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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

How Has COVID Affected Energy & Sustainability at Your Organization?
CSRwire.com
To help shape the conversation about the effect of COVID-19 on energy and sustainability initiatives now and in the future, please take our survey ...

COVID-19 Driving Greater Sustainability Demand, Survey Finds
Sourcing Journal
The results of a new global survey show a majority of sustainability leaders at apparel and textile brands said their customers' demands for ...

EDITORIAL: Stable Footing: Please support Local Journalism Sustainability Act
Lufkin Daily News
... the global coronavirus pandemic also offers tax relief to small businesses, residents and local newspapers. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act ...     

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Nine ways to decarbonize the South African energy sector
CNBCAfrica.com
Nine ways to decarbonize the South African energy sector ... everything you can and use some variety of renewable-based hydrogen for the rest.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Trinseo Releases its 10th Annual Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Odessa American
This is the 10 th report since the Company's formation in 2010 and has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...

Accountants must help business respond to climate change
economia
Most large companies recognise their responsibility and voluntarily report progress, using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. But it is crucial ...

Galiano Gold Releases 2019 Sustainability Report
PRNewswire
The 2019 Sustainability Report, prepared in accordance with the 'Core' Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Standards, reflects Galiano's corporate and ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

As OPEC Eases Oil Cuts, Renewable Energy Investments Remain Steady
Karma
The rise in the use of renewable energy is viewed by some ESG investors as key to the global transition away from fossil fuels linked to global ...

Governor Cuomo Announces Largest Combined Solicitations for Renewable Energy Ever Issued ...
ny.gov
In addition to delivering a significant amount of clean, renewable energy to New Yorkers, this combined solicitation requests proposals for investment in ...

It's time to harness the potential of responsible renewable energy on public land
The Wilderness Society
Though progress on renewable energy on public lands has slowed drastically in recent years, we can achieve these goals through continued investment ...

CDP Sustainability:

Why China is key in the battle against palm oil deforestation
Ethical Corporation Magazine
A recent CDP report on the palm oil industry, The Hidden Commodity, ... for sustainability, from customers, investors, consumers and policymakers.

Republic Services Reports Meaningful Progress on 2030 Sustainability Goals
PRNewswire
"Our year-one 2019 achievements demonstrate a sustained ability to ... Sustainability Indices for a fourth consecutive year, the CDP Climate A List, ...

Bridgestone : Sustainability Report
marketscreener.com
CDP Supplier Engagement: A. As of December 31, 2019. 154 sites are targeted for ISO 9001 certification/153 sites are ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Court Upholds California's Coordination with Quebec to Cut Climate Pollution
Environmental Defense Fund
Court Upholds California's Coordination with Quebec to Cut Climate Pollution ... “California faces the clear and present danger of climate change, and is ... especially when the federal government fails to provide sound leadership,” ...

Apple, Ford, McDonald's, Microsoft Among This Summer's Climate Leaders
Forbes
Apple, Ford, McDonald's, Microsoft Among This Summer's Climate Leaders ... corporate leadership to include addressing big issues like climate change, ... shown real environmental leadership by working with California on Clean ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing Won't Save Capitalism
Harvard Business Review
Nobody could reasonably expect business alone to fix the pandemic. Nonetheless, some investors under the banner of “impact investing” argue that ...

What are the differences between SRI, ESG and impact investing?
PitchBook News & Analysis
Major categories under the broader umbrella of sustainable investing include socially responsible investing (SRI), environmental, social and governance ...

Impact investing: An approach for strong risk adjusted returns in real estate - by Michael Zysman
New York Real Estate Journal Online
Investors who apply an impact investment approach to acquiring distressed assets will achieve higher long-term returns on their investments. Impact ...

Energy Storage:

Eguana launches LFP battery in residential energy storage line
Solar Power World
Eguana has expanded its Evolve residential product line with the introduction of the Evolve LFP energy storage system. The cobalt-free lithium-iron ...

VIDEO: Predicting the energy storage tech of the future
Energy Storage News
Jim Stover, chief marketing officer at VRB Energy, a vanadium flow battery manufacturer based in North America with a subsidiary company in China.

The Global Flywheel Energy Storage Market is expected to grow by 527.88 MW during 2020-2024 ...
GlobeNewswire
New York, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Flywheel Energy Storage Market ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Barratt calls on suppliers to reduce waste
Show House News
... major national housebuilder to set science-based carbon reduction targets. ... The provision of good quality carbon emissions data was particularly ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

It's time to allow markets to fight climate change
The Hill
Ignoring these realities is tantamount to denying climate change. Democrats want the federal government, not markets, to pick winners and losers.

