate Leadership Award for research from the California Climate ...
Impact Investing:
Upstart Co-Lab's Member Community: $1B Of Impact Investing Capacity For The “Creative Economy”Forbes
When it comes to impact investing, the arts and culture don't get a lot of love. For Laura Callanan, that's a huge missed opportunity to invest in artists ...
What Benchmarks Reveal About The Profitability Of Impact Investing
Forbes
According to impact investment researcher and advisor, Rachel Browning, "Only a handful of impact-focussed funds have exited their investments, ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launches Impact Investing Guide
Barron's
Impact investing has been around in one form or another since the late 1960s—when legislation to create program-related investments was included ...
Energy Storage:
What's going on in the world of thermal energy storage?pv magazine Australia
Can this technology be commercialized? A partnership between Siemens Energy and EnergyNest to develop thermal storage solutions together is the ...
Global Energy Storage Market to Reach 240956.9 Megawatts by 2030 says P&S Intelligence
GlobeNewswire
In addition, most of the energy storage systems can feed power to the grid almost instantly, whereas conventional methods take a little time. The effect of ...
Battery energy storage is getting cheaper, but how much deployment is too much?
Utility Dive
When asked how to best plan for battery storage in a future power mix, utilities, resource planning consultants, and researchers had the same answer: ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data rightGreenBiz
Alas, to date the same isn't true of carbon performance. ... The Science-Based Targets Initiative promises to take all this to the next level and link ...
Vallourec aligns its carbon emissions reduction targets with the provisions of the Paris Agreement
GlobeNewswire (press release)
... carbon emissions by 2025, taking 2017 as a reference year. These objectives have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Legal & General acquires urban logistics scheme for GBP23m
Property Funds World
... looking beyond current legislation and practices to align its property platform with science-based carbon performance targets covering the period to ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
PHT Morning Skate: Hall of Fame reactions; draft lottery history winners, losersNBCSports.com
Some of the biggest winners and losers in Draft Lottery history. ... its ability to reach a broader audience and address climate change and other global ...
Central banks have a way to spur greener recovery
ZAWYA
Even so, central banks worry about picking economic winners and losers, ... Broadening central banks' focus to include climate change might worry ...
Microgrids:
COVID-19 propels microgrids in healthcare sector, but regulatory, awareness hurdles remainUtility Dive
"The hospitals that have already implemented microgrids are a step ahead." Adam Dutka. Vice President of Healthcare, PowerSecure. More and more ...
Will Green Microgrids Reduce Deadly Fires and Brownouts?
California Globe
The CPUC is currently scrambling to install “microgrid” power plants in populated mountainous areas before the September 2020 fire season. The ...
How University Microgrids Give Campuses Intelligent Control of Energy Assets and Use
Microgrid Knowledge
What makes up a true microgrid? And how do microgrids protect campuses from outages, as well as optimize renewable energy? campus microgrids.
Socially Responsible Investing:
Socially responsible investing can be like searching for fool's goldPhys.Org
The belief that ESG principles can help companies contribute to investment returns through long-term value creation. Their values are consistent with ...
Doing “well” by doing “good”: Socially Responsible Investing in 2020
Wiscasset Newspaper (blog)
Sometimes referred to as environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing, Socially Responsible (SRI) is a broad-based strategy in ...
How ESG investing captured trillions of dollars on Wall Street
CNBC
How ESG investing captured trillions of dollars on Wall Street ... America into lockdown, companies were being singled out for social responsibility.
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
San Juan College, Enchant Energy and Farmington partner to develop carbon capture workforceFarmington Daily Times
... will turn the school into a “the centerpiece of (carbon capture, utilization and storage) training, bringing people from all over the world to Farmington.”.
Clean Coal Is Crucial for American Jobs, Energy Security, and National Supply Chains
Energy.gov
... working with our private sector partners to advance the commercial deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage, or CCUS, technologies.
Reaching 100% net-zero emission goals will require technology innovations: execs
S&P Global
... the last 20% of that goal will require innovations in the use of hydrogen, carbon capture utilization and storage and advanced nuclear reactors.
Sustainability Investing:
Coronavirus could be a 'major turning point' for sustainable investing, says JPMorganCNBC
The coronavirus pandemic and the destruction left in its wake could lead to a greater adoption of socially responsible investing, according to ...
Removing the blindfold from sustainable investing
Grist
There are problems with ESG investing as it's currently practiced. ESG investors make decisions based on companies' climate change policies and ...
How To Read The Proposed New ERISA Rule, What It Gets Wrong On Sustainable Investing, And ...
Forbes
Sustainably invested assets in the US have grown 18-fold since 1995, according to US SIF Foundation. Globally, investors with $80 trillion in assets ...
Geoengineering:
New Issue Brief: Strengthening Public Input on Solar Geoengineering ResearchUnion of Concerned Scientists (blog)
Public participation in the consideration of emerging technologies–from genome editing to autonomous vehicles to solar geoengineering–is an essential ...
New UCS White Paper Says Strong Public Input Needed on Solar Geoengineering Research ...
Union of Concerned Scientists
Given the global risks posed by solar geoengineering, every aspect of this research needs to be done right to ensure an inclusive and legitimate process ...
The new urgency of climate change | Al Gore
One News Page
Stay tuned for a lively debate about geoengineering and hear Gore's thoughts about how humanity can create a clean, prosperous future through a ...
Green Bond Funds:
2 Danish pension funds chip into latest European green bondPensions & Investments
ATP has invested 26 billion kroner in green bonds to date. The fund does not disclose details about individual issuers, according to the spokesman.
Green Bonds Need the Right Filter
Wall Street Journal
Last year, Teekay Shuttle Tankers—a subsidiary of crude-oil tanker company Teekay —received a green designation for a bond funding new tankers ...
Xylem Closes $1 Billion Inaugural Green Bond
Business Wire
Xylem Closes $1 Billion Inaugural Green Bond. Proceeds will fund eligible projects under Green Finance Framework; Further enhances strong liquidity ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Sovereign Wealth Funds Play Limited Role in Climate Finance: OECDThe New York Times
Few funds have adopted climate-focused active ownership policies to reduce the carbon footprints of their portfolios, it said. Less than 1% of sovereign ...
Cornwall Council has funds for low carbon community projects
Falmouth Packet
Cornwall Council has funds for low carbon community projects. By Lisa Young Reporter. The funding could be used for cycle paths. 1 comment.
16 Ways The Pandemic Recovery Could Be Green
WBUR
Fund Nuclear Energy. The global economic system needs an immediate conversion to low carbon energy sources that must be clean, reliable, safe and ...
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