Winners and losers in EU's big stimulus deal
Jakarta Post
Some call it robbing Peter to pay Paul: research, a transition fund for climate change and an EU investment fund have all been gutted of original ...

Winners and losers
RTL Today
Winners and losers ... The climate cause: About one third of the EU's stimulus stash will be earmarked for fighting climate change, making it one of the ...

Microgrids:

44% of Businesses Considering Microgrids: Survey
Microgrid Knowledge
In “Deloitte Resources 2020 Study,” 54% of those considering microgrids said they have critical operations that require uninterrupted power supply, said ...

How Microgrids Boost University Decarbonization Efforts
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrids help campuses further their climate and clean energy goals in several ways. For example, a microgrid controller can optimize the system for ...

2019 saw a record number of microgrids installed in the United States
Solar Builder
Technology-neutral microgrid developers are taking notice and developing more modular designs,” said Isaac Maze-Rothstein, Wood Mackenzie ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Trump administration moves to squash "socially responsible" investing
CBS News
Social goals, financial goals. Over the past decade, ESG investing — sometimes also called "ethical investment" — has moved squarely into the ...

Wealthy Millennials Not So Concerned with "Socially Responsible" Investing
Competitive Enterprise Institute
In the last few years advocates of corporate social responsibility theory have been assuring everyone who would listen that a new day is dawning for ...

Effecting Change With Nuveen's Data-Driven Responsible Investing Initiative
Forbes
With the events of recent months shining a light on social inequality and injustice, socially responsible investing has never been so important or so ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage: It's Time to Act
Canada NewsWire
The paper, entitled Energy Future Forum: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage. The Time is Now, is the first of many to come and is an example of ...

DOE panel rolls out 'clean coal' game plan
County 17
... support coal-fired power plants and advancements in technologies like carbon capture, utilization and storage.Janet Gellici, chief executive of NCC, ...

Aker Solutions to spin off renewables business after merger
Kallanish Energy
Its carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) business is currently engaged in the first delivery of a modular carbon capture plant for a ...

Sustainability Investing:

Investing in a sustainable future
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Investing in a sustainable future. Climate Change Solutions Fund grants bet on new ideas for the next generation. July ...

Cleantech Companies Ride the Sustainable Investing Wave in LA
Los Angeles Business Journal
“Prior to that, most investment came through impact investors or specific groups like the Pasadena Angels.” The L.A. Cleantech Incubator, or LACI, was ...

Geoengineering:

Harvard Scientists Plan First-Ever Field Experiment Related To Solar Geoengineering
WBUR
Called "solar geoengineering," the controversial technology could be used by humans to deliberately alter the climate. "They would reflect away a little ...

Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
Science Daily
But the regional impacts of geoengineering, including on precipitation and the Antarctic ozone layer hole, depend on how much greenhouse gas ...

Outside/In: Is Geoengineering Crazy Enough To Work, Or Just Plain Crazy?
New Hampshire Public Radio
Reducing emissions is hard, so why not just engineer the Earth's atmosphere more to our liking? Decades later, the science of geoengineering is still in ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green bonds to 'supercharge' green economy
The Ecologist
West Berkshire is kicking off the programme, launching its green bond to raise a million pounds from its citizens to fund solar panel installations on five ...

The EU Recovery Plan Could Create Its Own Green Safe Asset
S&P Global
Given its strong commitment to finance a green recovery, and subject to concrete plans to do so, it is possible that 30% of the EU's recovery bond ...

Sustainable Bank Sub-debt May Not Stay Green During Crises
Fitch Ratings
Proceeds from the bonds will be used to fund eligible green assets to support the banks' sustainability goals, although the bond covenants do not give ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Exclusive: EU stimulus funds attract 1000-plus green projects
Reuters
Around 30% of the projects highlighted by EY are being developed by start-ups and small and medium enterprises focusing on low-carbon mobility, ...

DOE Awards Carbon Capture, Storage Project Funding
Natural Gas Intelligence
“The FLECCS program is intended to enable the next generation of flexible, low-cost, and low-carbon electricity systems, and we are eager to work ...

This Bank Launched a Climate Action Checking Account
Triple Pundit
Some have responded with a plan to provide financing for low-carbon ... holding their funds are also providing loans for polluting industries. Making ...

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